Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

General Description

Brief History

The Institute of Social Sciences, one of the four institutes under Bursa Uludağ University, was established in 1982 and has been conducting master´s and doctoral programs since the 1982-1983 academic year. The Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations within the institute comprises four branches:
- Labour Economics,
- Labour and Social Security Law,
- Management and Labour Sociology,
- Management and Labour Psychology.
Within the Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, there are two master´s programs: the Thesis Master´s Program in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, and the Thesis Master´s Program in Work Psychology and Human Resources. At the doctoral level, there is a single program: the Ph.D. Program in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations.

Qualification Awarded

The Department of Labour Economics is subject to the 90-120 ECTS credit system for master´s degrees in the second cycle. Upon successful completion of the program and fulfillment of program requirements, a master´s degree in the field of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations is awarded.

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle

Specific Admission Requirements

To apply for the Master´s Program in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, the following requirements must be met: - A bachelor´s degree in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, or Law. - A minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.40. - Obtaining a minimum score of 55 (equivalent weight) in the Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam (ALES) within the last three years. For foreign nationals, internationally recognized documents such as GRE, GMAT, etc., are accepted, and ALES is not required. Turkish citizens who completed their entire undergraduate education abroad must have their undergraduate diplomas approved by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK). Admission of these candidates to postgraduate programs is decided by the institute´s board of directors based on the opinion of the department. Candidates wishing to take the master´s entrance exams must apply electronically with the necessary documents within the application and registration dates announced on the university´s website. In the admission to master´s programs, the evaluation is based on the ALES score (50%), undergraduate GPA (20%), and written/interview exam result (30%). Candidates who score at least sixty-five (65) points in this evaluation are ranked, and the number of students admitted is equal to the announced quota. Those who hold a bachelor´s degree in a field other than Labour Economics and Industrial Relations and succeed in the master´s exam participate in a one-year scientific preparatory program.

Specific arrangements for the recognition of prior learning

The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Students who successfully complete the required and elective courses, equivalent to a minimum of 120 ECTS credits, and defend their thesis successfully before a selected jury, are awarded the Master´s Degree in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations.

Profile of The Programme

The program aims to enhance the knowledge of students with a background in social policy at the undergraduate level, elevating their expertise to an advanced level. Through both theoretical and applied knowledge, the program seeks to develop students´ capacity to analyze social policy issues and conduct scientific research. In pursuit of this goal, the department includes elective courses alongside mandatory ones, allowing students to acquire the necessary skills in accordance with their career plans.

Key Learning Outcomes & Classified & Comparative

1. Ability of using scientific research methods very effectively and to discuss the results of methods on global scale.
2. Ability of actively adapting the informations which from the different disciplines related to the field to current events.
3. To oversee the principle of “social justice” in proposed solutions relating to social problems.
4. To offer concrete solutions to social problems in the context of scientific standards.
5. To master methodological requirements of social sciences and ability to follow the latest developments and critiques of them.
6. To evaluate of modern equivalents of legal regulations related to Social Policy and working life.
7. To master oral and written principles of the Turkish language and ability of using a high level of foreign grammar.
8. To analyze current political and economic developments in context of conceptual and thoroughly levels.
9. Becoming aware of the scientific and ethical principles of the discipline of Social Policy.
10. To comprehend the scientific information which is used for the country and the universal requirements.

SKILLS

Cognitive - Practical

To analyze current political and economic developments in context of conceptual and thoroughly levels.
Becoming aware of the scientific and ethical principles of the discipline of Social Policy.
To evaluate of modern equivalents of legal regulations related to Social Policy and working life.
To oversee the principle of “social justice” in proposed solutions relating to social problems.
Ability of using scientific research methods very effectively and to discuss the results of methods on global scale.
To master methodological requirements of social sciences and ability to follow the latest developments and critiques of them.

KNOWLEDGE

Theoretical - Conceptual

To offer concrete solutions to social problems in the context of scientific standards.
To master methodological requirements of social sciences and ability to follow the latest developments and critiques of them.
To analyze current political and economic developments in context of conceptual and thoroughly levels.
Becoming aware of the scientific and ethical principles of the discipline of Social Policy.
To comprehend the scientific information which is used for the country and the universal requirements.
Ability of using scientific research methods very effectively and to discuss the results of methods on global scale.
Ability of actively adapting the informations which from the different disciplines related to the field to current events.
To evaluate of modern equivalents of legal regulations related to Social Policy and working life.
To oversee the principle of “social justice” in proposed solutions relating to social problems.
To master oral and written principles of the Turkish language and ability of using a high level of foreign grammar.

COMPETENCES

Field Specific Competence

To offer concrete solutions to social problems in the context of scientific standards.
To evaluate of modern equivalents of legal regulations related to Social Policy and working life.
Ability of using scientific research methods very effectively and to discuss the results of methods on global scale.
Becoming aware of the scientific and ethical principles of the discipline of Social Policy.
To master oral and written principles of the Turkish language and ability of using a high level of foreign grammar.
To comprehend the scientific information which is used for the country and the universal requirements.

COMPETENCES

Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

To analyze current political and economic developments in context of conceptual and thoroughly levels.
To master methodological requirements of social sciences and ability to follow the latest developments and critiques of them.
Becoming aware of the scientific and ethical principles of the discipline of Social Policy.
Ability of actively adapting the informations which from the different disciplines related to the field to current events.
To evaluate of modern equivalents of legal regulations related to Social Policy and working life.
To oversee the principle of “social justice” in proposed solutions relating to social problems.

COMPETENCES

Communication and Social Competence

To comprehend the scientific information which is used for the country and the universal requirements.
Becoming aware of the scientific and ethical principles of the discipline of Social Policy.
To evaluate of modern equivalents of legal regulations related to Social Policy and working life.
To offer concrete solutions to social problems in the context of scientific standards.
To master oral and written principles of the Turkish language and ability of using a high level of foreign grammar.

COMPETENCES

Learning Competence

Becoming aware of the scientific and ethical principles of the discipline of Social Policy.
To offer concrete solutions to social problems in the context of scientific standards.
To evaluate of modern equivalents of legal regulations related to Social Policy and working life.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples

People who graduated from Sub-Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations keeping hold of PhD degree should be employment in some positions at Ministry of Labour and Social Security and dependent institutions and human resources specialist position at human resources service in company at private sector, too.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates who successfully complete the master´s program may choose to pursue doctoral studies at both national and international higher education institutions.

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

- PhD Programme: In order for a student to be able to register for the courses at the beginning of the term and to take the final examination, she/he has to attend at least 70% of the classes. Students are made to take at least one final examination for each of the courses during a semester. All exams are scored on the scale of 100 and students have to get a score that is min. 70. A student is successful if she/he receives AA, BA, BB, CB and CC as the letter grade from a class.

Graduation Requirements

To successfully complete the program, students need to pass a minimum of 120 ECTS credits from the available courses in the program and successfully complete their thesis.

Mode of Study

Full-Time

Address and Contact Details

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Görükle Kampüsü 16059 Nilüfer/Bursa
Telefon: 0 (224) 294 24 23
Fax: 0 (224) 294 24 34
e-mail : sosbil@uludag.edu.tr.
Anabilim Dalı Başkanı: Prof. Dr. İlknur KILKIŞ
e-mail: ilknur@uludag.edu.tr

Facilities

Courses of PhD Programme in Sub-Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations are instructed by 13 academic staffs of Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations.

Curriculum

1. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
CLE5101	LEGAL FRAME OF LABOUR RELATIONS	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
CLE5101	LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF LABOUR LAW	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
CLE5103	LABOR MARKET ANALYSIS	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
CLE5169	RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	Compulsory	3	0	0	4
CLE5175	THESIS CONSULTING I	Compulsory	0	1	0	1
	Click to choose optional courses.					10
Total						30

2. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
CLE5102	CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
CLE5104	POST-INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION	Compulsory	3	0	0	4
CLE5172	SEMINAR	Compulsory	0	2	0	5
CLE5176	THESIS CONSULTING II	Compulsory	0	1	0	1
	Click to choose optional courses.					15
Total						30

3. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
CLE5183	ADVANCED TOPICS IN MA THESIS I	Compulsory	4	0	0	4
CLE5193	THESIS CONSULTANTS III	Compulsory	0	1	0	26
Total						30

4. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
CLE5184	ADVANCED TOPICS IN MA THESIS II	Compulsory	4	0	0	4
CLE5194	THESIS CONSULTANTS IV	Compulsory	0	1	0	26
Total						30

15. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
CAL2302 BH	SOCIOLOGY OF WORK&INDUSTRY	Compulsory	3	0	0	7
CAL2404 BH	LABOUR&INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY	Compulsory	3	0	0	7
CAL3103 BH	THEORY OF SOCIAL SECURITY	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
CAL3104 BH	INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
CAL3201 BH	INDIVIDUAL LABOUR LAW	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
CAL4103 BH	EMPLOYMENT&UNEMPLOYMENT	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
Total						34

1. Semester Optional Courses
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
CLE5105	SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE	Optional	2	0	0	5
CLE5107	DEBATES ON SOCIAL POLICY	Optional	2	0	0	5
CLE5109	APPLIED LABOUR LAW	Optional	2	0	0	5
CLE5111	TURKISH SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM: PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS	Optional	2	0	0	5
CLE5113	STUDIES ON HUMAN RESOURCES	Optional	2	0	0	5
CLE5115	INCOME DISTRUBITION AND POVERTY	Optional	2	0	0	5

2. Semester Optional Courses
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
CLE5106	MANAGEMENT OF WAGE	Optional	2	0	0	5
CLE5108	SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES	Optional	2	0	0	5
CLE5110	ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY	Optional	2	0	0	5
CLE5112	OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY	Optional	2	0	0	5
CLE5114	GLOBALIZATION AND LABOUR	Optional	2	0	0	5
CLE5116	INTERNATIONAL LABOUR NORMS	Optional	2	0	0	5