PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE
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
GEP1607 Ethics Spring 3 0 3 4
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: Tr
Type of course: GE-Elective
Course Level: Bachelor
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Assist. Prof. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to introduce students with some basic concepts and discussions of ethics to enable them to think critically and philosophically..

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The student will be able to distinguish ethics by gaining insight into its basic concepts, questions and problems
The student will be able to analyze ethics by understanding the differences between it and other philosophical disciplines.
The student will be able to evaluate the problems of ethics
The student will be able to apply the methods and concepts of ethics to the contemporary moral problems.
The student will be able to comprehend the relationship between ethics and history of ethics

Course Content

To introduce basic concepts and problems of ethics; to gain insight to the history of ethics. Teaching methods and techniques used in the course are: lecture, reading, group work, sample examination, problem solving, discussion, observation.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction
2) The Long search for the Origins of Ethics I- Plato, Aristotle Course notes
3) The Long search for the Origins of Ethics II- Thomas Hobbes, Jean Jacques Rousseau. Course notes
4) The Long search for the Origins of Ethics III Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Charles Darwin, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud Course notes
5) The Role of Reason I David Hume, Immanuel Kant, G.W.F.Hegel, Course notes
6) The Role of Reason II Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jean-Paul Sartre, Thomas Nagel Course notes
7) Ultimate Good, M.K. Gandhi,, Aldous Huxley, Albert Camus Course notes
8) Midterm Week
9) Natural Law, Natural Rights- The Theory Thomas Aquinas, John Locke, Robert Nozick, Natural Law, Natural Rights-Criticism Blaise Pascal, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Course notes
10) Film Screening and Discussion Course notes
11) Consequentialism Jeremy Bentham, Henry Sidgwick, Course notes
12) Consequentialism Fyodor Dostoevsky, W.D.Ross, John Rawls, Bernard Williams, Course notes
13) Film Screening and Discussion Course notes
14) General Overview

Sources

Course Notes: Oxford Readers: Ethics, ed. by Peter Singer, Oxford University Press, 1994 They can also benefit from the available Turkish translations of the texts
References: A.Cevizci, Etiğe Giriş, Paradigma Yayınları, İstanbul, 2. Baskı, 2007. Immanuel Kant, Ahlâk Metafiziğinin Temellendirilmesi (çev.: İ. Kuçuradi), TFK Yayınları, Ankara, 1995. İoanna Kuçuradi, Etik, TFK Yayınları, Ankara, 1996 Aristoteles, Nikomakhos’a Etik, (çev. S. Babür), Ayraç Yayınevi, Ankara, 1998. Harun Tepe, Etik ve Meslek Etikleri, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara, 2000.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance % 0
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments 2 % 20
Presentation % 0
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms 1 % 30
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 50
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 13 3 39
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application 0 0 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 0 0
Field Work 0 0 0
Study Hours Out of Class 12 4 48
Presentations / Seminar 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Homework Assignments 2 15 30
Quizzes 0 0 0
Preliminary Jury 0 0 0
Midterms 1 2 2
Paper Submission 0 0 0
Jury 0 0 0
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) School counselors know and utilize appropriate assessment and evaluation methods in order to support the development of students and clients, to reveal their potential and provide services according the needs of the schools, differentiate different types of the assessment and know basic concepts of standardized and non-standardized measure. 2
2) School counselors have a principle of lifelong learning and development by supporting the well-being of an individual, and reflect this principles to all kinds of professional applications, personal life, philosophy of life, and the point of view of people. 4
3) School counselors develop new skills by using technology and IT skills, and use technology to development and prepare a comprehensive school counseling programs,to review literature, to keep records, to do a research, and data analysis. 2
4) School counselors know developmental theories (cognitive, emotional, physical, moral and spiritual) and concepts in life cycle and deeply aware of the impact of psychosocial and cultural factors on human development, propose solutions about developmental crises. 2
5) School counselors know the concept of multiculturality and realize the cultural needs of special groups (religion, ethnicity, political position, socioeconomic status, language, sexual preference, age group, individuals with special needs), make for all individuals to access easily to the school counseling program, and respond with interventions that are appropriate to cultural needs. 4
6) School counselors know the stages of change process withing the framework of counseling theories, exhibit effective counseling skills in determining proper purpose to the client and increasing their capacity to cope with life situations. 1
7) School counselors committed to the rules of professional ethics and legal obligations, and acts accordingly, inform people about ethical dilemmas, and continue professional development and competence according the ethics. 2
8) School counselors design, implement and direct a comprehensive and developmental school counseling programs, and present group guidance and group counseling activities and individual counseling services. 1
9) School counselors know strengths, limitations and personal characteristics of themselves in personal and professional fields, has the knowledge, skills and personal characteristic to be an effective professional staff, refresh professional knowledge continuously, take a supervision if it is necessary, provides support for the development of profession and advocate profession. 2
10) School counselors develops, implements, and evaluates crisis intervention programs in schools in crisis situations such as natural disasters and suicide, takes place in the interdisciplinary disaster works and provide psychological first aid services. 1
11) School counselors prepare consultation activities about guidance, developmental needs, problems, programs and school activities to individuals, parents, teachers, administrators, develop programs for groups and reach information resources. 1
12) School counselors know and apply research methods and statistical analysis; share research results with stakeholders and interpret them, benefit from the results of research while evaluating the program 1
13) School counselors keep records related to their implementations, introduces reference institutions to the parents and school staffs and helps the stakeholders to get support from these institutions. 1
14) School counselors recognize the current legal issues about special education, identify and directs individuals who need special education. 1
15) School counselors know education systems, learning approaches, factors that affect learning, develop critical thinking approach to the problems associated with education, include problem-oriented solutions in counseling program in order to improve students' development. 1