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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS CEK 3032 OCCUPATION AND COMPETENCY STUDIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HATICE ŞEBNEM SEÇER

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to evaluate the concept of occupation with all dimension and to identify the related aspects of this concept with the concept of competency.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the concept of occupation and the process of professionalization 2   Being able to define the concepts of competency and ability and to relate with the concept of occupation 3   Being able to recognize the national and multinational corporations that have role for identifying the basic competencies and to know the basic functions of this corporations 4   Being able to analyse the basic competencies that is necesarry for various occupations 5   Being able to constitute the vocational education programs in terms of anticipated competencies for future occupations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The concepts of occupations and professionalization 2 The concepts of competecy, ability and the importance of competencies 3 Configuration of competencies 4 Professional Competency Board 5 Professional Competency Board 6 European Qualifications Framework 7 Other Multinational Professional Competency Board 8 The relationship of occupations and competency 9 The relationship of occupations and competency 10 Skill Gap and the importance in terms of labor market 11 The role of vocational educiation for meeting skill gap 12 The examples of competency studies

Recomended or Required Reading

Seçer, Şebnem, Mesleki Yaşam Modelinin Oluşturulması ve Mesleki Analizlerde Kullanılması, D.E.U. Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Yayını, 2009

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Powerpoint presentation Discussions on case studies and practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

Doç.Dr. H. Şebnem SEÇER Tel: 420 41 80 - 10357 E-posta: sebnem.secer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Mondays 15:30-16:30 Wednesdays 15:30-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 3 36 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48 Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

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 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1