COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DAV 4000 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Izmir Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DILEK ESEN

Offered to

Agricultural Management (Evening)
HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT (Evening)
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS (Evening)
HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT
Izmir Vocational School
Agricultural Management
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Course Objective

This course aims to make students competent in terms of skills and knowledge of origin and impact of individual and social behaviour.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain origin of human behaviour.
2   Being able to analyze the effect of social structure on human behaviour
3   Being able to analyze the structure of behavioural changes
4   Being able to analyze the structure of attitudinal changes
5   Being able to to define social influence and conformity

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to behavioral sciences
2 Relationship with behavioural sciences and other branches of sciences (psychology, sociology etc.)
3 Socialization, family, education and culture
4 Status and roles. Group behaviour
5 Social influence and conformity
6 Noncompliance and aggression
7 Personality and theories of personality
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Perception
10 Perception
11 Learning
12 Attitudes and stereotyped attitudes
13 Change and loss of attitudes
14 Communication
15 Communication

Recomended or Required Reading

Insan ve Davranışı, Doğan Cüceloğlu

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Behavior analysis of drama method

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Learning outcomes will be assessed by mid-term and final exams.

Assessment Criteria

Mid-tern and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the course. For other policies and rules please refer to related regulations of Dokuz Eylül University and The Council of Higher Education

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

dilek.esen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On lesson days between 12.00 and 13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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