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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SOS412.2Disabled and CommunityElective483
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
This course aims at evaluating the studies of disability from a sociological point of view and discussing basic subjects of the field
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Süleyman YURTTAŞ
Learning Outcomes
1Students can define disability
2Students can understand the problems the disabled face within the society
3Students can expain the rights of the disabled
4Students can compare disability on the basis of social policies in Turkey and the EU
5
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Definitions of diability, construction of modern society, construction of the distinction between the normal and abnormal, othering of the disabled people, policies of disability and the EU, status of the disabled in Turkey, policies of NGOs regarding the disabled, rights of the disabled
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Construction of modern society
2Forms of conceptualization and rise of the modern self
3Forms of defining categories within Cartesian social order
4The construction of the distinction between normal and abnormal
5Definitions of disability
6The dissolution of the modern self and attitude towards the "abnormal"
7Othered disabled
8On the functionality of disability
9exam
10Disability and labelling theories
11Disability and the social order
12Rights of the disabled
13Policies of disability in the EU
14Studies on disability and social, economic and cultural participation
15Policies of disability in Turkey
16final
Recommended or Required Reading
Ş.Uluocak,C.Aslan (2012) Toplum ve Engelliler,Çanakkale Kitaplığı.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination14545
Final Examination14545
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High