GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SOCIAL POLICY DISCUSSIONS/İLET-862
Course Title: SOCIAL POLICY DISCUSSIONS
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Semester 8 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. B. Zakir AVŞAR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/zavsar
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  zavsar@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
The students will be able to understand the relations between social welfare services and social politics.
The students will learn the ways to resolve micro and macro social problems.
The students will learn how to present social welfare services and social politics.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  Presentation, conferance, debate.
 -- 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 social politics, its scope and historical development.
2. Week  Development of social politics in Turkey.
3. Week  The rise of the social welfare state, its development and scope
4. Week  Employment policies, working and break time, wage policies.
5. Week  Employment policies, working and break time, wage policies.
6. Week  Protecting people with disabilities, ex-convicts, women and children in work.
7. Week  Social Services: Definition and qualities, ıts analyse and presentation methods.
8. Week  Mid Term
9. Week  contribution of communication as a discipline and profession in buildings of social policy
10. Week  The relation between social politics and social services.
11. Week  The people who takes social services: Old people, women and children.
12. Week  The people who takes social services: the outsiders and poor people
13. Week  Environement, health and education politics.
14. Week  The problems of pressman.
15. Week  The future of social services.
16. Week  General assessment.
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Talas, Cahit. Toplumsal Politika. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi, 1990, ss. 77-134. Koray, Meryem ve Alper Topçuoğlu. Sosyal Politika. Bursa: Ezgi Kitabevi Yayınları, 1995, ss. 1-25. Tuna, Orhan ve Nevzat Yalçıntaş. Sosyal Siyaset. İstanbul: Filiz Kitabevi, 1994., ss. 1-29. Güven, Sami H. Sosyal Politikanın Temelleri. Bursa: Ezgi Kitabevi Yayınları 1995. Day, Phyllis J, Shelly, Sandra M, Macy, Harry J. Social Working: Exercises in Generalist Practice. Second Edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000. (Chapter Eight: Mobilizing Resources: Community, ss. 229-262) Adams, Robert. Social Policy for Social Work. New York: Palgrave, 2002 Altuntaş, Betül. “Avrupa Birliği Belgelerinde Sosyal Politika” Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet. Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Hizmetler Yüksekokulu Yayını, 12, 3, 2001, s. 1- 12. Gülmez, Mesut. Uluslararası Sosyal Politika. Ankara: TODAİE Yayınları, 2000. Rush, M., Ch. 4: “The Distribution of Power”, in Politics and Society: An Introduction
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Presentation, conferance, debate.
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  There is no compulsory internship.
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
1
10
 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
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
10
3
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
2
2
 Final and Studying for Final
2
4
8
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
82
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.28
 ECTS: 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Explains theories, methods, concepts and relationships between concepts about radio television and cinema field.X
2Diagnoses the processes, methods and techniques about the production of scientific knowledge in radio television and cinema field.X
3Express the theoretical and practice-based knowledge about radio television and cinema field.X
4Associates the social, historical, cultural, political and economic dimensions of comunicationX
5Uses shot, production and post production in an effective way in the field of radio television and cinema.X
6Commentates media texts with a with a critical perspective.X
7Uses effectively information and communication technologies.X
8Rearranges the knowledge in other disciplines of the social sciences for using it in the area of expertiseX
9Makes works in the field of radio television and cinema with taking responsibility individually and in groupsX
10Find ways to access the knowledge in the field of radio television and cinema.X
11Follows theories, methods and technologies in the field of radio television and cinema.X
12Transfers his/her ideas and suggestions regarding the problems to the relevant persons and institutions by supporting quantitative and qualitative data.X
13Acts with social responsibility and carry outs works which are appropriate with ethical rules, laws, regulations and legislation in the field of radio television and cinema.X
14Uses competently the theories, methods, tools and technologies in the field of radio television and cinema.X