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Last Updated: 26/10/2026

Code - Course Title	Course Type	Laboratory + Practice	ECTS
SİY207 - Social Policy and Planning	VI. SEMESTER	3 +0	4.0

Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Course Type	Required Courses
Course Instructor(s)	DOÇ. DR. SEDA TEKELİ
Mode of Delivery	The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
Place of Delivery	On Campus
Used Educational Platforms	Face-to-face
Prerequisites	There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Recommended Resources	Ayşen Tokol ve Yusuf Alper (Ed.). Sosyal Politika Dora Yayıncılık, 2022, 12. baskı.Meryem Koray. Sosyal Politika İmge Kitabevi.Ayşe Buğra ve Çağlar Keyder (Der.). Sosyal Politika Yazıları İletişim Yayınları.
Work Placement	N/A
Aims of the Course	The aim of this course is to examine the fundamental concepts, development, objectives, and fields of application of social policy, and to evaluate planning processes for identifying, analysing, and addressing social problems. The course explores poverty, income inequality, unemployment, social exclusion, and the challenges faced by disadvantaged groups from a social policy perspective. It also examines the roles of public institutions, local governments, and other social actors in promoting social welfare. The course aims to enable students to analyse social problems from multiple perspectives, evaluate social policy instruments and planning approaches, and develop feasible policy recommendations in response to societal needs.

Weeks	Learning Outcomes	Topics	Teaching Methods
Week - 1		Introduction of the course and basic subjects. Information about the basic principles. The development of the course and time schedule. Giving information about reference textbooks and guides for further reading. Answering participants’ questions.	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 2		Descriptions about the terminology. The differences and similarities of Social Policy with social welfare, social care, working conditions, society and the state. Explaining the historical development of Social Policy and its principles	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 3		The importance of social policies. Financing the social policies. Basic instruments of social policy: Social planning, social security systems, industrial relation systems. Themes and issues in international perspective. National and international characters of social policies	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 4		An approach to Social Policy from a different perspective for comparing the differences and the similarities with the relative social disciplines	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 5		Historical development of social policy. The Industrial Revolution: before and after. The technical and social circumstances of the Industrial Revolution. 1st Quiz.	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 6		The economical systems, social structures and laws during the Industrial Revolution. The development of social policies in counties that Industrial Revolution occurs.	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 7		The historical evolution of social policies during the Ottoman period and after the foundation of the Turkish Republic. Comparation of the historical development of social policies in the countries which had Industrial Revolution and Turkey.	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 8		Mid-term examination	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 9		The international recourses of Social Policy. The historical development of international social policies and the basic principles of these policies. The institutional structure of social policies	Lecture Observation Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 10		The structure of ILO. Administrative, legislative and supervising competence of the institution. The function of ILO standards for today and for the future.	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 11		The relations between Turkey and ILO. . The functions of ILO standards on the social policies in Turkey	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 12		The principles and rules of social policies of UN. The function of the UN standards on the social policies in Turkey 2nd. Quiz.	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 13		The principles and rules of social policies in EU. The function of EU standards on the social policies in Turkey	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming
Week - 14		The Influences of the social policies for the 21st. Century. and Turkey	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming

End Poverty Health and Quality of Life Decent Work and Economic Growth Reducing Inequalities

Society, Law and Communication

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