COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT ISSUES IN POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5621 CURRENT ISSUES IN POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ASLI UZ BAŞ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

To provide understanding about positive psychology approach and its use in counseling.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe positive psychology approach.
2   Dercribe the basic concepts of positive psychology.
3   Use the positive psychology approach in counseling.
4   Describe positive psychology research.
5   Evaluate positive psychology interventions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course description
2 Positive psychology approach
3 Happiness and wellbeing
4 Obstacles in wellbeing
5 Wellbeing theories
6 Positice emotions
7 Flow / Midterm assessment
8 Positive relationships
9 Meaning of life
10 Accomplishment
11 Character strenghts
12 Resilience and post traumatic growth
13 Positive psychology research
14 Positive psychology interventions

Recomended or Required Reading

Seligman, M.E. & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. American Psychologist, 55, 5 14.

Seligman, M. (2002). Authentic happiness: Using the new positive psychology to realize your potential your potential for lasting fulfillment. New York, NY: Free Press.

Seligman, M. E., Steen, T.A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions. American Psychologist, 60, 410 421

Grenville-Cleave, B. (2022). Mutluluğun Inşası (Çev. Aslı Uz Baş). Ankara: Pegem Akademi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, assigment and presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is mandatory.

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 14 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3
Project Assignment 2 10
Project Final Presentation 2 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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