COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTIVE III (POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RPD 4027 ELECTIVE III (POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASLI UZ BAŞ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to help students understand positive psychology approach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand development of positive psychology.
2   Understand the basic concepts of positive psychology.
3   Understand the meaning of happiness.
4   Understand the basic factors that affect well-being.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Content, Importance, Rules and Requisities
2 Development of positive psychology
3 Basic principles of positive psychology
4 Positive emotions
5 Positive relationships
6 Meaning and purpose
7 Accomplishment
8 Resilience
9 Quality of life and life satisfaction
10 Flow
11 Student presentations
12 Student presentations
13 Student presentations
14 Student presentations
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Grenville-Cleave, B. (2012). Positive Psychology: A Practical Guide. Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, Minneapolis, MN.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Direct instruction, question-answer, disscussion and homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 83

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.114143553144
LO.214143553144
LO.314143553144
LO.414143553144