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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ILS 3248	RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CIHAD KISA

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)
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Course Objective

The main aim of this course is to help students to focus on the relationship between soul and body. By doing this, students can realize how individual s spiritual side affect both their spiritual wellbeing and physical health.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	At the end of the course; the students will demonstrate an understanding and interpretation of mutual-interaction between soul/spirit and body, as well as be able to deal with the social-level and individual-level potential psychological problems by considering this interaction.
2	Will improve a realistic approach to the case of spiritual crisis which is propounded that it occurs nowadays/present-days.
3	Try to distinguish concepts related to spirituality and health.
4	Knowledge to be spiritual counseling.
5	Learn to reviews of the literature on the psychology death, afterlife and near-death experience.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The terms of `spirituality , `religion and `health
2	Spirituality, Mysticism, Sufism (Islamic Mysticism) and Metaphysic
3	Mysticism and Psychology
4	Relationship between spiritual wellbeing and spirituality.
5	Relationship between spiritual wellbeing and religion.
6	New development in spirituality and health
7	Mysticism, Psychology and psychiatry
8	Mid-Term Exam.
9	Dream and Psychotherapeutic Function of it
10	Spiritual counseling
11	Spiritual crisis
12	The Psychology of death
13	Self actualisation
14	General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Manevi Rehberlik ve BenÖtesi Psikolojisi Üzerine Paylaşımlar, Edt. R. Frager, Çev. Ömer Çolakoğlu, Kaknüs Yayınları, Istanbul-2009.
2. Stanislav Grof & Christina Grof, Manevi Kriz, Çev. Ahu Ayan, Kaknüs Yayınları, Istabul-2011.
Supplemantary Texts:
3. L. Wilcox, Sufizm ve Psikoloji, Çev. Orhan Düz, Insan Yayınları, Istanbul-2003.
4. Kemal Sayar, Sufi Psikolojisi, Insan yayınları, Istanbul-2000.
5. C.G. Jung, Doğu Metinlerine Psikolojik Yaklaşım, Çev. A. Demirhan, Insan Yayınları, Istanbul-2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Brain Storming , Testing, Homework

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cihad.kisa@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 14:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparation for midterm exam	1	5	5
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	1	13
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5
LO.1	1
LO.2		1
LO.3			1
LO.4				1
LO.5					1

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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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