COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PREPERATION FOR PROFESSIONAL LIFE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ESH 0070 PREPERATION FOR PROFESSIONAL LIFE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Faculty Of Letters

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR GAMZE ERDOĞAN

Offered to

American Culture and Literature
Archeology
Museology
.
Translation and Interpreting
.
Turkish Language and Literature
Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)
Psychology
Archeology
Comparative Literature
Sociology
Sociology
Philosophy
Linguistics
History
Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
History
Comparative Literature

Course Objective

Make students recognize the dynamics of professional life and industries, acquire the skills of searching job, application for a job, etc.,discover personal strengths and their orientation, and acquire the necessary qualifications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Development of students prevalent communication skills,
2   2. Recognition of themselves, vocational life, and professions,
3   3. Being up to the conflicts those might appear within interpersonal communication as well as organizational communication processes and team consciousness,
4   4. To be able to prepare an effective CV, to complete a job application process effectively,
5   5. Career planning and development.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Communication Concept, Functions, and Types
2 Interpersonal Communication and analysis of the functions that affect interpersonal communication process
3 First impression and impression management
4 Organizational communication and team consciousness
5 Conflict management in Interpersonal communication and organizational communication
6 Emotion management and emotional labour
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Time management
9 Professional ethics
10 Recruitment process, Job notices, Advertising channels in human resources management. Internet and job search, Social nets (Kariyer.net, hurriyetik.com, Linkedin, kref.net) Recruitment process, Job notices, Advertising channels in human resources management. Internet and job search, Social nets (Kariyer.net, hurriyetik.com, Linkedin, kref.net)
11 Career planning, Determination of personal skills, Strengths and weaknesses, Y generation
12 CV preparation
13 Types of interviews, Preparation for interviews, Interview practices
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Irfan Erdoğan, Iletişimi Anlamak, Erk Yayınları, Istanbul, 2005.
2. Üstün Dökmen, Iletişim Çatışmaları ve Empati, Sistem Yayıncılık, Istanbul,1994.
3. Kariyer Planlama ve Geliştirme El Kitabı, Turgut Özal Üniversitesi Kariyer Planlama, Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi, Ankara,2011

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, questions/answers, discussion and cases

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRC PRACTICE
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRC * 0.20 + MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRC * 0.20 + MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Achievement in the Exams, participation to sessions and exercises/practices

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Bölümü
e-posta: gamze.erdogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be noticed before the classes begin.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Practice (Reflection) 6 1 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11314
LO.21112125
LO.3111224
LO.4211114
LO.521113

CONTACT INFORMATION
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