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IZU 084 - Career Planning

Departments Supervised by the Rectorate · İZÜ Seçmeli Dersler · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 IZU Common Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Gülçin KAZAN
Instructors: Prof. Dr. Gülçin KAZAN

Course Objective

The main purpose of the Career Planning Course is; to create career awareness, to ensure that students have information about different sectors, to recognize the tools they can use for their own development, and to direct them to the areas where they will be most productive and happy.

Course Content

It is recommended that the Career Planning course be taught within the framework of the draft created by the Presidential Human Resources Office, with videos and activities prepared for each week, and guest trainers to be invited from university lecturers, industry professionals, non-governmental organizations and international organizations. The supportive activities to be included in the course are designed to inform students about the methods and tools used in professional applications and to enable them to use them in the most effective way, and are supported by practical activities. Career centers will follow the course practically with activities that provide experience opportunities that will support students to develop their skills. The proposed program regarding the structure and contents of the course is presented below. The program in question may differ according to the characteristics of the universities and the departments where the students who will take the course are registered.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Complete self-reports that identify personal values, interests and abilities
  2. To understand the importance of specifying audience and purpose and to select appropriate communication choices.
  3. To understand and appropriately apply modes of expression, i.e., descriptive, expositive, narrative, scientific, and self-expressive, in written, visual, and oral communication
  4. To understand and apply basic principles of critical thinking, problem solving, and technical proficiency in the development of exposition and argument.
  5. To develop the ability to research and write a documented paper and/or to give an oral presentation.

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%25 (31) Social and Behavioural Science%40 (34) Business and Administration%35

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionBrain StormingCase Study

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkProject / Design

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16232
Out of Class Study Period000
Midterm000
Quiz000
Assignment14342
Practice111
Final000

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
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16FINAL EXAM.