GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
EFFECTS OF ECONOMICAL CHANGES TO SOCIAL LIFE/1780045
Course Title: EFFECTS OF ECONOMICAL CHANGES TO SOCIAL LIFE
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assist. Prof. Belma Tokuroğlu
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/belmat
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  belmat@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Interpretes quantitative and economic indicators
Learns to consider social and cultural differences of the countries
Has information about the concepts of social capital and cultural capital
Has information about sustainable development and social policies
Has an insight into the future of societies
 -- 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 program component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Basic Concepts
2. Week  Causes and Consequences of The Industrial Revolution
3. Week  Consumption, Capitalism, Enlightenment
4. Week  Modernism and Postmodernism
5. Week  Social, Political and Cultural Meaning of Economic Indicators
6. Week  Sustainable Development and Social Policies
7. Week  Social Capital, Cultural Capital
8. Week  History and Religion
9. Week  The Crisis of The Welfare State: The Fight against Poverty
10. Week  New World Order and International Agreements
11. Week  Imperialism: Neo-colonialism
12. Week  Discussion on Student Essays
13. Week  Discussion on Student Essays
14. Week  Discussion on Student Essays
15. Week  Discussion on Student Essays
16. Week  General Assessment
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Fernand Braudel, Maddi Uygarlık, Ekonomi ve Kapitalizm; Necmi Erdoğan, Yoksulluk Halleri; Marshall Bauman, Katı Olan Herşey Buharlaşıyor
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- 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
5
75
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
4
60
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
3
3
 Final and Studying for Final
1
3
3
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
186
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.44
 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