COURSE INFORMATION
Course Name Code Semester Theory (hours/week)
Application (hours/week)
Laboratory (hours/week)
National Credit
ECTS
Feminist Bioetics
SOS 647
Spring 3 3 8
Prequisites None Course
language
Turkish Course type Elective Mode of
Delivery
Face to face Learning and
teaching strategies
Lecture, Question and Answer, Case Study, Problem Solving, Brain Storming, Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
Instructor (s) Prof. Dr. Nuket Ornek Buken Course
objective The discussions in this study will contribute to studies in direction of raising the awareness of society in general and women in particular, transforming the principles, implementations and health policies generating inequality with regards to the feminist philosophy and ethics.
Learning outcomes
At the end of semesters, students are expected to;
- Defines feminist approaches to bioethics. (1,2,4, and 7)
- Identifies ethical issues in the light of feminist approaches to bioethics.( 1,2,4,5, and 7)
- Women's and feminist bioethics approach evaluates sets the field of health problem.
(4,5, and 7)
- Gain the skills to solve ethical problems (7)
- Designs/plans, conducts, interprets and reports a research relating to the issues of Women, Gender Studies and, bioethics. (3,6, and 9)
- Knows and follows the principles of professional ethics in all kinds of her/his academic production relating to feminist bioethics. (7, and 12)
- Produces solutions for the main problems of the feminist bioethics, policy recommendations, develops and converts them to projects and activities. (8,10, and 12)
Course Content
- Awareness of gender issues in the light of feminist philosophy and ethics, which are why,
- Gender inequality principles, practices and health policies.
References − Dresser, Rebecca. 1996. "What Bioethics Can Learn from the Women's Health Movement." In Susan M. Wolf, ed. 1996. Feminism and Bioethics: Beyond Reproduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
− Holmes, Helen Bequaert and Laura M. Purdy, eds. 1992. Feminist Perspectives in Medical Ethics. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
− Tong, Rosemarie. 1997. Feminist Approaches to Bioethics: Theoretical Reflections and Practical Applications. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
− Tong, Rosemarie, Gwen Anderson and Aida Santos, eds. 2000. Globalizing Feminist Bioethics: Women's Health Concerns Worldwide. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
− Other sources in detailed reading list COURSE OUTLINE WEEKLY
Weeks Topics
1.Week Ethics, Bioethics, theories, principles, Feminist Ethics: Historical background 2. Week Maintenance-Oriented Feminist Approaches to Ethics
3. Week Gender, Infertility, Motherhood, and Assisted Reproductive Technology 4. Week Feminist Care Ethics: A Different Voice
5. Week Midterm exam
6. Week Maintenance-Oriented: Paradigmatic Moral Relations
7. Week. Ethics Condition / event-oriented feminist approaches / discussions
8. Week Liberal, Radical, Marxist / Socialist, multi-cultural, global and environmental / ecological approaches
9. Week Psychoanalytic, postmodern, and feminism 3 wave approaches 10. Week Midterm exam
11. Week Women's right to health 12. Week Voulnarable groups of women
13. Week To be a woman in clinical and biomedical research 14. Week Ecofeminism beyond bioethics
15. Week Final exam ASSESMENT METHODS
Course activities Number Percentage
Attendance Laboratory Application Field activities
Specific practical training Assignments
Presentation Project Seminar
Midterms 2 50
Final exam* 1 50
Total 3 100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes 2 50
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes 1 50
Total 3 100
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work
Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Laboratory Application
Specific practical training Field activities
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)
12 5 60
Presentation / Seminar Preparation Project
Homework assignment
Midterms ( Study duration ) 2 20 40
Final Exam (Study duration) 1 22 22
Total Workload 29 50 164
MATRIX OF THE COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES VERSUS PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Outcomes Contributions
1 2 3 4 5
1 Has a command of fundamental approaches, concepts, relations among concepts in Woman and Gender studies in a level of analysing their ‘theoretical and application-based’ implications.
X
2 . Has a command of fundamental methodological approaches, methods, research techniques and their application in Woman and Gender Studies.
X
3 Designs/plans, conducts, interprets and reports a social research relating to the issues of Woman and Gender Studies and transform it to a genuine piece of work conforming to ethical academic
principles.
X
4 Thinks, interprets, analyzes and narrates in a multi-disciplinary manner.
X 5. Follows contemporary knowledge and approaches developed in
the field of Woman and Gender Studies and analyses them with a critical and sceptical view.
X
6 Narrates her knowledge of the field in an effective and systematic way both in oral and written communication
X 7 Knows and follows professional ethics in all kinds of her academic
production.
X 8. Uses her knowledge and skills in the field of Woman and Gender
studies with a sense of social responsibility throughout her daily life to eliminate the structured gender-based inequalities in every spheres of social life and to raise awareness on the issue
X
9 Participates in team-work and shares her knowledge in addressing problems in the field and developing solutions to them.
X 10. By using her knowledge and skills in the field, formulates
solutions for woman and gender problems, develops policy proposals and transforms these to projects and activities.
X
11. Establishes impressive social communication in working life.
12. Could carry her education a step forward. X
