Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
CEK515EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND UNEMPLOYMENTCompulsory115
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to analyze the policies applied to solve unemployment, which is an important socio-economic problem in our country and in our country.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd.Doç.Dr. Umut ULUKAN
Learning Outcomes
1Students will be able to follow contemporary theoritical debates on unemployment.
2Students will be able to make assesments about the young unemployment which is gains steadily more importance
3Students will be able to draw conclusions from the information succesfull country examples.
4Students will be able to make a synthesis of employment policies in Turkey and worldwide.
5Students will be able to evaluate the developments concerning labour market.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Theoretical Framework of Unemployment, UnemploymentReducing Policies, Unemployment in the World and Turkey, Employment Policies
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Theoretical Background of Unemployment,
2Measurement and Cost of Unemployment
3Flexibility approach to unemployment
4Macro policies for fighting unemployment I
5Macro policies for fighting unemployment II
6Unemployment in the World
7Unemployment in Turkey
8Midterm exam
9Active employment policies I
10Active employment policies II
11Pasive employment policies
12Active employment policies in Turkey
13European Employment Strategy
14European Employment Strategy and Turkey
15General
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
ILO Reports on Employment
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination13030
Final Examination15050
Discussion14342
Seminar13030
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)152
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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LO153112144322
LO243232332234
LO34 233154443
LO433243122222
LO533215133221
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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