ECTS - Preparation for Professional Life
Preparation for Professional Life (HUM112) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Preparation for Professional Life | HUM112 | General Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Observation Case Study. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | Teaching the undergraduates about the way they will follow in professional life after graduation. Explaining the modes of manners and attitudes to be adopted in professional life as well as teaching how to manage time and methods of work. Providing the new graduates with a vision regarding their careers and helping them to make appropriate planning for their qualifications. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Greeting others kindly and politely; personality traits, body language and smiling; introduction to professional life; preparing CV and resume and preparation for interviews; the concept of being a good human: ethical conduct; the manners of new generation in business life; time management and its importance; addiction in business life, the limits of the work environment, challenges in professional life. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manners, reverence, introducing oneself, greeting others (assisted with visuals). | Related Resources |
| 2 | Professional life: Welcome to real life. Choosing a career means choosing a lifestyle. The difference between interest and skill. | Related Resources |
| 3 | The file that must be studies before entering professional life. We are all different: Types of personality and body language. Smiling and communication. | Related Resources |
| 4 | The road to professional life: Preparing CV and resume. | Related Resources |
| 5 | The road to professional life: Preparing CV and resume. | Related Resources |
| 6 | Seven different Interview techniques. | Related Resources |
| 7 | Ethics in Professional life: Being a “naive” and “good” person in professional life. | Related Resources |
| 8 | Midterm | Questions prepared by the course instructor |
| 9 | The manners of new generation in professional life and respect to seniority and experience. Analog human/ digital human. | Related Resources |
| 10 | Time management in professional life and addiction. The use of social media, telephone and the internet (assisted by visuals). | Related Resources |
| 11 | The topics that should be avoided in conversations in business life. The balance between authority and responsibility. | Related Resources |
| 12 | Writing petitions. The reality of e-mail (Not only electronic mail but also “evidence mail”) | Related Resources |
| 13 | Not always good things happen in professional life: Entering the maturity. Challenges and negativities in professional life, punishment and mobbing. | Related Resources |
| 14 | Work techniques / smart technique. The benefits of Erasmus and similar programs. | Related Resources |
| 15 | The management of expectations and continuity of education. Professional life is not a 100-meter run but a marathon. | Related Resources |
| 16 | Final Exam | Questions prepared by the course instructor |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. 1. Uygur Alper, Yemeğe Kurt Gibi Saldırılır mı?, Birinci Baskı 2010, Yapı Kredi Yayınları. |
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| 2. Giblin Less, İnsan İlişkilerinde Ustalık, Birinci Baskı 1998, Sistem Yayıncılık. | |
| 3. Litteuer Florence, Kişiliğinizi Tanıyın, Birinci Baskı 1995, Sistem Yayıncılık. | |
| 4. Carnegie Dale, Etkili ve Güzel Konuşma Tekniği, Birinci Baskı 1994, Deniz Yayınevi. | |
| 5. Carnegie Dale, Dost Kazanma ve İnsanları Etkileme Sanatı, Birinci Baskı 1995, Sistem Yayıncılık. | |
| 6. Robbins Anthony, Bir Dosttan Pusulalar, Birinci Baskı 1996, İnkılap Kitapevi. | |
| 7. Cüceloğlu Doğan, Yeniden İnsan İnsana, Sekizinci Baskı 1994, Remzi Kitabevi. | |
| Other Sources | 8. Konu ille ilgili diğer güncel bilimsel yayınlar. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 50 |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | The ability to have and use theoretical and practical information in international trade and logistics | |||||
| 2 | The ability to define problems, as well as to collect, evaluate, analyze, and interpret data, and to devise solutions, making use of the information, skills, and competencies in the field | |||||
| 3 | The ability to perform numerical analyses and research through accessing different resources of information in the field | |||||
| 4 | The ability to take part in intra- and interdisciplinary, or multi-cultural working groups, as well as work individually | |||||
| 5 | The ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English, and to make use of at least 1 foreign language | |||||
| 6 | The ability to act responsibly, and with the awareness in the issues of environmental sensitivity, sustainability, transparency, social responsibility, and ethical values | |||||
| 7 | The ability to read, understand, and interpret the relevant legislation in the field of international trade and logistics, and to see the global, and social effects of practices | |||||
| 8 | The ability to question and interpret the acquired interdisciplinary pieces of information within the framework of the current economic, social, and environmental conjuncture | |||||
| 9 | The ability to stay up to date regarding the local, regional, and global changes in the international trade and logistics, and the supply chain sector; and relevant through improvements on professional competencies and backgrounds, and to devise quick and effective solutions to possible problems through an innovative approach | |||||
| 10 | The ability to track national and international regulations in international trade and logistics, to learn logistic procedures and risk management, to use current instruments of technology and informatics, to analyze and improve processes, to devise new ideas and suggestions, to manage activities for change, and to report and document these processes | |||||
| 11 | - | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Total Workload | 100 | ||