COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITY OF LIFE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6104 QUALITY OF LIFE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FARUK SAPANCALI

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The subjective and objective conditions of life in a socially qualified to examine the effects of these

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the consept of quality of life
2   Being able to xxplaining the relationship between social policy and quality of life
3   Being able to identify and evaluate the subjective and objective elements of quality of life
4   Being able to analyze the levels of quality of life in various countries in the context of basic indicators and measurements
5   Being able to review of the quality of life in Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Description
2 Concept and Development of Quality of Life
3 Theoretical Perspectives on Quality of Life
4 Empirical Perspectives on Quality of Life
5 Components of Quality of Life in General
6 Components of Material Quality of Life: Money and Growth
7 Relationship Between Health and Quality of Life
8 Midterm Exam
9 Education and Quality of Life
10 Relationship of Trust, Security and Quality of Life
11 The role of quality of life of the individual and social relations
12 Harbouring Types and Quality of Life
13 Quality of Working Life
14 Liberty, Democracy and Quality of Life
15 Overall Evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Faruk Sapancalı: Yaşam Kalitesi. Altın Nokta Yayınevi, Izmir, 2009.
Yardımcı kaynaklar: OECD: Well-being of Nations. Paris, 2001.
EOROFOUND: Second European Quality of Life Survey. Luxembourg, 2009.
Amartya SEN: Özgürlükle Kalkınma. Ayrıntı yayınları, Istanbul, 2004.
R. Rose- Y.Z. Özcan: First European Quality of Life Survey: Quality of Life in Turkey. Eurofound, Luxembourg, 2007.
David Phillips: Quality of Life. Rotledge, New York, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explanation of basic concepts and theories, then prepared by students in the class by the instructor seminar presentation and discussion of the work.

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


*** 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Weekly pre / post preparations 14 4 56
Midterm Exam Preparation 1 5 5
Final Exam Preparation 1 5 5
Assignment Preparation 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm Exam 1 3 3
Final Exam 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511