| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercultural Communication | GZT318 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 3 | Spring | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Selma AKGÜL
Associate Prof. Dr. Göktürk YILDIZ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Define the concept of culture and explain the factors of cultural differences
2) Explain the conservative and the critical cultural approaches
3) Examine the figure of foreign and the other in the historical process
4) Explain the intercultural comparison processes
5) Analyse news and media as an intercultural encounter platform
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | No relation | Middle | High | High | High | Middle | High | Middle | Middle | Low | Middle | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | Middle | High | High | High | Middle | |
| 2 | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | Low | Middle | Middle | High | Middle | High | Middle | High | High | Middle | Low | Middle | High | High | High | Middle | High | |
| 3 | High | Middle | High | Middle | Low | Low | Middle | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | Low | Middle | High | Middle | High | High | High | Middle | Low | Middle | High | |
| 4 | High | Middle | Low | Middle | High | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | High | High | Middle | Low | Low | Middle | High | Middle | High | Middle | High | High | |
| 5 | Low | Middle | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Middle | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | Low | Middle | Middle | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Cultural Differences and Management
Course Contents
Concept of intercultural communication, intercultural meeting in micro and macro field, problems in intercultural communication, media role in intercultural communication, impriving studies of intercultural communication, analisis of news that are would be effect in the view of intercultural communication.
Weekly Schedule
1) Information will be given about the content of the course, the concept of culture will be explained.2) Different approaches to culture will be discussed.
3) Revisionist cultural approach will be discussed.
4) Conservative cultural approach will be discussed.
5) Migration in the historical process will be examined.
6) In the historical process the figures of foreign and other will be examined
7) In the historical process the figures of foreign and other will be examined (Continuation of the previous lecture)
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) International confrontation processes will be examined.
10) International confrontation processes will be examined (Continuation of the previous lecture)
11) Media as a meeting platform will be analyzed.
12) Media as a meeting platform will be analyzed (Continuation of the previous lecture).
13) Intercultural media pedagogy will be discussed.
14) News analysis will be made.
15) News analysis and an evaluation of the course will be made.
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Asker Katarı, Kültürlerarası İletişim, Ankara: Ürün Yayınları, 2001
2- Ayda Uzunçarşılı Soydaş, Kültürlerarası İletişim, İstanbul: Parşömen, 2010
3- Zeynep Karahan Uslu, Can Bilgili, Kültürlerarası İletişim: Çokkültürlülük, İstanbul: Beta Yayınları, 2011
4- Ders kitabı ve ders notları, tezler
5- Textbooks and lecture notes, thesis
6- 6. haftada 1 saat süreli yazılı vize sınavı ve 14. haftada 1 saat süreli yazılı final sınavı yapılır.
7- 6th week 1 hour written midterm examination and 14th week 1 hour written final exam week.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Group Study
5) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required