SOCIAL POLICY
- Course
- BUSN210 - SOCIAL POLICY
- Department
- Business Administration - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 6
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
SOSYAL POLİTİKA
SOCIAL POLICY
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
No evaluation items have been defined.
Course outcomes
- 01 They will gain an understanding of both their social policy analysis and their role as social workers to influence social policy changes in their organizations, communities and the world (5).
- 02 Will be able to critically distinguish forms of oppression and discrimination (4)
- 03 It will envisage advocacy and social change strategies to achieve social justice (4)
- 04 They will be equipped with both social policy analysis and their own roles as social workers to influence social policy changes in their organizations, communities and the world (5)
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | General introduction to the course and conceptual introduction, historical developments |
| Week 2 | The concept of social welfare and its development, Social policy definition and features |
| Week 3 | Social welfare policy and its features |
| Week 4 | social policy models |
| Week 5 | Social welfare models and social policy |
| Week 6 | Social welfare models and social policy |
| Week 7 | Social work and social welfare policy relationship |
| Week 8 | Simultaneously with midterm exams: social policy, social work and social problems |
| Week 9 | Simultaneously with midterm exams:Policy implementation models in social work |
| Week 10 | Simultaneously with midterm exams: Services, poverty and the social construction of Human Needs |
| Week 11 | Establishing a relationship between social work areas and social policy (health and education) |
| Week 12 | Establishing a relationship between social work areas and social policy (poverty and urbanization) |
| Week 13 | Establishing a relationship between social work areas and social policy (family and demography) |
| Week 14 | Establishing a relationship between social work areas and social policy (disabled and elderly) |
| Week 15 | General evaluation |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 1. Jansson, B. (1994). Social Policy: From Theory to Policy Practice. (2nd edition). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing 6.
- 02 2. Lowe, G. R. (1999). Professionalization of Poverty: Social Work and the Poor in the 20thCentury. Aldine De Gruyter.
- 03 3. Şahin, F. (2000). Sosyal Hizmet Uzmanlarının Sosyal Politika Süreçlerine Katılımı. Ankara, Aydınlar Matbaası.
- 04 4 HÜ SHB (2014). "Sosyal Hizmet ve Toplumla Çalışma" Doç. Dr. Şener KOÇYILDIRIM'a Armağan. Ed.: Prof. Dr. Vedat IŞIKHAN. Ankara, SHARUGED.
Learning Outcomes
- L01 It aims to provide students with a sense of the scope, range and purpose of the subject while developing critical awareness of problems, issues and common fallacies of social policy.
- L01 They describe the basic concepts of social policy (2) SOLO 2
- L02 Students undertstand the welfare states and its relevance.
- L02 They describe the relation between social services, social welfare and social policy (2) SOLO 2
- L03 Explain the basics of social policy (3) SOLO 3
Program Outcomes
- P01 1. Gained the necessary skills to learn and adopt a spirit of continuous learning in their professional life.
- P02 2. Developed various skills by working independently via specific learned techniques that both triggered individual efforts and encouraged collaborative work.
- P03 3. Acquired the essential knowledge and skills to apply key theories, models and applications within the global business context.
- P04 4. Adopted and applied critical and strategic thinking together with research capabilities for efficient and effective business decisions.
- P05 5. Utilized and managed ethically information technologies required for contemporary business world.
- P06 6. Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills necessary for team work within global organizations.
- P07 7. Displayed their learnt communication skills that are required to effectively interact in a cross cultural and diverse international work environment.
- P08 8. Applied their acquired knowledge within the changing work environment.
- P09 9. Developed an understanding of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities to be used at work and in personal life.
Po-Lo Matrix
| LO | P01 | P02 | P03 | P04 | P05 | P06 | P07 | P08 | P09 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |