Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
CEK1062013224	INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL POLICY	Compulsory	1	2	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is • to introduce the students with Social Policy • to give the students basic information about emergence of Social Policy • to give the students basic information about implications of Social Policy,

Name of Lecturer(s)

Yrd.Doç.Dr. Umut ULUKAN

Learning Outcomes

1	They will able to explain concept of Social Policy and its historical and social process
2	They will able to explain social policy insights of some thought currents
3	They understand interaction between the concept of sacial policy and the trade unions, goverment, international organizations.
4	They will able to explain the main problems and applications of sacial policy in the world and Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Evening Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

• concept of Social Policy, • emergence of Social Policy at the historical and social process, • social policy approaches to some of the currents of thought, • social state and its devolopment, • trade unions and social policy, • international partners of social policy, • social problems and social policy applications, • social policy applications in Turkey

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Concept of Social Policy, Social Policy emergenes at the historical and social process
2	Social policy approaches to some of the currents of thought and transition “Social” understanding
3	social state and its devolopment, factors that improve the social quality of the state
4	Trade unions and social policy
5	Social problems and social policy; working rights and unemployment matter
6	Social problems and social policy; labor religions
7	Social problems and social policy; income distrubution
8	Midterm Exam
9	Social problems and social policy; social security and equality policies
10	Social Policy and International Labour Organization
11	The European Union and Social Policy
12	Formation and properties of social policy in Turkey
13	Social problems and social policy applications in Turkey
14	Social problems and social policy applications in Turkey
15	Today, the social policy problems, general assessment
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Koray, M.,Sosyal Politika, Ezgi Kitabevi Talas, C.,Türkiye’nin Açıklamalı Sosyal Politika Tarihi, Bilgi Yayınevi Güven, S., Sosyal Politikanın Temelleri, Ezgi Kitabevi Gülmez, M.,Avrupa Birliği’nde Sosyal Politika, Aydoğdu Ofset Gülmez, M.,Uluslararası Sosyal Politika, Hatiboğlu Basım Yayım Şenkal, A.,Küreselleşme Sürecinde Sosyal Politika, Alfa Basım Yayım Buğra, A.,Keyder, Ç. (Der.), Sosyal Politika Yazıları, İletişim Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Self Study	14	0.5	7
Individual Study for Homework Problems	1	8	8
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	7	7
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	12	12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High