GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CURRENT SOCIAL POLITICS PROBLEMS/2780005
Course Title: CURRENT SOCIAL POLITICS PROBLEMS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
   Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Eyup BEDIR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ebedir
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ebedir@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
social policy and welfare state concepts learned
Public policy in the labor market and social policy in place is learned
Current social problems and solutions are found
Social policies are learned for the disadvantaged groups
New approaches to the future of social policy is learned
 -- 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 rise and fall of the Welfare State
3. Week  social policy in Public policy
4. Week  Social policies for the labor market-1
5. Week  The importance of social policy in working life
6. Week  Social policy in Turkey
7. Week  Implementation of social policies in the European Union
8. Week  Exam Week
9. Week  The relationship between globalization and social policy
10. Week  Disadvantaged groups and social policy
11. Week  Accessibility of Social Policy
12. Week  Women's Social Policy
13. Week  Social Policy for Elderly
14. Week  Government policies and social policies
15. Week  Social assistance, social services and social policy
16. Week  applications of social policy as countries.
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Suleyman Ozdemir (2007), Welfare State in the Globalization Process, Expanded 2nd printing, Istanbul, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Publications, 481. Erdinc Yazıcı, Present Ottoman Turkish Workers' Movement, A books, Ankara, 2015. Erdinc Yazıcı, Mission Seeking New Trade Union Movement, Book, Ankara, 2015. Erdinc Yazıcı, Transforming Business Culture, A Books, Ankara, 2015.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  lecture
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
0
 Assignment
1
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
2
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
1
15
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
15
1
15
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
15
1
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
15
2
30
 Final and Studying for Final
15
2
30
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
180
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.2
 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.X
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