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SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
4GLB208DECENT WORK & ECONOMİC GROWTH1+2+03414.08.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course 1. Provide information about components and targets of SDG 8. 2.Discuss political, economic, scientific, technological, social and other related aspects of SDG 8 in relation to the problems targeted
and challenges faced.
3. Assist students to understand the importance of interdisciplinary
approaches to address SDG 8 in addition to economic approach. 4.Engage students with team-work towards solving a problem or
completing a task.
5. Articulate the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration for
addressing the complexities of SDG 8.
Course Content This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8) among the 17 SDGs established by the United Nations. Natures of problems targeted in SDG 8 are explored throughout the course in the three parts of SDG 8: (i) Economic Growth, (ii) Employment, and (iii) Decent Work. All three aspects are introduced and related problems are discussed at local and global levels incorporating political, economic, scientific, technological, social and other potentially related perspectives. Students will gain knowledge about the interconnectedness of SDG 8 with various fields through working on the challenges in front of the three parts of SDG 8. There will be limited lecturing and team activities/assignments, individual pre- lecture assignments, and presentation by guest speakers will be adopted encouraging students to acquire critical analysis and problem identification/solving skills through a “learning-by-doing”
approach.
Course Methods and Techniques Learning by doing, active learning, group work, multidisciplinary study.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Asist Prof.Dr. Çağlar Kurç
Name of Lecturers Instructor Dr. CAVİDAN YAKUPOĞLU KARAAĞAÇ
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources https://sdgs.un.org/goals
Course Notes Assisting students increase their awareness of the definition of SDG 8.
Encouraging individuals and team members to actively engage in in-depth conversations about SDG 8.
Implementing team-oriented learning methods.
Fostering peer learning across different disciplines.


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Yarıyıl İçi Çalışmalarının Başarı Notunun Katkısı 2 % 10
Yarıl yılSonu Sınavı/Dönem Projesinin Başarı Notuna Katkısı 1 % 10
Quiz/Küçük Sınav 1 % 10
Ödev 5 % 60
Diğer (Staj vb.) 1 % 10
Total
10
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Araştırma Ödevi 5 4 20
Grup Projesi 1 3 3
Sınıf İçi Aktivitesi 3 14 42
Sunum için Hazırlık 1 14 14
Soru Çözümü 2 9 18
Ders dışı çalışma 1 14 14
Takım/Grup Çalışması 2 5 10
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 121

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Identify key features of SDG 8.
2 Analyze SDG 8 according to its political, economic, scientific, technological, and social dimensions in local and global context
3 Compare how SDG 8 is related to their fields.
4 Evaluate the impact of individual and professional decisions as related to SDG 8 at a basic level.
5 Defend the necessity of interdisciplinary understanding of SDG 8.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction
2 What is economic growth and why is it important?
3 How was economic growth achieved and addressed so far? What was right? What went wrong?
4 Challenges in front of economic growth
5 Additional problems/solution possibilities.
6 What is meant by unemployment ?
7 How was employment supplied, distributed, ensured or organized so far?
8 Spring Break
9 Challenges in front of employment
10 Additional problems/solution possibilities
11 What is “Decent Work” and why is it important?
12 How were the working conditions and employment possibilities so far in decent and less decent working environments?
13 Challenges in front of decent work: long-run/short-run, high-middle-low income countries, global/local, establishment/sustainability, etc.
14 Are partnerships necessary or obligatory for the three parts of SDG 8?

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15
All 2 1 2 1 3 3 5 3 4 5 2 1 1 1 5
C1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 2 1 1 1 5
C2 2 1 2 1 3 3 5 3 4 5 2 1 1 1 5
C3 2 1 2 1 3 3 5 3 4 5 2 1 1 1 5
C4 2 1 2 1 3 3 5 4 5 5 2 1 1 1 5
C5 2 1 2 1 4 4 5 4 5 5 2 1 1 1 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

  
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