CNG4101 Communication in FamilyBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CNG4101 Communication in Family Spring 3 0 3 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

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

Learning Outcomes

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

Course Content

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

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Sources

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.

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.