COURSE SYLLABUS

WOMEN IN THE OTTOMAN

1	Course Title:	WOMEN IN THE OTTOMAN
2	Course Code:	ITS6124
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. SAADET MAYDAER
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	msaadet@gmail.com 0224 2431337 (60218)
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To try to understand the position and importance of women in Ottoman society
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	The ability to comprehend the place and importance of women in Turkish history;
2	The ability to understand the place of women in the Ottoman social structure;
3	The ability to evaluate the Ottoman society in terms of gender;
4	The ability to analyze the place of the family in the Ottoman society;
5	The ability to comprehend the place of women in the Ottoman family;
6	The ability to understand the statutes women had in the Ottoman society;
7	The ability to comprehend the educational status of women in the Ottoman;
8	The ability to assess the place of women in the Ottoman economic life;
9	The ability to analyze the effect of the process of modernization on the Ottoman women;
10	The ability to comprehend the changes of the place of women in the Ottoman society from the emergence onward;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The status of women in traditional Turkish society
2	Women in Turkish history
3	The social structure in the Ottomans
4	The concept of gender in Ottoman society
5	The mission of women in Ottoman society
6	Socio-economic status of Ottoman women
7	Women’s place and importance in the Ottoman family
8	Women in economic life and employed women
9	Women in social life
10	Women in different social status; free and slave or to be freed
11	Educational status of women in the Ottoman Empire
12	Women in services of foundation (waqf)
13	Women and crime
14	Women in the process of modernization

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Ronald Jennings, “Women in Early 17th Century Ottoman Judical Records- The Sharia Court of anatolian Kayseri”, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. XVIII, Part 1, Leiden, 1975, ss. 53-115. Feriha Karadeniz, “XVI. Ve XVII. Yüzyıllarda Farklı Sınıflardaki Osmanlı Kadınına Genel Bir Bakış”, Osmanlı-Toplum, c. V, Yeni Türkiye Yay., Ankara, 1999, s. 450-457. Şefika Kurnaz, Cumhuriyet Öncesinde Türk Kadını (1839-1923), TCBAAK, Ankara, 1991. Abdurrahman Kurt, “Osmanlı’da Kadının Sosyo-Ekonomik Konumu”, Osmanlı-Toplum, c. V, Yeni Türkiye Yay., Ankara 1999, ss. 434-448
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High