COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGIOUS PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDR 7017 RELIGIOUS PSYCHOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Spiritual Counseling and Guidance (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CIHAD KISA

Offered to

Spiritual Counseling and Guidance (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

To introduce the field and basic concepts, methods and sources of religious psychology, the relationship between religion and psychology, psychology schools and representatives related to the individual interpretationand understanding of religion;to understand the importance of the reliationship between religion and psychology in term of spiritual counseling and guidance

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns the field of psychology
2   Learns the research topics of religiouns psychology
3   Knowledge about the goals of religious psychology increases
4   The reasoning ability of the psychology of religion increases
5   Contributes to development of the ability to understand, interpret and explain religious life

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Subject, purpose, and definition of psychology
2 Sub-branches of psychology and psychology of religion
3 Basic concepts of psychology of religion
4 Fiedl, purpose and subject of religious psychology
5 Religious life styles and their psychological meanings
6 Biological and psychological motivations of religious behavior
7 Cognitive foundations of religious development
8 Mid term exam
9 Emotions, feeling and religious feelings and sensations
10 Development Periods and religion
11 Attitudes and religious attitudes
12 Religion, spirituality and aging and death
13 Religious/Spiritual Experiences and mysticism
14 Religion, Psychology and Spirituality

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Understanding, research, text and concept analysis, question-answer, homework and application

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the student is evaluated according to the midterm, final exam, participation in the content of the course and the performance of the discussion.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Reading 5 4 20
Web Search and Library Research 5 10 50
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.153454
LO.253454
LO.353454
LO.453454
LO.553454

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