COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL BENEFITS AND SERVICES LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 3024 SOCIAL BENEFITS AND SERVICES LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR COŞKUN SARAÇ

Offered to

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

Course Objective

This lesson presents a detailed overview and role of social assistances and services in providing social protection in Türkiye. Social assistances and services are provided to the people who do not have an income to continue living even at a minimum level within local measures, who live in poverty and who cannot provide their essential needs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to give a detailed explanation of what social assistances and services are and who they protect
2   Being able to be familiar with the principal features of Turkish social benefits and services law
3   Being able to learn the differences between contributory and non-contributory social security systems
4   Being able to learn about eligibility criteria for social assistances
5   Being able to learn about eligibility criteria for social services

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts of "social security, social insurance, social law, social risk"
2 Concepts of "social assistance, social compensation, social service, social incentives"
3 Major international social security conventions
4 Dowry account support, Housing account support, Maternity benefit
5 Scope and application of Law No. 3294 -Part 1
6 Scope and application of Law No. 3294 -Part 2
7 Conditional Cash Transfers
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Scope and application of Law No. 2022 -Part 1
10 Scope and application of Law No. 2022 -Part 2
11 Social Assistance to Military Families and Orphans
12 Social compensation legislation -Part 1
13 Social compensation legislation -Part 2
14 Social service legislation -Part 1
15 Social service legislation -Part 2
16 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Ali Nazım SÖZER, Türkiye'de Sosyal Hukuk, 1998
A.Can TUNCAY/Ömer EKMEKÇI, Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku Dersleri, 2009.
Ali GÜZEL/Ali Rıza OKUR/NURTEN CANIKLIOĞLU, Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku,2009.
Yusuf ALPER, Türkiye de Sosyal Güvenlik ve Sosyal Sigortalar, 2003.
Müjdat ŞAKAR, Sosyal Sigortalar Uygulaması, 2009.
Kenan TUNÇOMAĞ, Sosyal Güvenlik Kavramı ve Sosyal Sigortalar, 1990
M. Fatih UŞAN,Türk Sosyal Güvenlik Hukukunun Temel Esasları, 2009

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is conducted through theoretical sessions with practical examples.

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


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)

coskun.sarac@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 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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