MATHEMATICS
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
GEP0305	Communication Practices	Fall	0	6	3	5

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:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Course Lecturer(s):	Prof. Dr. NİLAY ULUSOY Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SELCAN YEŞİLYURT Instructor SİNEM İNCE
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course helps students to be become educated producers and also consumers of media. Students will develop critical thinking skills of the economics and workings of journalism and they will explore how social and political forces affect newswriting. This course will help students learn to better understand the connections between economics, politics and the media. The course also provides students with a basis in media research, newsgathering and newswriting. Finally, students will develop critical thinking skills to understand the challenges of the new media landscape with digital technologies.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
This course will help students to face the real world after university. Since it will be held in Habertürk, students for the first time will find a chance to meet the professional world and explore how journalism works including the production of news. Habertürk will give students the chance to explore news production by overcoming the constraints of the classroom. Therefore students will develop a sense of how communication is practiced in the professional atmosphere.

Course Content

The course is deeply connected to other undergraduate journalism courses in a way that it provides professional experiences of journalism where students can apply what they have learned in their in-class courses. Since this course is a General Elective, it is not necessarily designed for journalism students. The course provides opportunities for every student from all faculties to develop and apply work discipline, communication practices and critical thinking skills in their professional life. They will have the chance to apply what they have explored in their theoretical and practical undergraduate courses.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction
2)	Working in the Professional World I
3)	Working in the Professional World II
4)	Practices in News Gathering in Selected Departments I
5)	Practices in News Gathering in Selected Departments II
6)	Discussion of the Student Project proposal with the Head of the Selected Department
7)	Practices in News Writing in Selected Departments I
8)	Practices in News Writing in Selected Departments II
9)	Interview Journalism
10)	Practices in Photo-Journalism
11)	Practices in Online Journalism
12)	Issues and Practices in News Editing
13)	Presentation of the Student Project in the Newsroom
14)	Review and Discussions

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Journalism: A Career Handbook Anna McKane 2009 ISBN10: 0713667966 ISBN-13: 978-0713667967
References:

Evaluation System

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PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 0
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		%
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics
2)	To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods,
3)	To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials,
4)	To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself,
5)	To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way,
6)	To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level,
7)	To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement,
8)	To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense,	4
9)	By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere,	4
10)	To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning,	4
11)	To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school,
12)	To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively.