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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction to the course, introduction to international politics |
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2) |
UN, its structure and the focus points for writing international news |
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3) |
Regional international bodies like NATO, EU, Arab League and writing informative short news |
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4) |
International problems like climate change, refugee issue and writing graphic explainers |
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5) |
Basic principles of Turkish foreign policy and using documents while writing international news |
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6) |
Russian foreign policy, Turkish-Russian relations and writing Live Voice-Over (LVOs) for TVs |
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7) |
Foreign policy of US, its Middle East politics, Turkish-US relations and benefiting from think tanks for news gathering |
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8) |
Introduction to ME affairs, the Palestinian question and writing Q and A type news |
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9) |
Syria, non-state actors and writing biography news |
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10) |
Syria and using maps in journalism |
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11) |
Iraq, Turkish-Iraqi relations and writing profile stories |
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12) |
Iran, Turkey-Iran relations and review of news writing |
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13) |
Writing analysis on international issues |
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14) |
Review of the term |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. |
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2) |
To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels |
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3) |
To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. |
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4) |
To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes |
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5) |
To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills |
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6) |
To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields. |
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7) |
To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. |
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8) |
To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective |
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9) |
To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge |
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10) |
To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects |
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11) |
To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. |
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12) |
To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |
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