GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CIVIL SOCIETY AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS/İLET-582
Course Title: CIVIL SOCIETY AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Semester 5 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof. Gülcan Işık
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  -
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  gulcanisik@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Understands the theoreticel background for the concept of civil society.
Acquires academic and intellectual experience about social and political life.
Understands the definitions and meanings of important concepts such as civil society, public sphere, private sphere.






 -- 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  Approaches to the concept of civil society and its conceptual and historical stages.
2. Week  Delibrative theoricians and civil society - political society unity. 1. Hobbes and Unlimited State. 2. Locke and Limited State. 3. Rousseau
3. Week  The emergence of the concept of Classical Civil Society and civil society - political society difference. 1. Ferguson and citizen humanism. 2. Pain
4. Week  Marxist - Conflict Civil Society Theoricians. 1.Marx and Capitalist Society. 2. Gramsci and Civil Society.
5. Week  Basic concepts in Civil Society. 1. Political society and civil society. 2. democracy and civil society. 3. Liberalism and civil society. 4. Polit
6. Week  Civil Society institutions. 1. NGO history 2. NGO functions.
7. Week  3. Civil society institutions in UN documents. 4. NGO project of the World Bank. 5. NGO functions in western societies.
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  NGO types in Turkey 1. associations 2. foundations. 3. trade unions. 4. proffessional institutitons.
10. Week  Functions and features of civil society institutions. Problems of civil society institutions.
11. Week  Effects of civil society institutions on political power as pressure groups. 1. General insight into pressure groups. 2. Pressure groups - interest
12. Week  Classifying pressure groups. 1. Anomik pressure groups. 2. Natural (unorganized) pressure groups. 3. Organized pressure groups.
13. Week  Functions of pressure groups. 1. Representation 2. Communication. 3. Regulation Pressure methods of civil society organizations. 1. methods to
14. Week  Effects of civil society institutions on political power.
15. Week  Student research and presentations.
16. Week  Final
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1.Course notes. 2.Sivil Toplum ve Devlet (John Keane) 3.Sivil Toplum Aydınlar ve Demokrasi (Ömer Çaha) 4. Sivil Toplum Yazıları (İdris Küçükömer) 5. Üç Sempozyum Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
25
 Assignment
1
15
 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
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
0
0
 Reading
10
1
10
 Searching in Internet and Library
7
1
7
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
0
0
 Preparing Reports
10
1
10
 Preparing Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
3
3
 Final and Studying for Final
1
3
3
 Other
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
75
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3
 ECTS: 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Explains theories, methods, concepts and interconceptual relationships in the field of Public Relations and Advertising.X
2Diagnoses the processes, methods and techniques about the production of scientific knowledge in Public Relations and Advertising.X
3Expresses the theoretical and practice-based knowledge in Public Relations and Advertising.X
4Associates the social, historical, cultural, political and economic dimensions of comunication.X
5Develops the skills required for an efficient use of modern technique and tools necessary for communicational practices.X
6Analyzes media texts from a critical perspective.X
7Uses information and communication technologies effectively .X
8Rearranges the knowledge in other disciplines of the social sciences in order to use it in the area of expertise.X
9Carries out studies in the field of public relations by taking responsibility in both individual and in team works.X
10Find ways to access information in the field of Public Relations and Advertising.X
11Follows theories, methods and technologies in the field of Public Relations.X
12Transfers his/her ideas and suggestions on problems to relevant people or institutions by fostering these ideas and suggestions with qualitative and quantitative data.X
13Acts with social responsibility and carries out works which are appropriate with ethical rules, laws, regulations and legislation in the field of Public Relations and ADvertising.X
14Uses the theories, methods, tools and technologies in the field of Public Relations and Advertising competentlyX