• HOME
• ABOUT US
  • Name Address
  • General Description
  • Governance
  • Academic Calendar
  • Degree Programmes
  • List of Programmes in English
  • General Admission and Registration Procedures
  • Credit Mobility and Recognition of Prior Learning
  • ECTS Credit Allocation
  • Academic Guidance
  • Contacts
• Degree Programmes
  • Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)
  • Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)
  • First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)
  • Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)
• GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
  • Cost of Living
  • Accommodation
  • Meals
  • Medical Facilities
  • Facilities for Disabled Students
  • Insurance
  • Financial Supports
  • Student Affairs Office
  • Practical Information for International Students
  • Language Courses
  • Work Placement Possibilities
  • Sports, Social and Cultural Facilities
  • Student Associations and Clubs
  • About İzmir - Turkey
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  • International Relations Office
  • Registration Procedures
  • Agreements
  • Coordinators
  • Documents
  • List of Programmes in English
  • ECTS / DS Labels

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MDR 7021 SOCIO-CULTURAL BASICS OF SPIRITUAL COUNSELING 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Spiritual Counseling and Guidance (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

In this lesson; In Turkey, as an emerging area of social support services, spiritual counseling and guidance based applications, is based on the theoretical and methodological approaches, it will focus on the social and cultural foundations on which it is associated.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn the basic theories and concepts of spiritual counseling and guidance 2   Understands the nature of the relationship between spirituality, religious space and everyday life in different socio-cultural structures. 3   Have knowledge about the social and cultural situation of the social group or people (disadvantaged) who need spiritual support services the most. 4   Analyze the relationship between the individual, social and cultural responses of the spiritual crises experienced by today's consumer societies with the tradition. 5   Evaluates the effects of sociological facts such as poverty, war and migration fueled by global capitalism on spiritual / religious life, relations, structures and institutions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Spirituality and religion 2 Spirituality and religion in different socio-cultural structures 3 Spiritual counseling and guidance theories 4 Spiritual support and guidance theories 5 Spiritual social work practices 6 Socio-cultural foundations of spiritual counseling (European Example) 7 Socio-cultural foundations of spiritual counseling (US Example) 8 Midterm exam 9 Spiritual counseling, socio-cultural foundations (The Case of Turkey) 10 Disadvantaged groups and moral counseling: Old age, disability, poverty 11 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: Substance abusers, crime-prone (abandoned) children and young people 12 Disadvantaged groups and moral counseling: Martyr and veteran relatives, veterans, patients, prisoners 13 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: victims, injured people, surgery and dead relatives 14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, text and concept analysis, question - answer, homework and practice

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 by the midterm, final exam and the performance of the course and 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 3 39 Web Search and Library Research 5 4 20 Reading 5 5 25 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 127

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 5 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 5 5 LO.3 5 5 5 5 LO.4 5 5 5 5 LO.5 5 5 5 5