Course Name | English for Career Development |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ENG 410 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
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Course Language | English | |||||||||||
Course Type | Required | |||||||||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||||||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||||||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Q&ARole PlayingLecture / Presentation | |||||||||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to prepare our students for starting their professional lives by simulating all stages of the job application process. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course is designed to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge that they will need when they start their professional lives. The course simulates all stages of the job application process, including topics like finding job openings, CVs, job application forms, cover letters, job interviews, and following up, as well as handling job offers and rejection. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction to the Course | |
2 | Introductory Unit "Get an Idea": A Success Story | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 13-19 |
3 | Unit 1 "Get to Know Yourself": Researching YOU | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 20-30 |
4 | Unit 2 "Get Inside": Job Hunting | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 31-39 |
5 | Unit 5 "Get a Response": Following up | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 96-102 |
6 | Unit 3 "Get Ready": Preparing Your Documents | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 52-67 |
7 | Unit 3 continued "Get Ready": Preparing Your Documents | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 68-84 |
8 | Unit 6 "Get What You Want": Handling Job Offers and Rejection | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 120-133 |
9 | Midterm Exam - Revision | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 1-84 |
10 | Unit 4 "Get Ahead": Prepping for a Job Interview | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 85-97 |
11 | Unit 4 continued "Get Ahead": Prepping for a Job Interview | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 98-105 |
12 | Unit 4 continued "Get Ahead": Prepping for a Job Interview | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 106-112 |
13 | Unit 4 continued "Get Ahead": Prepping for a Job Interview - Review | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 113-119 |
14 | Review of the Semester | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. pgs. 1-133 |
15 | Final Exam - Job Interviews | |
16 | Final Exam - Job Interviews |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Austin Ömürlü, H. (2019). Atlas: Putting your career on the map. (A. Yürekli, Ed.). Izmir: Izmir University of Economics. (in-house) |
Suggested Readings/Materials | www.mynextmove.org |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | - | - |
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | - |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
Project | 1 | 10 |
Seminar / Workshop | - | |
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 20 |
Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 6 | 60 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Field Work | - | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | - | |
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 7 | |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 6 | |
Project | 1 | 7 | |
Seminar / Workshop | - | ||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 9 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 10 | |
Total | 115 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to perform, execute and manage the various responsibilities and duties of an interior architecture and environmental design professional | |||||
2 | To be able to recognize, analyze and integrate within their practice the particular local and regional needs and developments of their profession | |||||
3 | To be able to communicate and collaborate with other individuals and groups on a national and international level within their profession | |||||
4 | To be able to develop, integrate and promote independent critical approaches for their professional practice | |||||
5 | To be able to understand the social and environmental issues and responsibilities of their profession | |||||
6 | To be able identify, assess and utilize the most up to date research, innovations, trends and technologies | |||||
7 | To be able to consider the national and international standards and regulations of their field | |||||
8 | To be able to develop the abilities to communicate and present design ideas within visual, oral and textual formats | |||||
9 | To be able to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to design on a national and international level | |||||
10 | To be able to recognize their own strengths, and develop them within an environment | |||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of interior architecture and environmental design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest