COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 5013 INFORMATION SOCIETY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

To assess comperativly of country's knowledge-based society's specifications and the level of human development , defining the knowledge-based society's general characteristics and the concept of human development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the concept of knowledge-based society's and it's specifications.
2   To grasp of transformation in working life and changing the social structure's spesifications in knowledge-based society
3   Describe the phenomenon of human development
4   To learn the phenomenon of human development and it's dimensions.
5   Find out the criteria for the level of human development.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The general features of knowledge-based society.
2 Transformation in working life in knowledge-based society in the knowledge-based society.
3 Problems in transition period on knowledge-based society.
4 Investigation of the knowledge-based society indicators.
5 Information technologies and social impacts.
6 Research, development and innovation in the knowledge-based society.
7 the knowledge-based society and the digital scarp.
8 Mid-term exam
9 Measuring of human development concept.
10 Defining of criteria and indicators of human development.
11 Contents of the Human Development Report and the Human Development Index
12 Investigation of Human Development Sub-Indices
13 Investigation on Human Development Indicators in Turkey
14 Human Developmen Function of the Relationship Between Sustainability and Competitiveness

Recomended or Required Reading

Main references:
Veysel BOZKURT, Enformasyon Toplumu Ve Türkiye, Sistem Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 1996.
Cihan DURA Ve H. ATIK, Bilgi Toplumu, Bilgi Ekonomisi Ve Türkiye, Literatür, Istanbul, 2002.
Hüsnü ERKAN, Bilgi Toplumu ve Ekonomik Gelişme, Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul, 1997.
Armand Mattelart, Bilgi Toplumunun Tarihi Iletişim Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2004.
Karakaş E. Ve Köksal E., Insani kalkınma ve Türkiye. Toplumsal Katılım ve Gelişim Vakfı, Istanbul, 2003.
BM Insani Gelişme Endeksleri

Supplementary reference:
Peter F. DRUCKER, Kapitalist Ötesi Toplum, (Çev.: Belkıs Çorakçı), Inkilap Kitapevi, Istanbul, 1993.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assignment / research, presentation and active expression.

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

All learning outcomes are measured by the mid-term exam and a final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0.232.3010289 ozlem.cakir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 14.00-15.00 pm.

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 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.143455
LO.243455
LO.343455
LO.443455
LO.543455

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