197.115 (19S) Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century.

Sommersemester 2019

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First course session
07.03.2019 09:30 - 12:30 HS 5 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century.
Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 11 (30 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 07.03.2019
eLearning Go to Moodle course

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

At the end of this course,students will have a better understanding of how gender, body and work are entangled. They gain a better understanding of intersectional interference within work as well of knowledge on the complexity of intersectionality.Furthermore, students will learn how to critically engage with academic journal papers.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Classes will be a mixture of individual and group exercise. Students will be asked to choose three texts from the syllabus. They should choose one, they like to present during class, and two which they like to summarize prior to class. The presentation as well as the summaries should comprise the key aspects of the chosen texts as well as some critical reflections. The presentation should last no longer than 20 minutes. The summaries should comprise 500-700 words and at least three points which the student would like to discuss in class (including a brief argument for each of these three discussion points).

Students are, furthermore, required to write an online-learning journal within a week of each session. The learning journal entries comprises of at least 400 words, reflecting the insights of each session. Students will be provided with some guiding questions for preparation of the texts and the learning journal.

Course content

In recent years successful business leaders suggested that all it takes for women to pursue a career is to “Lean in” (Sheryl Sandberg) and make it work. Moreover, businesses offer their female employees the chance to freeze their eggs, so that they could pursue family plans later on in their life. All of this suggests that there is an issue in balancing career, family life and gender norm expectations. The course Lean in and freeze your eggs: the gendered nature of work in the 21st century critically examines these norm expectations from an intersectional perspective. Looking at the nexus of gender, body, mind and work students will discuss to what extent the «ideal worker» still follows a normative masculine understanding.

As many studies have shown, the workplace is hallmarked by inequality regimes. Age, dis_ability, social class, ethnic background, and gender are just some of the social markers that potentially influence a person’s career trajectory, their perceived fitness for a job, as well as their general well-being. The course, therefore, examines the co-construction of job-gender-body-mind. It hereby critically examines the post-feminist narrative of “leaning in” and its manifold limits from an intersectional perspective.

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Assessment comprises several aspects (the workload for this seminar is estimated with 100 working hours):

  • participation during class (workload: approximately 30 hours)
  • a short summary of selected texts from the syllabus (workload: approximately 35 hours)
  • input based on 1 selected text from the syllabus (workload: approximately 25 hours)
  • learning journal (probably on moodle, approximately 10 hours)

Examination topic(s)

Students contributions listed under "assessment" should demonstrate their ability to capture and discuss them key aspects of a text from a critical perpsective.

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Final grade will be based on a summary, based on the following weights

  • 15% participation during class
  • 40%  summaries of  selected texts from the syllabus
  • 30% input based on 1 selected text from the syllabus
  • 15% learning journal


Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft /Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 21.1 Gender Studies I ( 0.0h VO, KS, VC, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft /Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 21.2 Gender Studies II ( 0.0h VO, KS, VC, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft /Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 21.3 Gender Studies III ( 0.0h VO, KS, VC, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Cultural Studies (SKZ: 642, Version: 16W.2)
    • Subject: Frauen und Geschlechterforschung (Compulsory elective)
      • Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Cultural Studies (SKZ: 642, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Wahlfachmodul Gender Studies
        • Wahlfachmodul Gender Studies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 20.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme International Management (SKZ: 908, Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: Options (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 9.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Information Management (SKZ: 922, Version: 13W.2)
    • Subject: Kompetenzerweiterung (Compulsory elective)
      • 6.2.1 Nach Wahl aus folgendem Katalog siehe Seite 13-14 im Curriculum ( 0.0h VO,VC,KS / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Informationstechnik (SKZ: 289, Version: 17W.1)
    • Subject: Kompetenzerweiterung (Compulsory elective)
      • 11a.1 Lehrveranstaltung aus dem Wahlfach Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies, vorzugsweise aus dem Modul Technik ( 0.0h VC/VO/KS/PS / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik (NC, ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik (NC, ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Non degree programme Gender Studies (SKZ: 600b, Version: 04W)
    • Subject: Wirtschaft und Arbeit (Compulsory subject)
      • Wirtschaft und Arbeit ( 2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Non degree programme Gender Studies (SKZ: 600b, Version: 04W)
    • Subject: Körper - Psyche - Leiblichkeit (Compulsory subject)
      • Körper-Psyche-Leiblichkeit ( 2.0h PS, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Educational Science (SKZ: 645, Version: 17W.3)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 5.2 Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Lehrangebot Feministische Wissenschaft/ Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO/PS/KS/SE/VP/VC/VS / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Educational Science (SKZ: 645, Version: 13W.2)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • LVs aus dem Lehrangebot Feministische Wissenschaft/ Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO/PS/KU/SE/VP/VK/VS / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme School Pedagogy (SKZ: 545, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Adult and Professional Education (SKZ: 847, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme Social Pedagogy and Integrative Pedagog (SKZ: 846, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 7.12.2. Gender Studies 2 ( 0.0h VO, VC, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Psychology (SKZ: 640, Version: 11W.5)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies ( 0.0h LV / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme Psychology (SKZ: 840, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Vertiefung Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Vertiefung Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Erweiterungscurriculum Gender Studies (Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: Vertiefende LVs der Gender Studies (Compulsory subject)
      • Seminar oder Proseminar Gender ( 0.0h PS,SE / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Science, Technology & Society Studies (SKZ: 906, Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: Gender und Diversität in Wissenschaft und Technik (Compulsory elective)
      • Übung aus Gender und Diversität in Wissenschaft und Technik ( 0.0h UE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.115 Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century. (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

Sommersemester 2020
  • 197.129 PS Lean in and freeze your eggs: The gendered nature of work in the 21st century (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)