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
TDS2014	Diction and Effective Speaking	Fall	2	0	2	3

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	Turkish
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Instructor FIRAT KARA
Recommended Optional Program Components:	Archive
Course Objectives:	With this course, students will gain competencies in effective speech

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1.To use the correct breathing techniques
2.To use the organs of speech
3.Environment, and the people making speeches in accordance with
4.Body language, facial expressions and gestures to ensure personal development
5.Solutions to problems that may occur during a conversation
6.Prevent articulation disorders
7.Gain confidence when delivering presentations
8.Correct use of Turkish
9.Ability of the diversity of expression
10.The development of oral communication

Course Content

The art of diction, sound and importance of breathing, tone and sound bending

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Course Introduction	None
2)	Communication concept and process	None
3)	Types of communication	None
4)	Basic concepts of speech and the elements that make up speech	None
5)	Diction definition and properties	None
6)	Speech errors and speech disorders	None
7)	MIDTERM	None
8)	Characteristics of speaker and listener, types of speech and basic principles of speech	None
9)	Student presentations	None
10)	Student presentations	None
11)	Student presentations	None
12)	Student presentations	None
13)	Student presentations	None
14)	Student presentations	None

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Ahmet Akçay, Sami Baskın, Etkinliklerle Hafta Hafta Konuşma Eğitimi, Ankara, Anı Yayıncılık, 2017. Sağlık Çalışanları İçin Genel İletişim, ed. Nilay Gemlik, R.Özgür Çatar, Ankara, Nobel Kitabevi, 2019.
References:	Yok

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Presentation	1	% 30
Midterms	1	% 20
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	2	28
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Presentations / Seminar	1	1	1
Homework Assignments	1	5	5
Quizzes	1	1	1
Midterms	1	1	1
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			66

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.