This course aims to examine the theoretical perspectives in the developing field of health psychology. The course will examine recent research on the effects of psychological processes on health. Topics covered will include: health beliefs and attributions, stress, stress and illness, pain management, excessive eating and drinking, smoking and drug use, and the role of psychology in HIV and cancer treatment and recovery.
PSY341
Environmental Psychology
This course aims to familiarise students with issues and developments in the study of major behaviour in relation to the physical environment. Theories and research procedures in the study of person-environment transaction will be surveyed. Topics of the course include environmental perception and cognition, environmental stressors, pollution, crowding, territoriality and personal space.
This course is an overview of human problems ranging from minor problems in adjustment to severely disabling disorders; primary focus on research findings relevant to assessment, aetiology, prognosis and management.
PSY344
Clnical Psychology II
A continuation of the first part , it include basic psychopathological concepts, classifications of mental disorders, gaining knowledge and provided critique of different perspectives to clinical psychology including psychoanalytic and biological perspectives. The students will attend 3 hour theoretical lecture per week and 3 hour group research and active discussions per week.
PSY345
Psychology of Adjustment
Thus course is a study of "normal" adjustment problems encountered in everyday life. Topics include fear and anxiety, sleeping difficulties, sexual adjustment, self-control, interpersonal relations, and adjustment at work, social adjustment, love, marriage, and parenting.
PSY347
Psychology of Ageing
This course analyses the factors affecting the aged individual. Emphasis is placed on physiological, cognitive, sensory, personality and interpersonal changes occurring with age.
PSY348
Counseling and Psychotherapy
Major theories and approaches are discussed in the course. Also, some basic methods and techniques of counselling are introduced. Counselling in education, health centres, work settings etc. are also discussed. Basic principles of psychotherapies are covered under this course. Major types of psychotherapies, and applying psychotherapy to major mental disorders are discussed.
PSY352
Social Psychology II
This course is a continuation of Social Psychology I and as such includes topics of group and group processes, conformity, cooperation competition, inter group conflicts, helping and aggression. An emphasis is placed on the role of experimental and correlational research in social psychology.
PSY361
Personality and Its Assessment
The course is about a critical examination of the theories of personality and an examination of the procedure and sampled instruments employed in personality assessment. Projective tests, personality inventories will be surveyed with classroom demonstration and application. Scoring and interpretation of test performance will also be practiced
PSY380
Educational and School Psychology
The field of Psychology of education is concerned with the psychological aspects of teaching and learning processes. The aim of this course is to explain the role of intelligence, personality and context on students performance and motivation in the educational settings.
PSY382
Cross Cultural Psychology
This course provides an overview of the basics of cross-cultural psychology, but organizes ideas in a way that students emerge from the class more "literate" in reading the often subtle, unaware operation of cultural factors in everyday life situations.
PSY401
Final Dissertation I
Each student must complete an independent project which will exhibit his/her ability to perform scholarly research. The course comprise of the first three chapters. The student must also defend the dissertation in an oral examination.
PSY402
Final Dissertation II
Continuation of PSY 401
PSY449
Gender Issues
This course will explore the range and historical development of different theoretical perspective, shifting themes and dominant methodologies in psychology as they bear upon issues of gender and sexuality. The controversies surrounding the nature of "femininity" and "masculinity", issues of rape, pornography and violence will also be covered.
PSY451
Drugs and Individual Behavior
This course studies the effects of psychoactive drugs on behaviour and includes legal and ethical aspects of studying drug effects on behaviour.
PSY455
Child Abuse
The aims of this course are to get knowledge about the etiology of child abuse, its typologies, consequences, intervention, prevention and treatment, the legal system, its prevalence in different countries, resiliency to abuse, and the issues related with the child abuse research.
PSY460
Forensic Psychology
A psychological view of legal system is given. Mental Disorders and responsibility of mental patients for their acts are discussed.
PSY467
Developmental Psychopathology
The aims of this course is to have a scope on the concepts of normality in human development, developmental risk, and risk mechanisms. A range of developmental disorders ( Pervasive developmental disorders, Mental Retardation, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disorders etc) will be examined by means of early detection and prevention, diagnosis and intervention.
PSY470
Special Topics in Applied Social Psychology
This course will provide you with advanced knowledge and understanding of selected topics in social psychology. At the same time, it will be given some alternative and challenging perspectives on these topics and will also apply social psychological theory and research to some contemporary social issues.
PSY471
Psychopharmacology
This course provides an overview of the use of medications for treating mental disorders in adults. The emphasis is on practical application: what should I know about the medicines my clients are taking? How do I educate clients about their medications? What positive effects and side effects might I see in my patients taking medication? How can I better collaborate with medical practitioners and other mental health professionals? We use a case-based approach to review basic anatomical, physiological, and chemical characteristics of the nervous system to understand the rationale for using medications, along with their limitations and side effects. We’ll also explore related historical, social, ethnic and cultural factors. In addition, we look at how therapists can work effectively with family members, physicians, and other members of the collaborative mental health care team
PSY476
Criminology
This course deals with the increasing role psychology plays in the criminal justice system. Areas covered include evaluation of eyewitness testimony, jury selection consultants, coping with pre-trial publicity, evaluation of attempts to detect deception (e.g., polygraphs, voice stress analysers, integrity tests, etc.), instant defences, competency evaluations, and evaluation of efforts to decrease recidivism.
PSY477
Special Topics in Experimental Psychology
The aim of this course is to familiarise the students with cognitive processes of attention and memory. Topics to be covered in the course include factors relating to attention, short term and long term memories, organisation and structure of long term memory, factors relating to encoding, storing and retrieval of information. ıt involes disscusing new research areas in psychology field.
PSY478
Special Topics in Applied Psychology
Purpose of this course is to provide an introduction into Psychoanalysis as an applied area of study in psychology and enhance students understanding of the field. Students will explore different ways psychoanalysis is applied to different areas of study such as media, politics, philosophy and review studies conducted in the field to enhance their critical skills and techniques.
PSY479
Introduction to Human Sexuality
Aim of this course is to provide the students with the knowledge ofHuman Sexuality and how Human Sexuality has emerged over the centuries.Different types of Human Sexuality with different approaches towards it will be addressed and will be given full in detail.
PSYC100
Introduction to Behavioral Science I
This course offers a broad introduction to social psychology, the scientific study of human social influence and interaction. It will be explored the various ways people think about, affect, and relate to one another. The course will cover topics such as the social self-concept, social judgment, attitudes, persuasion, conformity, aggression, helping behavior, prejudice, and interpersonal relationships. The goals of this course are to (a) improve your understanding of social psychological explanations for social influence and interaction and to (b) improve your understanding of the research methodologies commonly used to understand social influence and interaction.
Fundamentals of public administration and public policy: concepts, principles, and procedures; bureaucracy and factors of its continuous growth. Introduction to public policy process, policy implementation, principles of management in public administration, and of leadership in public organisations, budgeting, programme evaluation, and relations between central and local governments (principles of federalism) is presented and then a brief consideration of power and information hierarchy in public agencies and enterprises and issues relating to public privatisation is offered.
PUB203
Introduction to Law
Introduction to legal concepts, social environment and legal institutions by analyzing, evolution of legal systems, and societies, formation of modern legal society; actual effects and impact of legal issues; encounters of individuals with legal conflicts; fundamental rights; Sources of laws; charters, constitutions, statutes, customs and usages, governmental regulations by laws; rights, obligations and privileges of individuals; the violations of individual rights by government; abuse of governmental powers, checks and balances of government, forms of government; separation of church and state; separation of powers, Executive, Legislative and Judiciary powers, public and private laws, international treaties; legal entities, law of European Union. In order for students to organize their time in preparing the classes in advance the following schedule will be observed during the semester. There can be changes in the schedule which will be announced in advance.
PUB206
Constitutional Law
A general and comparative introduction to constitutional law and public law for Turkey and other countries such as the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan. The course deals with the constitutional law as a political legal document as regards state and sovereignty, parliamentary democracy, liberalism and authoritarianism, citizen participation, plurality, and the principles of freedom and equality.
PUB302
Turkish Administrative Law
Fundamentals of public administration and public policy: concepts, principles, and procedures; bureaucracy and factors of its continuous growth. Introduction to public policy process, policy implementation, principles of management in public administration, and of leadership in public organisations, budgeting, programme evaluation, and relations between central and local governments (principles of federalism) is presented and then a brief consideration of power and information hierarchy in public agencies and enterprises and issues relating to public privatisation is offered.
PUB304
Programme Evaluation & Auditing
Public programme evaluation and productivity improvement. Stages of scientific and practical development: efficiency, budgeting, management, privatisation, auditing, etc. Types of evaluation: front-end analysis, process evaluation, problem monitoring, impact evaluation, synthesis and auditing methods. Fundamentals: definition, objectives, measures, study plans, etc. Detailed study of the major three innovations: The Bottom Line, Inspectors, and Total Quality Management. Scientific, technical, ethical problems associated with programme evaluation.
PUB305
Public Finance & Budgeting
Fiscal functions and institutions in public sector. Typology of public budgeting process. Allocation, distribution and public choice: social goods and distribution. Structure of public expenditure and financial policy: expenditure evaluation, programmes and case studies. Principles of taxation: tax equity and tax incidence, excess burden
PUB402
Comparative Public Administration
Comparative study of public sector structures and reforms in the developed industrial countries (US, Canada, France, UK, Germany, Spain, Scandinavia, Holland, as well as countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and Turkey). Issues, pertaining to the "DPM" formula, developed by the Chicago School of economics - Deregulation, Privatisation, Marketisation, and their significance for public administration Different countries' experiences with adapting their public structures and strategies to the constantly changing needs of growing economy and social problems.
PUB403
Local Government & Administration
The course is concerned with the relationship between central and local governments; responsibilities of municipalities and other local administrative units in delivering services, generating resources, evaluating and controlling municipal programmes. It also considers democratic and participatory function of local governments as well as problems and theories of urban and regional politics.
REK103
Rekreasyona Giriş
Genel rekreasyon bilgisi, Rekreasyonun ilgi alanları, rekreasyon çeşitleri bilgisi.
REK104
Fonksiyonel Anatomi Ve Kinesyoloji
İnsan vicudunun anatomik yapısının öğretimi, hareket eksenleri ve temel hareket modellerinin kinesiyolojik tanımlaması.
REK105
Sağlık Bilgisi Ve İlkyardım
Rekreaktif alanlarda sağlık bilgisinin gerekliliği, bakımı ve hastalıklardan korunma, ilk yardım bilgisi.
REK106
Rekreatif Takım Sporları II
Rekreaktif amaçlı takım sporlarının genel bilgileri ve uygulaması.
REK107
Rekreatif Takım Sporları I
Rekreaktif amaçlı takım sporlarının genel bilgileri ve uygulaması.
REK108
Modern Dans Eğitimi Ve Koreografi
Dansın tarihçesi,Modern dans kuralları ve uygulaması,.Temel dans koreografi bilgisi.
