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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PDR 5065	INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS AND SOLUTION STRATEGIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ABBAS TÜRNÜKLÜ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach students interpersonal conflicts, types of conflicts, causes of conflicts, conflict resolution strategies, principles of conflict resolution, negotiation and mediation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Being able to define basic concepts related to interpersonal conflict resolution.
2	Being able to explain types and causes of interpersonal conflicts, and positive and negative results of conflict resolution process.
3	Being able to give examples in relation to interpersonal conflicts and conflict resolution strategies, and principles
4	Being able to describe conflict resolution principles.
5	Being able to negotiate interpersonal conflicts face to face.
6	Being able to mediate interpersonal conflicts in order to reach peaceful and constructive agreement.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The nature of interpersonal conflicts
2	Types and causes of interpersonal conlicts
3	Conflict resolution strategies
4	Principles of conflict resolution
5	Principles of conflict resolution
6	Negotiation
7	Negotiation
8	Midterm
9	Negotiation practice
10	Mediation
11	Mediation
12	Mediation
13	Mediation practice
14	Mediation practice
15	Final

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Barsky, E. A. (2000). Conflict resolution for the helping professions. Stamford: Brooks / Cole, Thomson Learning.
2. Fisher, R,. Ury, W. ve Patton, B. (1991). Getting to yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in (2nd Ed.). USA: Penguin Boks.
3. Ildır, G. (2003). Alternatif uyuşmazlık çözümü: Medeni yargıya alternative yöntemler. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi.
4. Karip, E. (1999). Çatışma yönetimi. Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık.
5. Lulofs, R. S. ve Cahn D. D. (2000). Conflict from theory to action (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
6. Moore, C. & Woodrow, P. (2010). Handbook of Global and Multicultural Negotiation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
7. Moore, W. C. (1996). The mediation process: practical strategies for resolving conflict (2nd edit.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
8. Özbek, M. (2004). Alternatif uyuşmazlık çözümü. Ankara: Yaklaşım Yayınları.
9. Zehr, H. (2005). Changing lenses: A new focus for crime and justice. Scottdale: Herald Pres.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Answer-Question
Discussion

Assessment Methods

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

abbas.turnuklu@deu.edu.tr

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	13	7	91
Preparation for midterm exam	1	25	25
Preparation for final exam	1	30	30
Midterm	1	3	3
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			189

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	2	3
LO.2	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	2	3
LO.3	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	2	3
LO.4	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	2	3
LO.5	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	2	3
LO.6	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	2	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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