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 |
IST2018 | Communication Skills | Fall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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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 ELİF FINDIK |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor ELİF FINDIK Instructor BERNA GÖKŞİN YILDIRIM Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MEHMET SITKI SAYGILI |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | There is none for this course. |
Course Objectives: | To enable the students to comprehend communication and its importance, the ways to establish communication, complications and problems, types and models of communication, the meaning and functions of organizational communication and the features of effective communication. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1 To have the knowledge about the fundamental concepts related with communication 2 To have the knowledge about the functions, aim and implementation of communication 3 To comprehend and to be able to apply the types of communication 4 To be able to understand and apply the importance of listening in communication 5 To be able to comprehend the communication complications and the ability to solve such complications 6 To be able to develop verbal, non-verbal (body language), written, visual and electronic communication skills 7 To have the knowledge about the fundamental concepts related with organizational communication 8 To have knowledge about the types and operation of organizational communication. |
Communication Skills Course IncludesThe concept of communication and its importance Communication process Verbal Communication Non-verbal Communication (Body Language) Constructive and destructive complications of communication Overcoming communication complications and effective communication Course review and Midterm Organizational Communication Operational Models of Organizational Communication Formal and Informal Communication Information technologies and Communication Mass Communication Communication in Professional Life |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | The concept of communication and its importance | |
2) | Communication process | |
3) | Verbal Communication | |
4) | Written Communication | |
5) | Non-verbal Communication (Body Language) | |
6) | Constructive and destructive complications of communication | |
8) | Course review and Midterm | |
9) | Organizational Communication | |
10) | Operational Models of Organizational Communication | |
11) | Formal and Informal Communication | |
12) | Overcoming communication complications and effective communication | |
13) | Effective Listening , Persuasıve Communication | |
14) | Communication in Professional Life |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | 1. Genel ve Teknik İletişim, Dr. İrfan MISIRLI, Detay Yayınları 2.Örgütlerde İletişim, Prof.Dr. Zeyyat SABUNCUOĞLU, Arıkan Yayınları,2008 3. Genel ve Teknik İletişim, Hasan KIRMIZI, Güzem Can Yayınları 4. Meslek Yüksekokulları İçin Genel İletişim, Editör: Uğur DEMİRAY ,Pegem A Yayınları |
References: | 1.Genel İletişim Meslek Yüksekokulları İçin. Prof.Dr.İrfan Çağlar, Yrd.Doç.Dr. Sabiha Kılıç , Nobel Yayıncılık , 2012 |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 10 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 0 |
Presentation | 1 | % 0 |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 28 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 11 | 44 |
Midterms | 1 | 1 |
Final | 1 | 2 |
Total Workload | 75 |
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 |