Course Name | Social Problems |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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GEHU 205 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Service Course | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Q&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | To introduce the students to the main social problems faced throughout the world and to the connections between sociological ideas and everyday experiences |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The course covers main social problems encountered in the modern world which are; urbanisation, migration, poverty, changing family structure, racism, sexism, unemployment, unsafe work environments end environmental issues |
Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction to the course | |
2 | Sociological Perspective and Social Problems | Mooney, Knox and Schacht, pp. 1-28. |
3 | Problems of Inequality: Work and Unemployment | Mooney, Knox and Schacht, pp. 225-266. |
4 | Problems of Inequality: Poverty and Economic Inequality | Mooney, Knox and Schacht, pp. 188-225. |
5 | Problems of Inequality: Gender Inequality and Sexual Orientation | Mooney, Knox and Schacht, pp. 357-438. |
6 | Problems of Illness and Health Care | Mooney, Knox and Schacht, pp. 29-72. |
7 | Midterm Exam | |
8 | Official Holiday | |
9 | Problems of Well Being: Crime and Social Control | Mooney, Knox and Schacht, pp. 109-146. |
10 | Population Growth and Urbanization | Mooney, Knox and Schacht, pp. 438-470. |
11 | Movie Screening | |
12 | Environmental Problems | Mooney, Knox and Schacht, pp. 470-510. |
13 | Science and Technology | Mooney, Knox and Schacht, pp. 510-555. |
14 | Review of the Semester | |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Linda Mooney, David Knox and Caroline Schacht, Understanding Social Problems, 7th ed., Wadsworth Publications, 2011. |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 50 |
Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 40 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 44 | |
Total | 180 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to apply the fundamental principles of design in creating visual narratives and messages, using physical and digital media, | |||||
2 | To attain complex problem-solving skills, using various design methods, | |||||
3 | To have a clear understanding of creative/art direction, | |||||
4 | To be able to use the advanced theoretical and applied knowledge attained in the areas of Visual Communication Design, | |||||
5 | To act with social and ethical awareness and to take responsibility, both individually and collectively, for developing aesthetic and effective design solutions, | |||||
6 | To be able to investigate, interpret and evaluate the developments on Visual Communication Design in the world and in Turkey, | |||||
7 | To have an advanced level of knowledge and experience in producing/editing still and moving images, | |||||
8 | To attain proficiency in using related software, media, and communication technologies, | |||||
9 | To gain reflexive and critical thinking abilities, | |||||
10 | To undertake self-directed and continuous education in the discipline, to develop a lifelong learning attitude, | |||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Visual Communication Design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1), | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently, | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest