Course Descriptions

Introduction to basic IT theory and terminology. Basic skills in a word processor programs, such as MS Word to create documents, format text, apply styles. Basic skills in a spreadsheet program, such as MS Excel, to create and format spreadsheets, including the use of mathematical formulas and to summarize given data in the form of graphics.

History of Turkish Republic I is a two-semester course that aims to shed light on the political, economic, social and cultural processes playing part in the formation of today’s Turkey. The first semester of the course deals with the general characteristics of the state and social structure in the Ottoman Empire first and then focuses on the period from the beginnings of the modernization process to the end of First World War. We will study the Ottoman reform and centralization movements as well as their legacy for the Republic of Turkey

In the first term of the course, which is planned as a two-term course, it is aimed to examine the reflection of modernization movements on our literature from the Ottoman period to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey through selected thought texts and fictional texts.

Basic grammatical structures and sentence patterns. Basic range of simple expressions about personal details and needs of a concrete type. Basic greeting and leave-taking expressions. Daily routines. Definitions about people and places. Personal profiles. Social networking. Informal e-mails.

Oryantasyon dersi öğrencilere üniversite hayatına uyum sürecinde ihtiyaç duyacakları akademik ve sosyal yetkinlikleri kazandırmayı hedeflemektedir. Dersi tamamlayan öğrencilerin iletişim, sosyal, profesyonel ve etik sorumluluklar gibi ilerleyen dönemlerde ve profesyonel hayatta faydalı olacak kazanımları edinmelerinin yanında, 21. Yüzyıl yetkinlikleri olarak tanımlanan yetkinlikler hakkında farkındalık kazanmaları amaçlanmaktadır. Ders, birinci sınıf bahar döneminde okutulması planlanan Kariyer Planlama dersi için giriş dersi niteliği de taşımaktadır.

“Nature, Science, Human I” aims to provide students with the curiosity and desire to learn scientific thinking, and introduce some of the basic concepts of physical, chemical, and biological sciences. The course promotes students’ awareness of science and support them in achievement of higher levels of scientific literacy. It promotes critical thinking and problem solving skills.

The objective of this course is to provide students with a foundational level of skills and competencies to solve complex problems through an interdisciplinary approach and creative thinking methods.

Bu ders, çeşitli tarihsel dönemlerden sanat eserlerinin, nesnelerinin ve işlerinin incelenmesi yoluyla sanatın anlamı, dönüşümü ve işlevini öğrenciye aktarmayı ve sanat tarihine kısa bir giriş yapmayı amaçlamaktadır. Resim, heykel, mimarlık, tasarım, baskı, fotoğraf, enstalasyon, performans, reklamlar ve hareketli görüntü gibi çok çeşitli medya ve mecra aracılığıyla görsel kültürün nesneleri ve pratiklerini tartışmaya açarak, ders öğrencilere sanatsal üretimin sosyal kültürel ve tarihsel koşullarına dair kapsamlı, disiplinlerarası ve yaratıcı bir bakış açısı kazandıracaktır.

Introduction to the scientific research methods, scientific criterion and techniques, comparison of the scientific knowledge with other ways of knowing in daily life. Examination of neuroscience, basic biological, motivational, developmental and cognitive processes that underlie behaviors. Definition and examples of perception, thinking, learning, memory, language, creativity, heuristics, communication, behaviors, and emotions. Introduction of basic theoretical perspectives about psychology.

Examination of basic concepts, terms and principles in psychological professions. Discussion of the theories, measurement techniques and programs about psychological professions. Learning, application, evaluation, and commenting about the measurement techniques about psychological professions. Examination about the preparation and the implementation of the programs about psychological professions. Examination about the techniques used in individual and group applications in psychological professions.

The second term of the course will begin with a discussion on the National Struggle and the transition from the Ottoman Empire to Republic of Turkiye. It will then deal with the institutionalization of the Republic and basic dynamics of the multi-party system. We will study the development of democracy, on the one hand, and the economic crises, political instabilities, and military interventions that disrupted the democratization process, on the other. Among the topics we will address in this semester are the phenomena of migration and urbanization, social movements and cultural change in the history of the Republic.

In the second term of the Turkish course, it is aimed to examine the reflection of modernization movements on our literature from the last days of the Ottoman Empire and the years of occupation of our country, through the National Struggle years, the victory of our War of Independence, and from the establishment of the Republic of Turkey to the present day, through selected thought texts and fictional texts

Simple grammatical structures and sentence patterns. Description or presentation of people, living or working conditions, daily routines, likes/dislikes. Phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment.) Comparisons. Formal e-mails.

Sets of real numbers. Functions. Special functions. Symmetry, translations and reflections. Lines. Quadratic functions. Systems of equations. Exponential and logarithmic functions. Properties of logarithms. Limits and continuity. The derivative. Rules for differentiation. The chain rule. Derivatives of logarithmic and exponential functions. Implicit differentiation. Logarithmic differentiation. Higher order derivatives. Relative extrema. Absolute extrema on a closed interval. Concavity. The second derivative test. Asymptotes.

The objective of this course is to create career awareness, to enable students to have information about different sectors, to recognize the tools they can use for their own development, and to direct stu-dents to areas where they will be productive.

“Nature, Science, Human II” aims to encourage and enable students to develop inquiring minds and curiosity about science and the natural world. The course introduces the basic laws of nature and promotes students’ awareness of how science and technology affect our lives. It develops students’ scientific literacy and motivates them to value scientific knowledge and skills.

Toplum, Bilim ve İnsan dersinin başlıca amacı, öğrencileri insan ve toplum arasındaki ilişki hakkında kapsamlı, disiplinlerarası, analitik ve eleştirel bir anlayış geliştirmek üzere özendirmek ve yönlendirmektir. Öğrencilere bireyler ve sosyal dünyaları hakkındaki belli başlı bazı kavramları, yaklaşımları ve konuları tanıtmayı hedefleyen dersi tamamlayan öğrencilerin ,sosyal bilimlerin diğer disiplinler ile benzerliklerini ve farklılıklarını kavramaları, insanoğlunun bir canlı türü olarak evrimi ile ilgili eleştirel bir anlayış geliştirmeleri, insanların sosyal çevreleri ile ilişkilerinin farklı yönleri hakkında bilgi edinmeleri, insanların çeşitli gruplar, kurumlar ve sosyal yapılar ile bu ilişkileri neden ve nasıl geliştirdiğini açıklayabilmeleri hedeflenmektedir.

Introduction to the key concepts, theories, and issues in developmental, personality, social, industrial, clinical, and atypical psychology. Definitions of basic mechanisms underlying the above mentioned processes. Related theories, types and importance of clinical therapies and topics in daily life. Introduction to the logic of designing awareness programs. Student presentations of various sub-disciplines of psychology.

The objective of this course is to provide students with a foundational level of skills and competencies to solve complex problems through an interdisciplinary approach and creative thinking methods.

Bu ders edebiyat, sinema, sanat, mimarlık, mühendislik, matematik, felsefe, siyaset, ekonomi ve benzerleri gibi alanlardaki önemli eserlerin akademik çalışmasında temel derstir. Ders, öğrencilerin dönem boyunca bu derste sunulan başlıca eserlerle tanışmalarına ve farklı alanlardaki bu önemli eserlerle kendi görüş, bakış açısı ve zevklerini geliştirmelerine yardımcı olmayı amaçlamaktadır. Öğrencilerin dönem sonunda bu farklı alanlarda ve önemli çalışmaları hakkında bağımsız, analitik ve eleştirel düşünmeyi geliştirecek akademik araçlarla donatılması beklenmektedir.

Bu dersin amacı: Ahlaklı bir hayat nasıl tanımlanır? İyi ve erdemli birey kimdir? “İyi” ve “kötü”, “doğru” ve “yanlış” arasındaki çizgiyi kim belirler? İyi yurttaş kimdir? Bir yurttaş olarak, kadın/erkek olarak, toplum üyesi olarak hayatlarımızı nasıl yaşamamız gerekir? Modern birey kimdir? Teknoloji, ahlaki yargılarımızı nasıl etkiler? Etik, hukuk, ahlak ve kültürel alanları ilgilendiren bu tarz sorgulamaları günlük hayatımızda sıklıkla yapmaktayız. Bu ders, bu tür soruları tartışmak amacıyla birey ve yurttaş olmanın anlamlarına değinmekte; toplumsal hayatın düzenleyici bileşenlerini ahlak, hukuk, etik ve normlar ile ilişkilendirerek tartışmakta; birey ve iktidar arasındaki ilişkiyi devlet, toplumsal cinsiyet, aile, din ve gözetim gibi konular üzerinden ele almaktadır. Ayrıca, modernleşme kavramını merkeze alarak, değer yargılarının “evrensel” boyuttaki inşasını Doğu ve Batı kültürleri arasındaki iktidar ilişkileri bağlamında sorgulamaktadır.

Compherension of minimum rules and legislations about occupational health and safety, knowledge about obligatory actions to be applied at workplaces.

Introduction to neuroscience. Review of latest studies in the rapidly changing fields of neuroscience and physiological psychology. Examination of the structure and functions of the central nervous system, the brain and their roles in emotional, cognitive and social-behavioral processes. Examination of the neural and anatomic features of the central nervous system. Discussion of the role of technological development in the exploration of recent issues and theory construction. Brief description of neurological screening methods.

Introduction to the basic principles of learning processes such as classical conditioning and instrumental conditioning. Description of the theories in the field of learning. Consideration of the application of the conditioning processes within various settings regarding animals and humans. Discussion of various learning theories with emphasis given to experimental studies. Relation the conventional theories to machine learning. Finding and analyzing real-world examples of the principles of learning.

Introduction to the historical development of personality theories with social, developmental, cognitive, affective and clinical concerns. Exploration of classic theories of personality such as psychoanalytic, behavioral, trait, humanistic, cognitive and social roles theories. Comparison of theories from a critical perspective that considers the definitions of healthy personality development in different cultures. Examination and discussion of contemporary research in personality stability, measurement, and definition.

Introduction to statistics. Describing data and frequency distributions. Describing data and graphic presentation. Central tendency and dispersion measures. Probability and permutation and combination. Discrete probability distributions. Continuous probability distributions. Normal probability distribution. Sampling methods and distribution of sample statistics. Central limit theorem. Point estimation and confidence intervals.

Introduction to the research and theories pertaining to the physical, cognitive, social-behavioral, and emotional development of infants and children. Understanding all developmental areas (social-behavioral, physical, perceptual, language and cognitive) from prenatal period to adolescence period. Following and the discussion of the current empirical study findings from a socio-historical, comparative and critical perspective.

Introduction to basic topics and research methods in cognitive psychology. Description of the theories explaining various mental phenomena. Understanding of the methodology used in cognitive research. Examination of the cognitive processes in humans such as perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving and intelligence in humans through covering various studies about these cognitive processes. Reading the empirical articles related to cognitive psychology. Discussions on the explanation of cognitive processes that underlie nature/nurture controversy.

Understanding and discussion of normal and pathological behavior development from a psychopathological perspective. History of psychopathology. Investigation, classification and treatment of psychopathological disorders. Examination of the problems in treatment processes. Discussion on the criteria of normal/abnormal categorization from a cultural and critical perspective. Comparison of the case studies according to the mentioned criteria. Discussion of anxiety, affective mood, eating and personality disorders in adulthood.

Understanding behaviors, emotions, and thoughts in the light of own and others’ attitudes, prejudice, impression formation, attribution, social cognition, and cultural norms. Examination of social influence, development of norms, leadership, group structure and dynamics. Comparison and discussion of the historically specified concepts and theories in the light of ontological and epistemological assumptions. Detailed review of different theoretical perspectives.

Application and interpretation of basic psychological research concepts and methods used in psychological research, introduction to the positivistic methodology, experimental design and survey techniques. Basic concepts in experimental and non-experimental research, teaching of concepts in basic statistical techniques, application and interpretation of basic statistical techniques on SPSS program. Application of basic descriptive analyses, correlation, t-test, and anova statistical methods.

Improvement and practice of writing and presentation skills through research design in line with the report format required by TÜBİTAK, implementation, analysis of data and discussion of results, writing brief reports and articles on these research results based on American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines/style/format. Preparation of posters reflecting the research design and implementation. Verbal presentation of research design and implementation.

An introduction to the principles of psychological testing and measurement. Test design, test construction, definitions of validity, test-retest reliability, internal reliability, face validity, content validity, convergent and discriminant validities, basic psychometric analysis, test norming, test administration. The history of measurement and the current state of the art. Introduction to psychological tests used in professional area. Criticism of scientific journal articles based on the method sections.

Investigation of the past and recent research in clinical psychology. Examination of the basic characteristics of clinical evaluation and psychotherapies implemented in clinical intervention. Discussion of observation and interview techniques, importance of research, measurement and ethical principles from a clinical psychology perspective. Introduction to the basic features of forensic and health psychology, child clinical psychology, and other clinical fields. Discussion of prerequisites for becoming a clinical psychologist.

Area Elective-I

A historical review of the key episodes and figures in the history of psychology. The interplay of theory, methodology and practice in the emergence of today’s psychology and its place in contemporary society. Comparison of assumptions related to ontology, epistemology, human nature and research methodologies. Discussion of the mediations between the psychological issues and the socio-political atmosphere. Discussion of the importance of the theories in psychology.

Teaching of advanced psychological research concepts and methods, introduction to advanced research techniques, application of advanced research techniques on SPSS program and the interpretation of results. Application of basic regression, multiple regression, chi-square, mediational and moderational analyses. Design and application of simple research projects by students and the presentation of findings as academic posters.

Job description of psychologists. Examination of various ethical codes. Investigation of ethics in research, psychotherapy, and the education of psychology. Investigation of various theoretical approaches from a historical perspective; and the comparison of ontological and epistemological approaches to human (and animal) behavior and research methods. Discussion of cases in various sub-disciplines of psychology, such as developmental, clinical and industrial.

Introduction to the principles, skills, and ethical aspects of interviews in clinical and research settings, development of skills such as active listening, attention, evaluation, collecting personal narrative, emphatic behavior and report writing via examination of clinical case studies. Writing a report about clinical psychology applications. Presentation and discussion of student reports from a critical and cultural perspective.

Area Elective-II

General Elective-I

Area Elective-III

Area Elective-IV

Area Elective-V

General Elective-II

General Elective-III

General Elective-IV

Area Elective

Area Elective-VI

Area Elective-VII

Area Elective

General Elective-V

General Elective