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EKO3015SOCIAL POLICY3+0+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of ECONOMETRICS
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDr. Öğr. Üyesi Burçin ESER
Co-Lecturer
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The aim of the course is to inform students about the problems in the field of social policy, the policies implemented and the development of social policy in the historical process, and also to give students the ability to evaluate the subject.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : Understand the factors that lead to the development of social policy.2,101,
LO - 2 : Knows the policy applications for social problems.2,101,
LO - 3 : Comprehend how changing conditions affect social policy. 2,101,
LO - 4 : Analyzes the effects of current social problems on society.2,101,
LO - 5 : Evaluates about the solution of social problems.2,101,
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
The concept of social policy, the historical development process of social policy, the effect of globalization on social policy, social policy in Turkey by periods, national and international sides of social policy, basic social policy problems and policies for the solution of these problems.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1General information about sosyal policy discipline, the concept of social policy: narrow and wide sense of social policy, generation social policy
 Week 2Importance of social policy and its scope and features
 Week 3Historical development of social policy, Industrial Revolution and emergence of the welfare state
 Week 4Globalization, social dimension and social issues of Globalization
 Week 5Historical development of social policy in Turkey: 1923-1945 and 1945-1960 periods
 Week 6Historical development of social policy in Turkey: 1960-1980 and the peiods after 1980
 Week 7National partners of social policy: State, Trade Unions, NGOs
 Week 8International partners of social policy: Official organizations, International Trade Unions, International NGO's
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Fundamental soscial policy issues: Population, employment, unemployment and employment policies
 Week 11The concept of wage, its importance, social wage approach and wage policies
 Week 12Income distribution and poverty
 Week 13Social security, occupational health and safety
 Week 14Social exclusion ve methods of struggle
 Week 15Discrimination, discrimination in the workplace
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Tokol, A., Alper, Y. 2019; Sosyal Politika, Dora Yayıncılık, Bursa.
 
Recommended Reading
1Altan, Ö. Z. 2003; Sosyal Politika, AÖF Yayını, Yayın No: 790, Eskişehir.
2Koray, M. 2005; Sosyal Politika, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 11/2023 1 50
End-of-term exam 16 01/2024 1 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 3 14 42
Laboratuar çalışması 0 0 0
Arasınav için hazırlık 6 2 12
Arasınav 1 1 1
Uygulama 0 0 0
Klinik Uygulama 0 0 0
Ödev 0 0 0
Proje 0 0 0
Kısa sınav 0 0 0
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 11 2 22
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Diğer 1 0 0 0
Diğer 2 0 0 0
Total work load120