COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT ISSUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMT 1004 CURRENT ISSUES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ATALAY GÜNDÜZ

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Course Objective

This course focuses on political, social, economic and cultural topics. Students are expected to follow, present and discuss in class the recent developments in the fields of technology, energy, health, immigration, human rights, nuclear and biological weapons, conflicts, ideological oppositions, dynamics of the changing world, life standard, economic crisis etc.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Follow political, social, economic and cultural developments.
2   Explain their ideas publicly in a coherent and cohesive way, ask questions and discuss them accordingly.
3   Carry out a thorough research on current issues and prepare individual and group presentations.
4   Use effectively their general knowledge on current issues while dealing with problems encountered in translation process.
5   Acquire the ability to develop new questions and research areas on current issues.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Turkish political system Weekly media scanning on current issues.
3 American political system Weekly media scanning on current issues.
4 British political system Weekly media scanning on current issues.
5 Issues between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus Weekly media scanning on current issues.
6 Russia Weekly media scanning on current issues.
7 Iraq Weekly media scanning on current issues.
8 Midterm exams
9 South and North Korea Weekly media scanning on current issues.
10 China Weekly media scanning on current issues.
11 Brexit Weekly media scanning on current issues.
12 Syria Weekly media scanning on current issues.
13 Israel - Palestine Weekly media scanning on current issues.
14 Afghanistan - Pakistan Weekly media scanning on current issues.

Recomended or Required Reading

Written and visual materials on different topics.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Students will be assigned weekly to make preliminary research on topics in order to participate in class discussions. Each student will prepare an individual presentation. Attendance and participation will also be graded.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 +FCG * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. 1.There will be an oral midterm and an oral final exam throughout the term.
2. 2. Students will be assigned weekly to make preliminary research on a variety of topics in order to participate in class discussions. Each student will prepare an individual presentation. Attendance and participation will also be graded.

Assessment Criteria

1. 1.There will be an oral midterm and an oral final exam throughout the term.
2. 2. Students will be assigned weekly to make preliminary research on a variety of topics in order to participate in class discussions. Each student will prepare an individual presentation. Attendance and participation will also be graded.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 1. Attendance is required
2. 2. Students must participate in class discussions.

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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 4 5 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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