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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / SOS 425 - SOCIOLOGY

Code: SOS 425 Course Title: SOCIOLOGY OF POVERTY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department SOCIOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ÇAĞDAŞ ÜMİT YAZGAN (cumityazgan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Poverty and inequality are among the most important issues and problems of the 21st Century. This derives from the most recent research into the causes of poverty and inequality and related policy

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Poverty and inequality analysis PO-1 1. Can understand the basic concepts regarding the sociology programs.
PO-2 2.Can transfer and adapt what they have acquired in the field of Sociology to other disciplines.
PO-3 3. Can develop creative, resourceful in terms of conducting sociological analysis and equipped with the communication and social skills necessary to take part in team work.
Examination
LO-2 To evaluate the effects of poverty prevention programs PO-1 1. Can understand the basic concepts regarding the sociology programs.
PO-3 3. Can develop creative, resourceful in terms of conducting sociological analysis and equipped with the communication and social skills necessary to take part in team work.
PO-5 5. Can dedicate to improve themselves by keeping abreast of the developments in science, technology and modern topics.
Examination
LO-3 To be able to analyze human development perspective PO-1 1. Can understand the basic concepts regarding the sociology programs.
PO-3 3. Can develop creative, resourceful in terms of conducting sociological analysis and equipped with the communication and social skills necessary to take part in team work.
PO-4 4. Can have the skills to define, model and solve the sociological problems in the field of Sociology and related fields.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The absolute-relative poverty and subjective-objective poverty, discrimination, the general situation of poverty in the world and in Turkey, poverty culture, poverty and crime, poverty and space, poverty and social exclusion analysis. Evaluation of the field researches on poverty.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Lecturing method
2 Definition and Measurement of Poverty and Inequality Lecturing methodLecturing method
3 international inequality Lecturing method
4 Sustainable Human Development Lecturing method
5 Millennium Development Goals Report Lecturing method
6 Inequality and Growth Lecturing method
7 Social Dimensions of Poverty Lecturing method
8 mid-term exam
9 Projects Made in the World Against Poverty and Inequality Lecturing method
10 Multidimensional Inequality I Lecturing method
11 Multidimensional Inequality II Lecturing method
12 Human Opportunity Index Lecturing method
13 Poverty and Employment Lecturing method
14 Global and Regional Prosperity Lecturing method
15 Inequality in Opportunities Lecturing method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Suğur, N., Suğur, S, Gönç-Şavran, T., Çetin, O. B., Akarçay, E. (2010). Eskişehir’de Çalışan Yoksullar, Enformel İstihdam ve Yoksulluk İlişkileri. Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları.
2 Erdoğan, N. (2016). Yoksulluk Halleri, Türkiye’de Kent Yoksulluğunun Toplumsal Görünümleri. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 6 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 14 14
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 98