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Social Assistance and Service in Turkeyand World

Course Code	: ÇEİ511
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

To gain ability to develop policies and practices to analyze and give suggestions on social assistance and services

Course Content

Social Aid and Service Concept, Turkey and the World Development of the Concept, Finance, Social Assistance and Service Programs in Turkey, the scope and terms of trade, Aid and Service Delivery to target groups, the difficulties encountered in the field

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1.	Learn the concept of social assistance and services
2.	to know the applications of social assistance and services in the world
3.	To know the applications of social assistance and services in Turkey
4.	to know new developments in applications of social assistance and services
5.	Develop and implement policy proposals in the field of social assistance and services to contribute to the improvement of the social services

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	li Nazım SÖZER, Türkiye de Sosyal Hukuk, 1998
2.	Süleyman ÖZDEMİR, Küreselleşme sürecinde Refah Devleti, İstanbul, 2007.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Definitions of poverty, different theoretical approaches to poverty

Week 2 - Theoretical

Different theoretical approaches to poverty, the problem of poverty in Turkey, poverty measurement

Week 3 - Theoretical

Applications of poverty measurement

Week 4 - Theoretical

Introduction to Social Welfare, Relations between Social Security and Social Assistance

Week 5 - Theoretical

Historical development of the Social Assistance

Week 6 - Theoretical

Historical development of the Social Assistance

Week 7 - Theoretical

Social Assistance in Different Welfare Regimes

Week 8 - Theoretical

Social Assistance in Different Welfare Regimes

Week 9 - Theoretical

Roles and Functions of Government and Civil Society Organizations in the Social Welfare System in Turkey

Week 10 - Theoretical

Social Assistance in Europe, Comparison of Europe and Turkey in social assistance

Week 11 - Theoretical

Basic concepts and definitions related to social services

Week 12 - Theoretical

Social services in different welfare regimes

Week 13 - Theoretical

Historical Development of Social Services in Turkey

Week 14 - Theoretical

Transformation and decentralization in Social Services

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	2	3	70
Midterm Examination	1	20	1	21
Final Examination	1	30	1	31
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12
OÇ-1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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