COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 2015 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMIR ÖZEREN

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

This course aims to assist the students to better understand the society in which they live and themselves as a member and also to examine the reasons behind people's behavior from the societal, individual and socio-pychological perspectives. As a result, this course is a combination of both sociology and pyschology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the terms of sociology, psyhcology and social psychology
2   To be able to talk about the elements of social structure
3   To be able to explain the process of socialisation by giving proper examples
4   To be able to define the terms related to culture

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to sociology: methods and techniques
2 Theoretical approaches and appearance of sociology
3 Society and societal structure
4 Culture: definitions and characteristics (World Values Survey)
5 Globalization
6 Societal clustering, mobility and change
7 Modernism
8 Midterm exam
9 Post-modernism, critical and social theory
10 Introduction to psychology: methods and techniques
11 Psychology as a science (description,it's place among other fields)
12 Theoretical approaches to behaviour Factors influencing behavior
13 Motivation, feelings, perceptions, and learning
14 Group dynamics
15 Experiments in Social Psychology (Scherif, Asch, Milgram, Zimbardo)
16 Current Issues in Social Pschology

Recomended or Required Reading

Introduction to Sociology, By Frank van Tubergen, 1st Edition (2020), Routledge

https://www.routledge.com/Introduction-to-Sociology/Tubergen/p/book/9780815353850

Main text book: Social Psychology, 8th International edition, by Aronson, E., Wilson, T., & Akert, R. (2013). Pearson. ISBN-10: 1292021160 ISBN-13: 9781292021164

Additional Source: Social Psychology, David G.Myers, The McGrawHill Co., Inc. New York, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations, class discussion, assignments, case studies

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

None

Assessment Criteria

1-Students will learn key concepts and approaches regarding behavioural sciences.
2-Students will discuss the role and reflection of behavioural sciences in the field of tourism.
3-Students will present their knowledge about behavioural sciences with mid-term and final exams.
4-The topic, content and principles of class readings will be announced in the beginning of the course.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the classes
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. It is essential that students make use of the reading list
4. Expected to read all the required reading which amounts to one piece each week.
5. To be involved in class discussions

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

emir.ozeren@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 13:00-15:00

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 final exam 2 15 30
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
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.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45

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