COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL POLITICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSI 2054 SOCIAL POLITICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HATICE ŞEBNEM SEÇER

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Mining Engineering
Textile Engineering
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering
Geophysical Engineering
Geological Engineering
Mining Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Geological Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to evaluate the social policy conceptually and theoretically and to inform about basic subjects of social policy. With this course, it is intended that the students have some information about the importance and functions of social policy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the concept, parties and functions of social policy.
2   To define the basic subject area of social policy.
3   To analyse the relationship between subfields of social policy
4   To describe the general development of social policy in the world and in Turkey
5   To follow the current social policy issues

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts (Social policy, Parties of Social Policy )
2 The Emergence and Development of Social Policy
3 The Historical Development of Social Policy in Turkey
4 The Review of Basic Social Policy Areas
5 The Concept of Social Security
6 The Functions of Social Security
7 Poverty and Prevention of Poverty
8 Income Distribution and Injustice in Income Distribution
9 Organizing and Collective Bargaining
10 Disadvantegeous Groups in Working Life
11 Social Exclusion
12 Health System and New Settlements; Industrial Disputes and Strike; The Evaluation of Current Social Policy Trends

Recomended or Required Reading

Meryem KORAY; Sosyal Politika, Imge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2005.
Aysen Tokol/Yusuf Alper (Edt.); Sosyal Politika, Dora Basım Yayın, Bursa 2012

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation and moderation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç.Dr. H.Şebnem SEÇER; Tel: 3010357 E-posta: sebnem.secer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 15:30-16:30 Wednesday 15:30-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 41

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.112151
LO.212151
LO.312151
LO.412151
LO.512151

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