GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
VULNERABLE GROUPS AND SOCIAL POLICY/1780048
Course Title: VULNERABLE GROUPS AND SOCIAL POLICY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Türker TOPALHAN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/topalhan
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  topalhan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Identifying disadvantaged groups within the scope of social policies
Learning social policies implemented for the disadvantaged groups
Developing social policy proposals for the disadvantaged groups
 -- 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 concept of social policy
2. Week  The emergence and development of social policy
3. Week  The importance of social policy
4. Week  The importance of disadvantaged groups in social policy
5. Week  Social policy and gender equality
6. Week  Social policy and migrants
7. Week  Social policy and children
8. Week  Social policy and elders
9. Week  Social policy and disabled people
10. Week  Social policy and unemployed people
11. Week  Presentation-1
12. Week  Presentation-2
13. Week  Presentation-3
14. Week  Presentation-4
15. Week  Presentation-5
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Introduction to Social Services (Charles Zastrow), Vulnerable Groups and Social Policy (Betül Altuntaş)
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
0
0
 Assignment
1
50
 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
15
2
30
 Reading
15
1
15
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
1
15
 Designing and Applying Materials
15
1
15
 Preparing Reports
15
1
15
 Preparing Presentation
15
1
15
 Presentation
15
1
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
15
15
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
200
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8
 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.X
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.X
13To learn and use written and non-written grammer rules of Turkish and foreign language on the advanced level.X