GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SOCIAL PROBLEM AND SOCIAL POLICY/2770011
Course Title: SOCIAL PROBLEM AND SOCIAL POLICY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   Assoc. Prof. Osman ŞİMŞEK
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/osimsek
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  osimsek@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the conditions that led to the Industrial Revolution.
Understands the basic features of the industrial revolution process.
Understands the emergence of social policy.
Analyzes the relationship between the industrial revolution and social policy.
Learns the concept of social problems.
Understands the elements of social problems.
Understands the relationship between sociology, social policy and social problems.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Social order before the industrial revolution
2. Week  Predisposing conditions to industrial revolution
3. Week  The emergence of the industrial revolution
4. Week  The results of the industrial revolution
5. Week  The onset of social problems
6. Week  Negative impacts of social problems on society
7. Week  The emergence of social policy discipline
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  The first period social policy features
10. Week  The main features of social problems in the world after the industrial revolution
11. Week  The main features of social problems in the world today
12. Week  The main features of social problems in Turkey
13. Week  Comparative analysis of the social problems of other countries with Turkey
14. Week  Social policy implementations in the solution of social problems
15. Week  Social policy implementations in the solution of social problems
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1- The sociology of Turks entrepreneurship 2- Construction of a new moral community 3- Political thoughts and goverments 4- Cultural foundations of industrialization 5- New Turkey's new realities.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  There is no internship program.
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
15
0
0
 Reading
15
2
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
1
15
 Designing and Applying Materials
15
0
0
 Preparing Reports
15
0
0
 Preparing Presentation
15
1
15
 Presentation
15
3
45
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
15
15
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
185
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.4
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To acquire extensive knowledge on literature about social policy’s conceptual framework.X
2To gain detailed information about historical development of social policy in Turkey and World.X
3To ensure detailed konowledge about reasons for the emergence of labour law and labour law’s practice.X
4To interpret national and international instruments of social policy on the level of expertise degree.X
5To gain ability of making an analysis on the level of expertise about running of labor markets.X
6To comprehend the relationship between work and welfare by getting basic information on welfare and welfare classifications.X
7To gain ability of using theoretical knowledge and running process in the field of labour sociology with an aspect of working term.X
8To gain ability of using theoretical knowledge and running process in the field of labour psychology with an aspect of working term.X
9To gain ability of making an analysis about social pocicy problems and solution of these problemsX
10To learn and use written and non-written rules of Turkish and foreign language.X