COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL POLICY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6167 PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL POLICY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BARIŞ SEÇER

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

To understand the relationship between social policy and psychology. To determine the psychological factors that contribute the success of social policy practices and to point out the psychological dimensions in design of policies accordingly.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To relate the between of social policy and psychology.
2   To determine the the psychological factors that contribute the success of social policy practices.
3   To evaluate the psychological consequences of social policies.
4   To make empirical researches about psychological dimensions of social policies.
5   To adapt the psychological theories to social policy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Social Policy and Psychology
2 Social Policy and Community Psychology
3 Social Policy and Mental Health
4 Unemployment-directed Social Policy Practices
5 The Evaluation of Social Policy in terms of human dignity
6 Social Inclusion Policies and Psychology
7 Psychological Dimensions of Poverty
8 Midterm Exam
9 Midterm Exam
10 Criminal Psychology and Psychology
11 Social Policy Attitudes
12 Psychological Dimensions of Welfare Depedency
13 Social Policies and Emotions
14 Social Psychological Dimensions of Social Justice

Recomended or Required Reading

Psychology, Development and Social Policy in India, Editors; R. C. Tripathi Yoganand Sinha, Springer India 2014.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** 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)

baris.secer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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