ECONOMICS
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
BA4004	Communication Skills II	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 :	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.

Learning Outcomes

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

Course Content

Speaking skills, Engaging with Others’ Ideas Empathy, disagreeing and refutation skills, academic speaking style, using communication skills in professional life

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	various handouts
References:	various handouts

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

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

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)	As a world citizen, she is aware of global economic, political, social and ecological developments and trends.
2)	He/she is equipped to closely follow the technological progress required by global and local dynamics and to continue learning.
3)	Absorbs basic economic principles and analysis methods and uses them to evaluate daily events.
4)	Uses quantitative and statistical tools to identify economic problems, analyze them, and share their findings with relevant stakeholders.
5)	Understands the decision-making stages of economic units under existing constraints and incentives, examines the interactions and possible future effects of these decisions.
6)	Comprehends new ways of doing business using digital technologies. and new market structures.
7)	Takes critical approach to economic and social problems and develops analytical solutions.
8)	Has the necessary mathematical equipment to produce analytical solutions and use quantitative research methods.
9)	In the works he/she contributes, observes individual and social welfare together and with an ethical perspective.
10)	Deals with economic problems with an interdisciplinary approach and seeks solutions by making use of different disciplines.
11)	Generates original and innovative ideas in the works she/he contributes as part of a team.