COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EUROPEAN UNION AND SOCIAL POLITICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 4036 EUROPEAN UNION AND SOCIAL POLITICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZEKI ERDUT

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

This course aims to ensure that students know the rising of EU, its institutional structure and integration process, and European Social Model in the context of social politics and interaction between social policies in member states, and also the adaptation process of Turkey to EU.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To analyze emergence of EU, its institutional structure and operation.
2   To explain integration theories
3   To analyze European Social Model
4   To discuss the components of original social policies of EU
5   To report interaction via social policies in member states

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Emergence of EU and Foundation Processes
2 Integration Theories
3 Institutional Structure and Operating of EU
4 European Social Model
5 Employment and Unemployment in EU
6 European Social Fund
7 Freedom of Movement and Social Adaptation in EU
8 Mid Term
9 Mid Term
10 Protection of Fundamental Social Rights and Social Dialog in EU
11 Information and Consultation to the workers in EU
12 Social Security in EU
13 Equality of Women and Men in EU
14 Social Effects of Turkey s Customs Union with EU

Recomended or Required Reading

Mesut Gülmez, Avrupa Birliği nde Sosyal Politika. Hatipoğlu Yayınları, Ankara, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Class participation
Examinations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

412 02 53
zeki.erdut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 15.30-17.00
Tuesday, 15.30-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.21
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511