SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
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
GEP0376	Soft Skills	Fall Spring	3	0	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:	Hybrid
Course Coordinator :	Assist. Prof. TUĞBA KIRAL ÖZKAN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	Presentations
Course Objectives:	This course is designed to introduce students to the university's resources in detail and to bring them together with unit coordinators who will explain how to benefit from these resources, as well as with experts who can support their psychological, personal, social, and career development.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Establish effective communication with peers, instructors, and staff

Reflect on and reorganize personal vision, mission, and goals in relation to life (self-reflection)

Develop self-management skills for a healthier lifestyle

Understand BAU’s organizational culture

Understand and utilize BAU’s organizational support units

Enhance awareness of cultural differences and express understanding of intercultural communication and the value of cultural diversity and communities

Develop university-level skills such as personal responsibility, goal setting, time management, and well-being

Define short- and long-term academic and career goals

Course Content

Presentation Skills, Group Work Skills, Procrastination Behavior and Coping Strategies, Psychological Well-being and Stress Management, Relationship Management—Dating Violence, Goal Setting and Early Career Planning, Motivation and Cognitive Flexibility, Effective Communication Skills, Effective Social Media Use

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Course Introduction
2)	Presentation Skills
3)	Group Work Skills
4)	Procrastination Behavior and Ways to Cope with It — Completion of BAUGO or Coursera Certificate
5)	Group Work Presentations
6)	Group Work Presentations
7)	Psychological Well-being and Stress Management
8)	Relationship Management — Dating Violence
9)	Goal Setting and Early Career Planning
10)	Motivation and Cognitive Flexibility — Academic Article Presentation
11)	Effective Communication Skills — Academic Article Presentation
12)	Effective Social Media Use — Academic Article Presentation
13)	Presentations
14)	Final Presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Öğretim Üyesi tarafından paylaşılmaktadır
References:	It is shared by the instructor.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 10
Quizzes	1	% 10
Presentation	2	% 35
Final	1	% 45
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 55
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 45
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Study Hours Out of Class	10	2	20
Presentations / Seminar	2	20	40
Quizzes	1	20	20
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			121

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)	Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2)	Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3)	Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4)	Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5)	Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6)	Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7)	Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8)	Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9)	Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10)	Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.	4
11)	Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.	3
12)	Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13)	Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.	3