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MLY4009Social Policy3+0+0ECTS:5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of FINANCE
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Güven MURAT
Co-Lecturer
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The explanation of social policy with its narrow and wide meanings and trying to find solutions of these problems in this respect.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : understand the frameworks and context of social policy within the welfare state.1,2,6,81
LO - 2 : comprehend existing social policy perspectives across housing,, social security, health, education and social care.1,2,6,81
LO - 3 : discuss developments and new initiatives in social policy.1,2,6,81
LO - 4 : determine the influence of social issues on society.1,2,6,81
LO - 5 : summarize the influence of social issues on society and social group.1,2,6,81
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
Problems among employees, employers and the miscellaneous groups concerning the economic and social life from the Industrial Revolution till now; the effects and solutions of these problems on the social structure, the narrow and wide comment of social policy, national and international tools of the social policy, labour markets, employment conditions and the arrangement of these, income distribution, wage, productivity, international social policy problems and its solutions.
 
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
 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. 2017; 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 1 50
End-of-term exam 16 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 4 14 56
Sınıf dışı çalışma 4 14 56
Arasınav için hazırlık 7 2 14
Arasınav 1 1 1
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 11 2 22
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Total work load150