TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Describe family structure and interaction patters within family. 2) Describe effective communication skills (?I? language, ?we? language) 3) Describe effective communication skills within family 4) Describe effective communication skills within spouse and parent-children relations. 5) Describe useful information and skills about communication education for the family.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	Human Relations and Communication Parent Education
COURSE DEFINITION
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the course- Definition and types of communication 2nd Week Effective communication skills 3rd Week Theoretical framework related to interaction patterns within family 4th Week Family theories, the Family Life Cycle 5th Week Roles of communication process and family rules 6th Week Parenthood, siblings, adopted children, adoption, stepfamily, extended family 7th Week Family, Marriage and Family, Divorcing 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Family and Health 10th Week Family Conflict 11th Week Family Communication and Stress 12th Week Social Factors affecting intra-family communications 13th Week Overcoming tough intra-family interaction patterns 14th Week Future Directions of Family Research
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Arslanoğlu, İ. & Duman, E. Z. (2018). İnsan ilişkileri ve iletişim. Ankara: Nobel. Çağlar, K. (2018). Etkili iletişim stratejileri. Ankara: Adalet. Güngör-Baran, A. (2004). Türkiye'de Aile İçi İletişim ve İlişkiler Üzerine Bir Model Denemesi. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları (HÜTAD)1, 31-42. Floyd, K., & Morman, M. T. (2014). Widening the family circle: New research on family communication (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Hinde, R. A. & Hinde, J. S. (2017). Aile içi ilişkiler Karşılıklı etkiler (R. Gökdağ, Çev.). Ankara: Sınırsız. Imber-Black, E. (1999). Aile Sırları. İstanbul: Boyner. Kayaalp, İ. (2008). Ailede iletişim. Ankara: Elit Kültür. Koca, E., & Erden, S. (2015). Aile içi sağlıklı iletişim. Ankara. Çamlıca. Turner, L. H., & West, R. (2013). Perspectives on Family Communication (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. Yazgan, M. (2017). Aile içi ilişkiler odaklı iletişim. Ankara: Der.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Case Study,Problem Solving,Practice,Report Preparation,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No