COURSE UNIT TITLE

: READINGS IN PSYCHOLOGY I*

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 2014 READINGS IN PSYCHOLOGY I* COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR ÖMER KÜLHANCI

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

To acquire the ability of analyzing and evaluating human well-being from community psychology perspective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to make contact among basic concepts which take place in community psychology
2   To be able to analyze the theories which take place in community psychology
3   To be able to plan an applied research by using the basic methods of social psychology
4   To be able to prove the daily life samples of basic community psychology facts, such as reinforcement, quality of life, mental health intervention, ecological approach.
5   To be able to use community psychology perspective to evaluate social systems.
6   To get familiar with classical studies in social psychology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introducing course content
2 Methods of community psychology
3 Societal mental health
4 Reinforcement theory
5 Cultural basis of community psychology
6 Life quality, subjective well-being, psychological well-being
7 Ecological perspective
8 Midterm
9 Distress and the theories
10 Distress and the theories
11 Social support
12 Participation and well-being
13 Psychological wellbening
14 Students' presentations
15 Students' presentations
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and
design. San Diego, CA: Harvard University Press
Levine, M., Perkins, D.D., ve Perkins, D.V. (1997). Principles of community psychology:
Perspectives and applications. New York: Oxford University Pres.
Orford, J. (1992). Community psychology: Theory and practice. New York: Wiley.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussing, presentation

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm
2. Final

Assessment Criteria

Midterm, final exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance must be at least 70% for the lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

omer.kulhanci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 12 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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