| AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| CNG4101 | Communication in Family | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. BERNA GÜLOĞLU |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. RAZİYE BİLGE UZUN |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
| Course Objectives: | The course is to help you understand how we develop, maintain, enhance, or disturb marital and family relationships through communication. The course offers conceptual and theoretical frameworks that will help you understand communication and interaction between intimate partners and between family members |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; Comprehension of family characteristics. Analyzing families in family life circle. Using system theory perspective while working with families Comprehension of communication process in families. Evaluation of family communication on developmental base. Comprehension of family-parrent consultation. Plan as a counselor about reorganization of family relations |
| Family and family characteristics, Family life cycle Theories of Family Relationships And a Family Relationships Theoretical Model (family sistem teori, family structure, the family as a whole, boundaries, subsystems, rules…), Communication in Families (parent-child relations, parents, attitudes, parents stlyes, communication skills, communication in subsystem, communication barriers, The Developmental Origins of Communication (parent-child communication during infancy-preschool-middle childhood adolescence), Discipline in Families,Coping with stress in Families, Consultation with parents and family, Conflict in Families, Violence and Abuse in Families,Parent- child activities,Parent education programs |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Meeting: giving information about the course description | |
| 2) | Family and family characteristics. | |
| 3) | Family life cycle | |
| 4) | Theories of Family Relationships And a Family Relationships Theoretical Model | |
| 5) | Communication in Families | |
| 6) | Communication in Families | |
| 7) | The Developmental Origins of Communication | |
| 8) | Positive discipline | |
| 9) | Consultation with parents and family | |
| 10) | Conflict in Families and Violence and Abuse in Families | |
| 11) | Parent education programs | |
| 12) | Parent- child activities | |
| 13) | Coping with stress in Families | |
| 14) | Coping with stress in Families |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Anita L. Vangelisti (2004). Handbook Of Family Communication. Lawrence Erlbaum Assocıates, Publıshers. Chris Sergin, Jeanne Flora (2005). Family Communication. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Don Dinkmeyer, Jon Carlson (2006).Consultation : creating school-based interventions. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC |
| References: | Randal D. Day (2003) Introduction to family processes . Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Project | 1 | % 40 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 20 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 80 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 3 | 35 | 105 |
| Project | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 156 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. | |
| 2) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. | |
| 3) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. | 4 |
| 4) | Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. | 4 |
| 5) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. | 4 |
| 6) | Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. | 3 |
| 7) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. | 3 |
| 8) | Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. | 3 |
| 9) | Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. | 4 |