COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL SECURITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6068 SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL SECURITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SEVDA DEMIRBILEK

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

To gain students ability of analyzing institutions, policies and practices of social security system in the social structure integrity.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to associate social security and social structure
2   Being able to analyze social security systems in changing social structures
3   Being able to probe social problems in terms of the social security system
4   Being able to determine groups in particular need of protection in terms of social security
5   Being able to know the effects of the social security system on new forms of working

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Relationship between Social Security and Social Structure
2 Social Security System in the Process of Social Change
3 Social Security System in the Process of Globalization
4 Social Security as Social Control Mechanism
5 Role and Functions of Social Security System in the Fight against Poverty
6 Effects on Income Distribution of the Social Security System
7 Relationship between Health and Social Security
8 Midterm Exam
9 Groups in Need of Protection in Terms of Social Security: Children, Women
10 Groups in Need of Protection in Terms of Social Security: Disabled, Elderlies
11 Analyzing of Demographic Structure from Social Security Perspective
12 Effects of Change in Family on Social Security System
13 New Forms of Working and Social Security
14 Contemporary Issues of Social Security Systems in Changing Social Structure

Recomended or Required Reading

Yusuf ALPER. (2013). Türk Sosyal Güvenlik Sistemi-Sosyal Sigortalar Hukuku, Bursa: Dora Yayınları.
Christoph BORGMANN. (2005). Social Security, Demographics, and Risk, [Electronic Resource], Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag.
Sevda DEMIRBILEK. (2005). Sosyal Güvenlik Sosyolojisi, Izmir: Legal Yayınları.
Edt.: John DIXON ve Mark HYDE. (2001). The Marketization of Social Security [Electronic Resource], Westport, Conn. : Quorum Boks.
Ali GÜZEL, Ali Rıza OKUR ve Nurşen CANIKLIOĞLU. (2012). Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku, 14. Bası, Istanbul: Beta Basım.
Ali Nazım SÖZER. (2013). Işçi, Bağımsız Çalışan ve Kamu Görevlileri Bakımından Türk Sosyal Sigortalar Hukuku, Istanbul: Beta Basım.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Assignment and Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are measured by semester exam and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+902323010361
s.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 04:00 pm-05:00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 10 130
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 209

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.155
LO.2555
LO.355
LO.4555
LO.5555

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