COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROFESSIONAL VALUES AND ETHICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TOR 2026 PROFESSIONAL VALUES AND ETHICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Drilling Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YILDIZAY AYYILDIZ SELIMOĞLU

Offered to

Mining Technology
Industrial Glass and Ceramics
Natural Building Stones Technology
Drilling Technology
Welding Technology
GEOTECHNICS
Civil Defense And Firefighting Programme

Course Objective

Within the scope of this course, it is aimed for students to adopt the ethical principles of the technician profession by explaining the concepts of professional values and ethics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the concepts of ethical and professional values,
2   List ethical rules and ethical systems,
3   Establish a relationship between ethical and professional values,
4   Explain and give examples of ethical principles and unethical issues in business life,
5   Adopt ethical principles in the technician profession,
6   Produce solutions to the cases encountered in business life in line with ethical principles.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the Course: Scope, Importance, Rules and Requirements
2 Concept of Ethics: What is Ethics Ethics and Morality, Moral Development Process
3 Ethical Rules, Ethical Systems
4 Main Approaches in the History of Ethics
5 Concept of Professional Values: What is a Profession Professional Ethics
6 Relationship Between Ethics and Professional Values
7 Principles of Professional Conduct, Ethical Principles in Different Professions
8 Midterm exam
9 Ethical and Unethical Behaviours in Scientific Research
10 Ethical and Unethical Issues in Business Life
11 Definition of a Technician, Their Duties, Fields of Work and Professional Principles
12 Technician Ethics Rules
13 Ethical Case Examples and Solutions That Can Be Encountered in Business Life
14 Homework Presentation and General Evaluation
15 Homework Presentation and General Evaluation
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
- Tepe, H. (2009). Etik ve Meslek Etikleri. Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu, Ankara.
- Kolçak, M. (2012). Meslek Etiği (Tüm Alanlar Için). Murathan Yayınevi, Ankara.

Supplementary Books:
- Raghavan, B. S. (2009). Human Values and Professional Ethics. S. Chand Publishing.
- TMMOB Mesleki Davranış Ilkeleri, TMMOB 38. Olağan Genel Kurulu Kararı, 27-29 Mayıs 2004, http://www.tmmob.org.tr

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative learning method, group work, computer-based learning, presentation technique. question-answer technique, case study, problem-based learning, brainstorming.

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

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, active participation to the lecture, homework.
I. Midterm exam: 25%
II. Homework: 25%
III. Final exam: 50%
IV. Resit exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül University, Torbalı Vocational School
Assoc. Prof. Yıldızay AYYILDIZ SELIMOĞLU
yildizay.ayyildiz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Weekdays, 09:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 55

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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