POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
BA4004 | Communication Skills II | 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 : | Prof. Dr. ÜMİT EROL |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course is designed to provide students with the necessary tools and knowledge to build fluent, accurate and a confident communication skills. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Students who successfully completes this course will: -be able to contribute to a group discussion expressing their opinions, varying views, and questions -be able to use basic techniques to deliver a presentation to a specific audience -be able to converse in a variety of professional and academic situations -be able to participate in online discussions using web-based tools |
Speaking skills, Engaging with Others’ Ideas Empathy, disagreeing and refutation skills, academic speaking style, using communication skills in professional life |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction | |
2) | Communication Process: | |
3) | Improving Speaking Skils | |
4) | Engaging with Others’ Ideas and Emphaty | |
5) | Disagreeing and refutation skills | |
6) | academic communication style | |
7) | Midterm | |
8) | Using communication skills in professional life | |
9) | Using communication skills in professional life | |
10) | Negotiation Techniques | |
11) | Communication in a Global World | |
12) | Effective Presentation Techniques | |
13) | Presentations | |
14) | Presentations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | various handouts |
References: | various handouts |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 40 |
Presentations / Seminar | 4 | 8 |
Project | 6 | 18 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | 10 |
Midterms | 1 | 5 |
Final | 2 | 15 |
Total Workload | 138 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |
2) | Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |
3) | Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |
4) | Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |
5) | Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |
6) | Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |
7) | Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |
8) | Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |
9) | Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |
10) | Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |
11) | Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |
12) | Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |