ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| Psychology (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | PSY056 | ||||
| Course Name: | Human Rights and Discrimination | ||||
| Semester: | Spring | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. EZGİ ILDIRIM | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Safiye Neslihan Ercan | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | The objective of this course is to explain human rights and discrimination by giving examples throughout the world, by defining the related literature with all its details and the definitions of the main concepts and by designing a humanist and ethical environment. |
| Course Content: | Human rights: declaration; discrimination; gender; normal and abnormal; gas lighting; glass ceiling; rich and poor; old and young; social stratification; social inequalities; psychological disorders; psychological treatment, etc. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students taking this course will find the opportunity to study in-depth a lot of topics concerning human rights and discrimination. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction: Human Rights and Discrimination. Definitions. Examples. | |
| 2) | Human Rights and Discrimination: Women and Men Film Discussion: “Intimidad”- Netflix (8 episodes) | |
| 3) | Human Rights and Discrimination: Crazy Women? | |
| 4) | Human Rights and Discrimination: Gas Lighting and Glass Ceiling | |
| 5) | Film Discussion: “Gas Lighting” by Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer; Glass Ceiling: an important concept in sociology and industrial/organizational psychology | |
| 6) | Human Rights and Discrimination: Rich and Poor; What is “environmental racism”?; Discussion: A story by Guy de Maupassant: “Irreversible Fault” | |
| 7) | Human Rights and Discrimination: Old and Young; What are the myths about the old age?; What are the myths about the young? | |
| 8) | Midterm Exams | |
| 9) | Social stratification; Social inequalities in health; Film Discussion: “Amour” by Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva | |
| 10) | Human Rights and Discrimination: Normal and Abnormal | |
| 11) | Human Rights and Discrimination: Psychological Disorders and Psychological Treatment- Part 1 | |
| 12) | Human Rights and Discrimination: Psychological Disorders and Psychological Treatment- Part 2 | |
| 13) | Book Discussion: “What is Madness?” by Darian Leader; Design of a social responsibility project | |
| 14) | Epilogue: What did we learn?; How to create an equal world? | |
| 15) | Final Exams |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | 1- “Human Rights Declaration” 2- “What is Madness?” by Darian Leader 3- “Women Who Are Made Crazy” by Gönül Bakay 4- “50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior” (Wiley-Blackwell) by S. O. Lilienfeld, S J. Lynn, J. Ruscio and B. L. Beyerstein 5- A story by Guy de Maupassant: “Irreversible Fault” 6- Other reading and watching materials will be assigned by the instructor 7- “Key Concepts in Health Psychology” (Sage Publications) by Ian P. Albery and Marcus Munafò |
| References: | 1- “Human Rights Declaration” 2- “What is Madness?” by Darian Leader 3- “Women Who Are Made Crazy” by Gönül Bakay 4- “50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior” (Wiley-Blackwell) by S. O. Lilienfeld, S J. Lynn, J. Ruscio and B. L. Beyerstein 5- A story by Guy de Maupassant: “Irreversible Fault” 6- Other reading and watching materials will be assigned by the instructor 7- “Key Concepts in Health Psychology” (Sage Publications) by Ian P. Albery and Marcus Munafò |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| 1) Have the theoretical knowledge related to major sub areas of psychology. | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2) Apply psychological concepts and theories in a variety of applied settings. | ||||||||||||||
| 3) Define and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human beings. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4) Evaluate psychological evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical way. | ||||||||||||||
| 5) Collect and analyze psychological research data and interpret and report the findings in accordance to scientific publication rules. | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 6) Develop and utilize assessment and measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 7) Have the skills and abilities to follow innovations and developments in psyhology and other related sciences. | ||||||||||||||
| 8) Have knowledge and skills to work effectively on individual or group basis. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 9) Have knowledge and skills to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 10) Behave in accordance with professional code of conduct and ethics related to psychology. | ||||||||||||||
| 11) Behave in an unprejudiced and equal way towards various identity groups such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 12) Have respect for universal values and human and animal rights. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 13) Use a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | ||||||||||||||
| 14) Use computer softwares as well as information and communication technologies at least Basic level of European Computer Driving Licence. | 3 | |||||||||||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Have the theoretical knowledge related to major sub areas of psychology. | |
| 2) | Apply psychological concepts and theories in a variety of applied settings. | 2 |
| 3) | Define and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human beings. | |
| 4) | Evaluate psychological evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical way. | 3 |
| 5) | Collect and analyze psychological research data and interpret and report the findings in accordance to scientific publication rules. | |
| 6) | Develop and utilize assessment and measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | |
| 7) | Have the skills and abilities to follow innovations and developments in psyhology and other related sciences. | |
| 8) | Have knowledge and skills to work effectively on individual or group basis. | 2 |
| 9) | Have knowledge and skills to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | |
| 10) | Behave in accordance with professional code of conduct and ethics related to psychology. | 3 |
| 11) | Behave in an unprejudiced and equal way towards various identity groups such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | 1 |
| 12) | Have respect for universal values and human and animal rights. | |
| 13) | Use a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | |
| 14) | Use computer softwares as well as information and communication technologies at least Basic level of European Computer Driving Licence. |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 13 | 65 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final | 1 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 135 | |