COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADDICTION CONTROL

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SSD 2012 ADDICTION CONTROL ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Drilling Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TUNCAY DIKICI

Offered to

Natural Building Stones Technology
Welding Technology
Industrial Glass and Ceramics
GEOTECHNICS
Mining Technology
Drilling Technology

Course Objective

To teach students the definition of the concept of addiction, its types, reasons, how to communicate with individuals with addiction, conceptual frameworks in the literature about addiction, negative consequences of addiction and coping with addiction.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the concept of addiction
2   List types of addiction
3   Explains the causes of addiction
4   Explain the bases of addiction related to the family, peer group and society
5   Explain the ways to cope with addiction

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is addiction
2 Neurobiology of addiction
3 Addiction and Fighting with addiction, action plans and methods
4 Types of addictions and risks-threats
5 Substance abuse and substance use problems
6 Mental disorders caused by substance use
7 National policies on combating addiction and local practices, inter-agency cooperation
8 Midterm
9 Addicted characteristics in internet use, measurement of internet addiction, Internet, game, social network and smart phone addiction signs and symptoms
10 Awareness and coping strategies for students, teachers and families against internet addiction
11 Behavioral Addictions
12 Prevention of addiction
13 Prevention of addiction
14 Official and non-governmental organizations that can be supported in prevention and response studies according to the type of addiction

Recomended or Required Reading

- Uzbay, T. (2018). Hazdan bağımlılığa: Insan neden bağımlı olur (2. Baskı). Istanbul: Destek
- Tarhan, N. ve Nurmedov, S. (2019). Bağımlılık: Sanal veya gerçek bağımlılıkla başa çıkma. Istanbul: Timaş
- Ercan-Yeltepe, H. (2013). Bağımlılık tedavisinde egzersiz terapisi. Ankara: Nobel.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course; will be taught in the form of theoretical lectures. The instructor will explain the topics, create an environment for discussion with students in the form of questions and answers, and give students homework to research certain topics.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 +RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

I. Mid-term exam: 25%
II. Homework: 25%
III. Final exam: 50%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. The students have to attend 70% of the courses.
2. Any act of cheating will be resulted in disciplinary investigation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lecturer Kamil BOSTANCI
kamil.bostanci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The appropriate office hours will be announced to the students at the beginning of the term.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Midterm 1 1 1
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555