GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AS INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL POLICY/2780043
Course Title: NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AS INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL POLICY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 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
Know the characteristics of civil society organizations.
Understand the importance of civil society organizations.
Civil society organizations and social policy relationship is analyzed.
Understanding the relationship between social politics and non-governmental organizations.
Developing politics through non-governmental organizations for the solution of the problems which are subject to social politics




 -- 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 politics
2. Week  The concept of civil society
3. Week  Development of non-governmental organizations
4. Week  Non-governmental organizations as a mean of social politics
5. Week  Non-governmental organizations through the process of democratization
6. Week  Non-governmental organizations in liberal welfare regimes
7. Week  Non-governmental organizations in conservative welfare regimes
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Non-governmental organizations in social democrat welfare regimes
10. Week  Non-governmental organizations in South-European welfare regimes
11. Week  Non-governmental organizations in East- European welfare regimes
12. Week  Critics on civil society theories
13. Week  Non-governmental organizations in the process of globalization
14. Week  The relationship between civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations
15. Week  Non-governmental organizations in social politics transformation process
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Pete ALCOCK, Sosyal Politika-Kuramlar ve Uygulamalar, Ankara, 2011.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
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 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 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
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.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