GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SOCIAL POLITICS/SS425
Course Title: SOCIAL POLITICS
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Semester 7 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Merve ÖZAYDIN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ozaydin
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ozaydin@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Qualification of analyzing the conditions that reveals industrial society
Qualification of analyzing the social class based structure of industrial society
Qualification of determining politics in regard to reconciliation of class struggles
Qualification of recognizing national and international means of social politics and determining politics using them.
Qualification of using social policy implementations in the analysis of current 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  The conceptual framework of social politics
2. Week  The emergence of social poltics as a discipline and the relation of this discipline with the others.
3. Week  Theoretical framework of social politics
4. Week  The characteristics of social politics
5. Week  The importance of social politics
6. Week  Financing social politics
7. Week  The means of social politics
8. Week  The means of social politics
9. Week  The historical development of the social politics insight
10. Week  Labour markets
11. Week  The main problems of Turkey's labour market
12. Week  The problems of social politics in the process of globalization
13. Week  Poverty
14. Week  Remuneration, remuneration right and the protection of remuneration
15. Week  Unemployment, struggling unemployment, protection of employment and decent work
16. Week  The relationship between welfare state and social politics in the process of globalization
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Social Policy. Anadolu University Publications. (Ed.) Oral, A. Şişman Y. (2012).
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  There is no internship program.
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
2
60
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
60
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
40
 -- 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
3
45
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
2
30
 Designing and Applying Materials
15
0
0
 Preparing Reports
15
2
30
 Preparing Presentation
10
9
90
 Presentation
10
9
90
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
6
15
90
 Final and Studying for Final
4
15
60
 Other
15
15
225
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
750
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
30
 ECTS: 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice.
2Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations
3Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.
4Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies
5Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions
6Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue
7The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence
8Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in Turkish Language and, at minimum, one foreign language
9Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology
10Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethicsX
11Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issuesX
12Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanityX