COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISADVANTAGED GROUPS AND SPIRITUAL CARE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDR 7018 DISADVANTAGED GROUPS AND SPIRITUAL CARE 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 course, psycho-social assistance as a service area based upon spiritual counseling and guidance practice is discussed and evaluated in accordance with the needs for spiritual care of various disadvantaged groups of society such as the elderly, the poor, the disabled and victims of violence in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Analyzes the role of sociological, economical and cultural factors in the formation of disadvantaged individuals and groups in today's world and Turkey as well.
2   Examines the compatibility of spiritual counseling techniques applied for the rehabilitation of disadvantaged groups in Turkey with Turkey's socio-demographic, historical, economical, political and cultural dynamics.
3   Makes comparisons of disadvantaged social groups in several countries in the world and Turkey based on the current psycho-social, economical and cultural conditions.
4   Gains knowledge of field research methods and techniques applied for determining the needs for spiritual care of disadvantaged groups.
5   Learns the main theories and concepts of spiritual counseling and guidance practices.

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 Introduction to theories of spiritual counseling and guidance
3 Social psychology of disadvantaged groups
4 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: The Disabled
5 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: The Elderly
6 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: The poor, the homeless
7 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: Victims of violence
8 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: Inmates
9 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: People with SUD
10 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: Children and young people in orphanages
11 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: The Veterans
12 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: Relatives of martyrs and veterans
13 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: Patients
14 Disadvantaged groups and spiritual counseling: Victims, wounded, relatives of the deceased, refugees and asylum seekers

Recomended or Required Reading

Manevi Danışmanlık ve Rehberlik. (Edt: Ali Ayten). Dem Yayınları. Istanbul, 2017. Istanbul.
ABAY, A. R. (2017). Sosyal Hizmet ve Maneviyat: Sosyal Çalışmacılar Üzerine Bir Alan Araştırması. Toplum ve Sosyal Hizmet, (30):1, s. 56-87
Dezavantajlı Gruplar: Psiko-Sosyal ve Manevi Bakım. (Edt: Ihsan Çapcıoğlu & Fatma Zeynep Belen). Grafiker Yayınları. Ankara, 2016.
KARAGÜL, A. (2012). Manevi Bakım: Anlamı, Önemi, Yöntemi ve Eğitimi (Hollanda Örneği). Dini Araştırmalar 14 (40): 5-27.
ÖZDOĞAN, Ö. (2009). Aşkın Yanımız: Maneviyat. Özdenöze Yayınları. Ankara.
ÖZDOĞAN, Ö. (2019). Gaziler ve Yakınlarının Manevi Bakım Ihtiyaçlarının Belirlenmesine Yönelik Nitel Bir Araştırma. Journal of Analytic Divinity. 3 (2):67-100.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving and Discussion Methods;
Brainstorming and Vision Development Techniques.

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 students will be determined according to examination and lecture performance.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetcem.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, 15:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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