FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of English Translation and Interpreting

IUE 100 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Orientation and Career Planning
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
IUE 100
Fall
1
0
1
2

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s) -
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims to prepare students for university education and campus life and enable them to develop their academic, social and personal skills needed during university education and guide the students to prepare for their professional career.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • use the facilities provided by the academic and administrative units of the university,
  • describe the academic skills such as notetaking, academic reading, accessing information, time management and analytical thinking,
  • explain social skills such as effective communication and entrepreneurship,
  • recognize their strengths and weaknesses using strategies such as goal setting, self-awareness, and mindfulness,
  • outline the steps to engage in career planning.
Course Description The course will help students recognize the skills needed for university life and their career goals. These skills include self-awareness, goal setting, time management, effective communication, mindfulness and analytical thinking. The course will also raise students’ awareness on problems such as addiction and bullying.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Management Skills Courses
X
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction: Aims and Expectations University Life: Academic units, administrative units, and student clubs Videos and presentations in the Learning Management System
2 Academic Skills: Learning to learn Presentation in the Learning Management System
3 Academic Skills: Instructional technologies Presentation in the Learning Management System
4 Academic Skills: Notetaking and academic reading Presentations in the Learning Management System
5 Academic Skills: Accessing information and academic integrity Presentations in the Learning Management System
6 Effective time management Presentation in the Learning Management System
7 Analytical thinking Presentation in the Learning Management System
8 Goal setting and self-awareness Presentations in the Learning Management System
9 Effective communication and Entrepreneurship Videos in the Learning Management System
10 Addiction and Mindfulness Video in the Learning Management System
11 Bullying Video in the Learning Management System
12 Career Talks I: Experiences, Success and Failure Stories Videos in the Learning Management System
13 Career Talks II: Experiences, Success and Failure Stories Videos in the Learning Management System
14 CV writing and job interviews Presentations in the Learning Management System
15 Review of the Semester
16 Review of the Semester

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

NA

Suggested Readings/Materials

NA

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
30
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
70
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
-
-
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
2
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
1
16
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
0
Study Hours Out of Class
14
1
14
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
1
20
20
Presentation / Jury
0
Project
0
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
-
-
0
Final Exam
0
    Total
50

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to use advanced, field-specific conceptual, theoretical, and practical knowledge acquired,

2

To be able to analyze and research field-specific concepts and ideas and to interpret data individually or as a team using scientific methods,

3

To be able to understand and use grammatical and semantic structures of the source and target languages,

4

To be able to obtain information about social, cultural, and historical approaches within the source and target languages and to use this information for textual analysis and production,

5

To be able to understand and interpret written and oral texts in the source language and to transfer these texts into the target language using a semantically and functionally appropriate language,

6

To be able to produce creative translations and assess the translation products critically by defining the steps, strategies and problems in the translation process in the light of field-specific theoretical knowledge and skills acquired,

7

To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge and research skills within different areas of expertise to translational act,

8

To be able to use computer-assisted translation tools and machine translation effectively at each step of the translation process, and to follow the theoretical and practical developments in these fields,

9

To be able to gain awareness of the translator’s social role, job profile, and professional ethical values and to acquire workload management skills for individual or team work,

X
10

To be able to access necessary sources to improve quality at each step of the translation process and to assess the target text in accordance with the quality objectives by using these sources,

11

To be able to establish effective oral and written communication skills both in English and Turkish, to be able to speak a second foreign language at a good level, to be able to use a third foreign language at intermediate level,

12

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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