COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF SOCIAL SECURITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇIN 7022 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF SOCIAL SECURITY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Human Resources Non-Thesis (evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SEVDA DEMIRBILEK

Offered to

Human Resources Non-Thesis (evening)

Course Objective

To teach the students the theoretical knowledge about social security, and to gain students the ability of evaluate contemporary issues in the field of social security.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the concepts of social security and social risk
2   Being able to know social security systems and their methods
3   Being able to evaluate the Turkish social security system
4   Being able to understand the organizational and financial structure of social security
5   Being able to analyze the contemporary issues in the field of social security

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Various Aspects of the Concept of Social Security
2 The Concept and Types of Social Risk
3 Analysis of Social Security Systems and Their Methods
4 Organizational and Financial Structure of Social Security
5 International Dimension of Social Security
6 Analyzing of the Turkish Social Security System 1
7 Analyzing of the Turkish Social Security System 2
8 Midterm Exam
9 Retirement Systems and Individual Retirement Practice
10 Relation of Ageing Population and Social Security
11 The Role of Social Security System in the Fight against Poverty
12 Social Security of Persons with Disabilities
13 Relation of Employment, Labour Market and Unemployment Insurance
14 Relation of Flexible Working and Social Security

Recomended or Required Reading

Yusuf ALPER. (2013). Türk Sosyal Güvenlik Sistemi-Sosyal Sigortalar Hukuku, Bursa: Dora Yayınları.
Ömer Zühtü ALTAN (2004). Sosyal Güvenlik Dersleri, Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayın No: 1592.
Kadir ARICI (1999). Sosyal Güvenlik Dersleri, Ankara.
Kadir ARICI (1997). Avrupa Birliği Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku, Ankara.
Christoph BORGMANN. (2005). Social Security, Demographics, and Risk, [Electronic Resource], Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag.
Sevda DEMIRBILEK. (2005). Sosyal Güvenlik Sosyolojisi, Istanbul: Legal.
Sevda DEMIRBILEK. (2009). Sosyal Politika Bağlamında Sosyal Hizmet, DEÜ Yayın No: 09.1600.0000.000/DK.09.072.471, Izmir.
Sait DILIK. (1991). Sosyal Güvenlik, Ankara.
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. (1998). Sosyal Hukuk, Izmir: Fakülteler Kitapevi.

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

Exam and presentation

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 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1555
LO.25555
LO.3555
LO.45555
LO.5555

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