COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL POLITICS IN EUROPEAN UNION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSI 2009 SOCIAL POLITICS IN EUROPEAN UNION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BARIŞ SEÇER

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Textile Engineering
Mining Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering (Evening)
Geophysical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Mining Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Geological Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to study the concept of social policy in terms of EU and in this sense, to give ability to the students explaining the EU social policy process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To evaluate the development of social policy
2   To evaluate the development of EU
3   To determine the relationship between social policy and EU
4   To pursue the developments in EU's social policy
5   To analyse the social problems in EU

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Social Policy
2 Introduction to Social Policy
3 European Union: History, Institutions
4 European Union: History, Institutions
5 Introduction to Social Policy of EU
6 Social Partners in the EU
7 European Communities and Social Policy
8 European Communities and Social Policy
9 European Coal and Steel Community and Social Policy
10 European Economic Community and Social Policy
11 European Economic Community and Social Policy
12 European Economic Community and Social Policy

Recomended or Required Reading

Mesut GÜLMEZ, Avrupa Birliği ve Sosyal Politika, Hatipoğlu Yayınevi, Ankara, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

midtemr exam+final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yrd.Doç.Dr. Barış SEÇER
TEl: 420 41 80- 10429

Office Hours

Tuesday 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 54

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511