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SHZ 544 - Social Work and Social Policy

Graduate Education Institute · Social Work · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Arş. Gör. Yelda YILMAZ

Course Objective

To address the issues that are closely related to the social work profession and discipline during the development, implementation and implementation of social policies, and to examine, evaluate and analyze the relationship between social work and social policies from different perspectives.

Course Content

The emergence and development of social policy, to emphasize the concept and scope of social policy, to review the discussions on this issue. To discuss the contributions of social work profession and discipline in the formulation and implementation of social policies. To reveal the relationship between social policy and social work. To examine social welfare policies and programs. institutions that are influential in the formation of social policies (at both the national and international levels) by considering, for example in Turkey to discuss. Working life, working relations, poverty, social security, employment, unemployment, practices for disadvantaged groups, etc. To focus on individuals, families and groups with special needs. Thus, in Turkey, the elderly, the disabled, children pushed into crime, women, drug addicts, immigrants and so on. To discuss by revealing what social policies are for segments. It is aimed to examine and analyze poverty and poverty prevention studies at policy level.

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%30 (76) Social Services%70

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionBrain StormingSelf study

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / ThesisTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)14342
Out of Class Study Period14570
Midterm000
Quiz000
Assignment14242
Practice21530
Final133

Course Schedule

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