COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL COMMUNICATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GMS 1010 GENERAL COMMUNICATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HÜLYA KURGUN

Offered to

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Course Objective

To teach the importance of communications in the social and professional world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   General concepts of communication
2   The reasons for human communications
3   Verbal, non-verbal, written and organisational communication
4   Noise and noise cancellation in communications

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General concepts of communication
2 Reasons for human communication
3 Communication process
4 Verbal communication, advantages and disadvantages
5 Forms of verbal communication
6 Written communication
7 Written communication tools, fields of written communication,
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Mid-term Exam
10 Components of non-verbal communication, non-verbal communication and its importance
11 Body language in non-verbal communication
12 Colours in non-verbal communication
13 Organisational communication, its importance and functions
14 Forms of organisational communication, Noise in communication
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Erkan Akgöz ve Murat Sezgin (2009), Genel Iletişim, Gazi Kitapevi, Ankara.
Irfan Mısırlı (2003), Genel Iletişim, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lectures
2. Discussions
3. Case studies
4. Research

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm Exam: Midterm exam includes subjects and assignments in the course content (40%).
2. Final Exam: The exam will cover all subjects in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).
3. Resit: The exam will cover all the topics in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).

Assessment Criteria

1. The students will actively participate in class discussions.
2. The students will be able to explain the general concepts related to communication.
2. The students will be able to design effective oral and non-verbal messages.
3. The students will submit written reports and make oral presentations considering the effective and appropriate writing / presentation techniques.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Participation in class is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.kurgun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Cuma 09:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15555
LO.255555
LO.35555
LO.455555

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