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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
GKD 5081	HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ASLI UZ BAŞ

Offered to

Music Teacher Education
Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
Special Teacher Education
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
Mathematics Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
Social Studies Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to help students understand and use of positive psychology on psychological counseling and guidance context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	1. Understand field of positive psychology.
2	2. Comprehend the concepts of happiness and wellbeing.
3	3. Comprehend barriers to wellbeing
4	4. Comrehend positive psychology interventions.
5	5. Use 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	Introduction: Content, Importance, Rules and Requisities
2	Development of positive psychology
3	Hedonic wellbeing and happiness
4	Eudaemonic wellbeing
5	Positive psychology theories
6	Quality of life and life satisfaction
7	Flow /Midterm exam
8	Positive emotions
9	Positive relationships
10	Meaning of life
11	Achievement
12	Resilience
13	Positive psychology interventions I
14	Positive psychology interventions II
15	End-of-term evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Greenville-Cleave, B. (2024). Mutluluğun Inşası: Pozitif Psikolojiye Dair Pratik Bir Rehber (Çev. Aslı Uz Baş). Ankara: Pegem Akademi.

Koydemir, S. Ve Bulgan, G. (2017). Mutluluk 2.0: Iyi Yaşama Dair Bilmediklerimiz. Istanbul: Elma Yayınevi.

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

Seligman, M. (2019). Gerçek Mutluluk: Kalıcı Doyuma Ulaşma Potansiyelini Gerçekleştşrmek için Yeni Olumlu Psikolojinin Kullanılması. Istanbul: Eksi Kitaplar.

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

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Direct instruction, question-answer, disscussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	VZ	Midterm
2	FN	Semester final exam
3	BNS	BNS	Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4	BUT	Make-up note
5	BBN	End of make-up grade	Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is mandatory for at least 70% of the classes.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.uzbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Students can always contact the course instructor via messages on Sakai. Face-to-face meetings can be arranged at the instructor's office on the day and time specified in the weekly course schedule.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	15	2	30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14
LO.1		5
LO.2		5
LO.3		5
LO.4		5
LO.5		5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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