| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction To Social Policy | SOG1711 | 1. Semester | 3 + 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Associate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator |
Lect. Muzaffer ÇABUKOĞLU |
| Instructors |
Muzaffer ÇABUKOĞLU |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | The main objective of this course is analyze socio-economic problems and chanes that occur in the life of work and society in the historical process, identify the problems of different social groups and develop solution strategies with instruments of social policy. |
| Course Content | This course approaches of different world views axis of social policy theories will be examined. The course mainly unemployment, immigration, social issues and current issues such as poverty will be discussed. However, active social policies for the solution of social problems that are being experienced in Turkey will be produced. In this context, family, youth, the unemployed, the poor, will be given to the specific situation of different social groups such as disabled people. |
| Learning Outcomes |
- It looks at the social dimension of economic issues and gain new perspectives and reflections - To have academic and practical knowledge related to solution of classical and modern social issues. - Determine basic principles of social policy in theory in a dynamic social process - Understand backstage of Turkey's social problems and develop national solution strategies. - Improves reasonable approach and appropriate ideas for society to be dominant life that social policy objectives such as social peace and solidarity - Understand the importance of integrated social policy in the social sciences |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Narrow and broad sense of social policy, the development of social policy in an historical process, the scope of social policies, its place in the social sciences and social policy, social policy theory, social law. | |
| 2. Week | The objectives of the social policy: social peace; Social Solidarity; Social Justice; Welfare; Social Integration; Social Development; Social Welfare. | |
| 3. Week | From yesterday to today (Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey) Social State; Social Security; Public Relations Social Assistance and Social Services. | |
| 4. Week | Social Policies for Working Life (A: In business malingering to countermeasures; b: working life mobbing issues, sexual harassment issues and ways of solving these problems; c: organizational performance in the workplace; d: Business social responsibility) | |
| 5. Week | Social Policies for Family Life (a: Priciples of streaming and social of maternity right; b: Social policy against violence in the family). | |
| 6. Week | Social Policy for Women: Psychosocial rehabilitation of prostitutes; b: Feminist Women's Policies and Gender Mainstreaming Approach) | |
| 7. Week | Social policies that ensure social justice (a: Income distribution and Income redistribution policy; b:Social transfers; c: Social and progressive tax system; d: Income distribution types) | |
| 8. Week | The basic approaches and policies of social change, transformation and progress. Social structure, demography, social capital, social movements; quality of life; The relationship between social welfare services and social planning) | |
| 9. Week | Midterm Exam | |
| 10. Week | Social Policy Towards Turkey's Social Problems (a: Social Policy Issues in Turkey Against Street Children) | |
| 11. Week | Social Policy Towards Turkey's Social Problems (a: Social Policy Strategies for elderly and disabled people in Turkey; b: Active Elderly and Disability Policy; c: Aging and Disability Due Care Problems and Social Policy) | |
| 12. Week | Social Policy Towards Turkey's socio-economic problems (a: Poverty and the fight against poverty) | |
| 13. Week | Social Policy Towards Turkey's socio-economic problems (b Unemployment and active employment policies) | |
| 14. Week | Social Problems and Social Policy in the public sector in Turkey (a: Local Social Policy Implementation in Turkey; b: Social municipality and local social development) | |
| 15. Week | Changes of understanding of welfare state in Turkey in the Turkey’s EU Process, the search for new paradigms and models of social policy strategy. | |
| 16. Week | Final Exam |
| Course Notes |
| Current Research Presentations |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Preparation, After Class Study | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Final | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 76.5 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 3.0 | ||
