GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
WELFARE SYSTEMS AND SOCIAL POLITICS/1780046
Course Title: WELFARE SYSTEMS AND SOCIAL POLITICS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 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
Examining the concept of the welfare state in the course of historical development.
Having information related to classification of welfare regimes.
Having information related to welfare systems.
To be analyze Turkey's welfare regime.
To be qualified about analyzing the relationship between social policy arrangements and welfare systems.




 -- 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 politics concept
2. Week  Welfare State Concept
3. Week  Basic social duties of welfare states
4. Week  Classification of welfare states
5. Week  Classification of welfare states
6. Week  Historical development of welfare state
7. Week  Welfare state in the process of globalization
8. Week  Crisis of welfare state and social politics after globalization
9. Week  Institutions which provide social welfare
10. Week  Non-profit organizations
11. Week  Historical development of non-profit organizations
12. Week  Critics about non-profit organizations' contribution in providing social welfare
13. Week  Non-profit organizations and nation implementations
14. Week  Non-profit organizations in Turkey
15. Week  Future of welfare state
16. Week  Future of welfare state-social politics relationship
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1- Work and Welfare. Dr. Banu METİN - Dr. Mehmet M.ÖZAYDIN, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2014. 2- Süleyman ÖZDEMİR, Küreselleşme sürecinde refah devleti, İstanbul, 2007.
 -- 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
1
50
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
50
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
50
 -- 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
0
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
3
45
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
15
1
15
 Presentation
15
1
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
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
1Having knowledge about sociology, social policy, political economy, social structure analysis, social change on the advanced level.X
2To learn and gain ability to embody concepts such as social status, social role, social identity and social values, gaining in the social structure.X
3To understand importance of social work in struggle social exclusion.X
4To develop effective policy proposal about social rehabilitation.X
5To understand social norms as an component that determine individual behaviours.X
6To understand social norms as an component that determines individual behaviours.X
7To learn how to reduce the social inequality in the legal relations.
8To define concept of social stratification and evaluate systems of social stratification.X
9To produce policies that can be applied for disadvantaged groups.X
10To make comparative analysis of Turkish and Western entrepreneurial mentalities.
11To gain using effectively the concept of social work with a sociological aspect in solving social policy problems.X
12To gain ability to make an analysis on the concepts such crime and violence in the frame of foundation terms as religion, culture, economics which describes social life.
13To learn and use written and non-written grammer rules of Turkish and foreign language on the advanced level.X