COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
APD 5027 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FATMA EBRU IKIZ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

Learning close relationships, healthy development, understanding the risks and the effects of social media on close relationships and integrate own knowledge with field applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 Students will be able to develop an understanding about close relationships
2   2 Students will be able to explain the factors and characteristics of close relationships.
3   3 Students will be able to explain risks of close relationships
4   4 Students will be able to discriminate the effects of social media applications on close relationships
5   5 Integrate knowledge with field applications

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the course: content, significance and rules
2 Content of close relaitonships
3 The factors effecting close relationships
4 The effects of friendship
5 The effects of work
6 The effects of marital partner
7 Effects of the factors according to different age groups
8 General Review, Assessment, Midterm Exam
9 Social media and close relationships
10 Risks of close relationships
11 Risks of close relationships
12 Mediation and negotiation on close relationships
13 Individual counseling on close relationships
14 Group counseling on close relationships
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ikiz , F. E. ( Çev. Edt) (2016). Psikoloji ve Çağdaş Yaşam: Insan Uyumu. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık
Savi Çakar, F. ( Edt)(2017). Yaşam Dönemleri ve Uyum Sorunları. PegemA Yayınevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, article analysis, practice, observation and homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Attendance, reaching ang reading the books and relevant resources, presenting given study, investigate given article, application, homework , observation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is mandatory, reaching ang reading the books and relevant resources, investigation and on-time delivery is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.ikiz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

determined according to the curriculum of the semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 89

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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