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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) | To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
2) | To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level. | |
3) | To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them. | |
4) | To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends. | |
5) | To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner. | |
6) | To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents. | |
7) | To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. | |
8) | To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit. | |
9) | To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
10) | To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels. |