Courses

This course provides general perspective on basic organizational operations, types and business subjects.


This course provides an introduction to basic models and concepts in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Basic topics in microeconomics analyzed in this course include an introduction to market economies, supply and demand, consumer theory, the theory of the firm, perfect competition. Basic topics in macroeconomics analyzed in this course include national income, employment, unemployment, inflation, and economic growth.


This course aims at equipping students with skills related to two main aspects of Academic English, which are listening and notetaking and academic speaking.


This course aims at equipping students with skills related to two main aspects of Academic English, which are reading and academic writing.


This course provides a general information of the events from the end of the 19. century until the end of the Turkish War of Independence and the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923.


With special reference to the Principals of Atatürk the course will examine the philosophy of the foundation and existence of the republican regime as well as the democratic developments in secular Turkey during the twentieth century and in the era of extending globalization.


In addition to a specific discussion on the nature of scientific knowledge and social sciences, the course will cover selected issues from anthropology, sociology, psychology, social psychology, political science and economics.


The course involves a careful study of the formation of various aspects of modern societies. It examines the key ideas of the Enlightenment, the development of the modern state, the economic formation of modernity, the relevance of class and gender issues to industrial societies, and the political and cultural significance of religion, secularism and ideology in the modern world.


Presentation of Administrative Units, Academic Units and Student Clubs


Sets, functions, matrices, introduction to statistics, data types and collecting data, permutation, combination, probability function, random variable, their expected values and variances and distribution fuctions.


This course is arranged to teach the basic knowledge of preparing presentations, reading, writing and expressing skills that students will need during their Psychology education process. Within this course, students should be able to use PowerPoint of office programs effectively, do readings about classical psychology studies, writing reaction papers about their readings and organising and presenting them by using APA style


In this course theoretical and applied fields of psychology are introduced to the students at a general level.


In this course theoretical and applied fields of psychology are introduced to the students at a general level. .


This is a course aiming to teach basic statistics in psychology. In addition to learning about the basics of conducting psychological data analysis and hypothesis testing, students will learn about the following statistical tests: correlation, regression, chi-square test. Student’s task will be to learn the basic concepts behind these tests, as well as to be able to compute the tests by hand. Student will also learn how to run these tests in SPSS.


This is a course aiming to teach basic statistics in psychology. In addition to learning about the basics of conducting psychological data analysis and hypothesis testing, students will learn about the following statistical tests: t test, ANOVA and nonparametric tests. Student’s task will be to learn the basic concepts behind these tests, as well as to be able to compute the tests by hand. Student will also learn how to run these tests in SPSS.


Biological bases of behavior. Structure and functioning of the nervous system and the brain. Effects of drugs on consciousness and behavior.


To discuss the developmental processes from fertilization through adolescence in terms of both physical, psychological and social development.


To discuss the developmental processes from puberty through death in terms of both physical, psychological and social development.


In this course students are introduced with the basic topics (e.g., social influence processes, group processes), approaches and methods of social psychology.


History of clinical psychology, psychological assessment, clinical observation, psychological testing, and clinical interventions would be explored during the semester. In this course, the relations of clinical psychology with the related fields would be explored.


This course has been designed to create and promote basic strategies and methods for scientific understanding and inquiry.


The course has been designed being a successor of Research Methods class, and it deals with contemporary instrumental approaches to the experimental study of behavior. The experimental instrumentation includes computer aided research designing, implementing and data acquisition. Therefore, the students are introduced with state of the art systems such as electrophysiological, psychotechnical instruments. Also, one of the main goals of the class is to have students acquired neccessary computer programming skills to prepare and present stimuli, design an experimental set up, and collecting behavioral data.


In this course students are introduced with the basic topics (e.g., social influence processes, group processes), approaches and methods of social psychology.


The course has been designed to inform students about test construction in different areas of psychology and to provide them to experience a test construction process.


This course will provide an introduction to human sensory and perceptual systems. Because of the historical research trend in the field, the main emphasis will be on vision, though some other senses will be studied in some detail.


Gain a working understanding of abnormal behavior as both a scientific and a clinical perspective from the viewpoint of different theories.


The course has been designed to inform the students about the nature, aims and the use of psychological tests, historical development of psychological testing, social and ethical considerations in psychological testing, basic statistical concepts related to psychological measurement, norms and interpreting test scores, reliability in classical test theory and types of reliability and validity including basic concepts and types of validity studies.


History of personality theories, explanations of normal development, and emergence of psychopathology


This course is arranged to inform students about various psychological tests used in different fields of psychology and to practice them by experiencing a test construction process.


This course is designed for senior students to prepare them for postgraduate studies as well as professional life and to enable them to approach psychology from a wider perspective.


This course is designed for senior students to prepare them for postgraduate studies as well as professional life and to enable them to approach psychology from a wider perspective.


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Internship covers field experience at any work place (public or private) for four weeks (twenty work days). Students should follow the instructions stated in IUE Internship Guide in order to successfully complete their internships.


Internship covers field experience at any work place (public or private) for four weeks (twenty work days). Students should follow the instructions stated in IUE Internship Guide in order to successfully complete their internships.


Students will be taught how to use the written communication tools accurately and efficiently in this course. Various types of written statements will be examined through a critical point of view by doing exercises on understanding, telling, reading, and writing. Punctuation and spelling rules, which are basis of written statement, will be taught and accurate usage of these rules for efficient and strong expression will be provided.


Students will be taught how to use the written communication tools accurately and efficiently in this course. There will be exercises on understanding, telling, reading, and writing; types of speeches (panel, symposium, conference, etc.) will be introduced; the student will be equipped with information on using body language, accent and intonation, and presentation techniques.


PSY 301Priciples of Psychological Counseling

To provide students with a knowledge of the psychological processes that direct counseling in addition to the theories that contributes to the profession.


PSY 311Clinical Observation and Interview

In this course, psychological interviewing and observation skills would be explained from different approaches and the common skills, i.e. microskills, would be the focus. In the application hours, psychological interviewing and observation skills would be practiced.


PSY 312Applied Psychological Counseling

The course consists of formal teaching and interactive practice of counselling skills in pairs, triads and larger groups. Students will be given extensive opportunities to ‘play’ and experiment with, to practise and discuss the skills, and to receive feedback on their performance.


PSY 313Evolutionary Psychology

Traditional psychology is a rich and vital field, but it has no overarching theory of what we call “mind design”. Also most of traditional psychology’s reliable findings are more sensible and more informative when they are interpreted in an evolutionary framework. Evolutionary psychology is a different way of thinking about the entire field of psychology.


PSY 314 Contemporary Advances in Social Psychology

In this course contemporary approaches and research of social psychology are discussed by making related readings.


PSY 316Advanced Physiological Psychology

This course is to provide students an advanced understanding of the physiological basis of behavior. Topics of discussion will include the structure and function of the nervous system at a molecular, cellular, and system level.


PSY 320Forensic Psychology

This course promotes an understanding of the relationship between psychology and law by showing how psychological research and theory can inform the legal process. Topics include crime and delinquency, violence and intimidation, social risk factors, victims of crime, correctional psychology, court structure, obtaining information from child witnesses and ethical issues. Preparation of reports for court and other forensic settings will also be examined. Students will be introduced to the application of theory and research to real world issues and practice.


PSY 404 Children and Adoloscent Psychopathology

The etiology and treatment of childhood and adolescence psychopathologies would be explored based on different approaches.


PSY 405Cognitive Psychology

To introduce basic human cognitve processes and fundemantal research methods.


PSY 408Health Psychology

The aim of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of health psychology which includes illness, adaptation to illness, health related quality of life, health behaviors and basic research methods that widely applied in health psychology.


PSY 409Cross Cultural Psychology

In this course the influence of culture on several areas of psychology, especially on the field of clinical psychology, would be explored. The influence of the experiences of disadvantaged groups on mental health would be discussed throughout the semester.


PSY 411Philosophical Basis of Psyhology

The course consists of the knowledge about the basic disscussions on the fields of philosophy such as philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science, which are, at the same time, important to the science of psychology.


PSY 413Introduction to Psychotherapy

This course introduces the major theories of psychotherapy. The different approaches of psychotherapy will be compared and contrasted in the effort to provide students a critical framework.


PSY 414Psychological Testing in Practice

In this course, historical development of clinical testing and assessment would be explored. During the semester several tests to measure personality, intelligence, neuropsychological functioning, and psychopathology as well as their psychometric properties would be explained.


PSY 415Human Sexuality

This course is aimed to introduce human sexuality in terms of anatomical structures, sexual development, sexual identity and orientation, sexually transmitted diseases, safe sex practices and sexual disorders and paraphilias.


PSY 416History of Psychology : Systems and Theories

This course explores major developments and ideas in the history of psychology as an academic discipline. We will address such topics as: the history of ideas about "the mind;" key historical and social events that shaped the field; when and how psychology became a science; life histories of psychologists; and how ideas about what is "normal" shape and are shaped by psychology.


PSY 418Language and Thought

The course consists of the basic knowledge about the philsophers of language and their theories such as Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Derrida, and Saussure.


PSY 420Neuropsychological Assessment

This course is formed to give information about three essential topics of neuropsychology: the correlation between the cognitive function and brain structure, administration of neuropsychological assessment and characteristic of cognitive impairment in neuropsychiatric disorders.


PSY 422Traffic Psychology

In this course traffic psychology topics, such as driver behaviors, psycho-technical evaluation, risk-taking, and driver rehabilitation, are introduced both in theoretical and applied ways.


PSY 423Motivation

What drives you to want to learn about psychology? Why did you choose your career? Why do some employees work more than the others? What are the drives behind employees’ motivation? Do they work more because they will earn money, or because they just have an internal drive to work harder? Why do some employees have more energy than others? Are engaged workers more productive than the others?These are the basic questions that will be focused in this course.


PSY 424Individual Differences

This course is aimed to discuss the interaction between individual differences and situational factors. This course specifically examines individual differences in emotional, cognitive and motivational dispositions.


PSY 497Developing a Research Project in Psychology

It sia aimded to introduce conducting a psychology research from literature review to writing a research proposal with necessary other procedure that is needed.


PSY 498Conducting and Reporting a Research Project in Psychology

Conducting a psychology research from research proposal to completing a research with a manuscript with all necessary procedures.


 

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