Course Descriptions

History of occupational health and safety. Work law. Occupational health and safety law. National and international conventions. Occupational diseases. Introduction to the concept of hazard and risk

Introduction to statistics. Describing data and frequency distributions. Describing data and graphic presentation. Central tendency and dispersion measures. Probability and permutation and combination. Discrete probability distributions. Continuous probability distributions. Normal probability distribution. Sampling methods and distribution of sample statistics. Central limit theorem. Point estimation and confidence intervals.

Introduction to the key concepts, theories, and issues in developmental, personality, social, industrial, clinical, and atypical psychology. Definitions of basic mechanisms underlying the above mentioned processes. Related theories, types and importance of clinical therapies and topics in daily life. Introduction to the logic of designing awareness programs. Student presentations of various sub-disciplines of psychology.

A historical review of the key episodes and figures in the history of psychology. The interplay of theory, methodology and practice in the emergence of today’s psychology and its place in contemporary society. Comparison of assumptions related to ontology, epistemology, human nature and research methodologies. Discussion of the mediations between the psychological issues and the socio-political atmosphere. Discussion of the importance of the theories in psychology.

Features and types of narration. Types of writing and dialogue. The narration of oral and written communication, presentation skills, language and communication skills through selected texts of World and Turkish literature. The relationship between language and literature. Enrichment of language through literature. Inventive literature texts. The relationship between consideration and language. Analyze of terms and concepts through literary texts. The summary of literary movements in Turkish literature.

General English structures and expressions. Exchange of information on topics of personal opinions, interest or everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events). Structured interview statements. Personal details, daily routines, wants and needs, requests for information. Simplified letters, brochures and short newspaper articles. Descriptions of events, past activities and personal experiences. Plans and predictions. Basic expressions for paraphrasing. Description of places and lifestyles.

Application and interpretation of basic psychological research concepts and methods used in psychological research, introduction to the positivistic methodology, experimental design and survey techniques. Basic concepts in experimental and non-experimental research, teaching of concepts in basic statistical techniques, application and interpretation of basic statistical techniques on SPSS program. Application of basic descriptive analyses, correlation, t-test, and anova statistical methods.

Introduction to the research and theories pertaining to the physical, cognitive, social-behavioral, and emotional development of infants and children. Understanding all developmental areas (social-behavioral, physical, perceptual, language and cognitive) from prenatal period to adolescence period. Following and the discussion of the current empirical study findings from a socio-historical, comparative and critical perspective.

Introduction to neuroscience. Review of latest studies in the rapidly changing fields of neuroscience and physiological psychology. Examination of the structure and functions of the central nervous system, the brain and their roles in emotional, cognitive and social-behavioral processes. Examination of the neural and anatomic features of the central nervous system. Discussion of the role of technological development in the exploration of recent issues and theory construction. Brief description of neurological screening methods.

Introduction to the basic principles of learning processes such as classical conditioning and instrumental conditioning. Description of the theories in the field of learning. Consideration of the application of the conditioning processes within various settings regarding animals and humans. Discussion of various learning theories with emphasis given to experimental studies. Relation the conventional theories to machine learning. Finding and analyzing real-world examples of the principles of learning.