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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS PSI 2014 READINGS IN PSYCHOLOGY I* COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SERAP AKFIRAT

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

To acquire the ability of analyzing and evaluating human well-being from community psychology perspective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to make contact among basic concepts which take place in community psychology 2   To be able to analyze the theories which take place in community psychology 3   To be able to plan an applied research by using the basic methods of social psychology 4   To be able to prove the daily life samples of basic community psychology facts, such as reinforcement, quality of life, mental health intervention, ecological approach. 5   To be able to use community psychology perspective to evaluate social systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introducing course content 2 Methods of community psychology 3 Societal mental health 4 Reinforcement theory 5 Cultural basis of community psychology 6 Life quality, subjective well-being, psychological well-being 7 Ecological perspective 8 Distress and the theories 9 Distress and the theories 10 Social support 11 Participation and well-being 12 Students' presentations 13 Students' presentations 14 General Overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. San Diego, CA: Harvard University Press Levine, M., Perkins, D.D., ve Perkins, D.V. (1997). Principles of community psychology: Perspectives and applications. New York: Oxford University Pres. Orford, J. (1992). Community psychology: Theory and practice. New York: Wiley.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussing, presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

Midterm, final, presentation

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Room: 418 Tel: 18635

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Preparing presentations 1 12 12 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48 Midterm 1 3 3 Final 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

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 PO.10 LO.1 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.3 5 4 3 5 5 5 LO.4 5 4 5 5 5 5 LO.5 5 5 5