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 | |||||||||
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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 | Introductory Unit Get an Idea: A Success Story - internal / external factors of success | Introduction to the Course PPT -Introductory Unit pgs. 1-6 |
2 | Unit 1 Get to Know Yourself: Researching YOU - personality, skills, SWOT analysis | Unit 1 pgs. 7-15 |
3 | Unit 2 Get Inside: Job Hunting - job advertisements, cold calling, Project | Unit 2 pgs. 16-24 |
4 | Unit 2 continued Get Inside: Job Hunting - networking, organizational culture | Unit 2 pgs. 25-39 |
5 | Unit 3 Get Ready: Preparing Your Documents -CVs | Unit 3 pgs. 40-52 |
6 | Unit 3 continued Get Ready: Preparing Your Documents - CVs Homework / Assignment | Unit 3 pgs. 53-56 |
7 | Unit 3 continued Get Ready: Preparing Your Documents - cover letters, job application forms | Unit 3 pgs. 57-60, 62-72 |
8 | Unit 4 Get Ahead: Prepping for a Job Interview -interview types, interview stages, small talk, personal/research/behavioral questions - Presentation / Jury | Unit 4 pgs. 73, 75-91 |
9 | Unit 4 continued Get Ahead: Prepping for a Job Interview - case / strategic questions, first impressions and body language | Unit 4 pgs. 89-99, 102-103 |
10 | Unit 4 continued Get Ahead: Prepping for a Job Interview - interview questions about CVs, job interview practice | Unit 4 pgs. 101, 104 |
11 | Revision + midterm (job interview) | |
12 | Unit 5 Get a Response: Following up - professional email essentials, follow-up emails | Unit 5 pgs. 105-112 |
13 | Unit 6 Get What You Want: Handling Job Offers and Rejection -accepting / declining / negotiating a job offer, salary negotiations, dealing with rejection | Unit 6 pgs. 113-126 |
14 | Review of the Semester | |
15 | - | |
16 | Final Exam |
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 | 15 |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
Project | 1 | 10 |
Seminar / Workshop | - | - |
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 25 |
Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 5 | 80 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 20 |
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 | 6 | |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 | |
Project | 1 | 6 | |
Seminar / Workshop | - | - | |
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 8 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 9 | |
Total | 110 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Being able to transfer knowledge and skills acquired in mathematics and science into engineering, | |||||
2 | Being able to identify and solve problem areas related to Food Engineering, | |||||
3 | Being able to design projects and production systems related to Food Engineering, gather data, analyze them and utilize their outcomes in practice, | |||||
4 | Having the necessary skills to develop and use novel technologies and equipment in the field of food engineering, | |||||
5 | Being able to take part actively in team work, express his/her ideas freely, make efficient decisions as well as working individually, | |||||
6 | Being able to follow universal developments and innovations, improve himself/herself continuously and have an awareness to enhance the quality, | |||||
7 | Having professional and ethical awareness, | |||||
8 | Being aware of universal issues such as environment, health, occupational safety in solving problems related to Food Engineering, | |||||
9 | Being able to apply entrepreneurship, innovativeness and sustainability in the profession, | |||||
10 | Being able to use software programs in Food Engineering and have the necessary knowledge and skills to use information and communication technologies that may be encountered in practice (European Computer Driving License, Advanced Level), | |||||
11 | Being able to gather information about food engineering and communicate with colleagues using a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) | |||||
12 | Being able to speak a second foreign language at intermediate level. | |||||
13 | Being able to relate the knowledge accumulated during the history of humanity to the field of expertise |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest