TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	6
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will make distinction between existential philosophy and existential psychology. 2) Will learn how to test existential problems in psychological studies. 3) Will question existential anxieties in their lives. 4) Will develop methodology to experimentally test existential parameters. 5) Will evaluate psychological concepts through existential philosophy.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course contains topics in existentialism and existential psychology. The topics include existential philosophy, existential anxieties, death and dying, freedom, isolation, search for meaning, and experimental existential psychology. The course is interested in the ideas of both existential philosophers such as Camus and Sartre and the founders of existential psychology such as Frankl and May.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to Existential Psychology 2nd Week Introduction to Existential Psychology 3rd Week Existentialism and the Absurd 4th Week Being-in-the-World 5th Week What is Death? 6th Week Body, Soul, and Immortality 7th Week Fear of Death and Terror Management 8th Week Mid-Term Exam 9th Week The Existential Self 10th Week Isolation and Existential Isolation 11th Week Freedom 12th Week The Meaning of Life 13th Week Existential Anxieties Combined 14th Week Experimental Existential Psychology
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Greenberg, J, Koole, S. L., & Pyszczynski, T. (2004). Handbook of experimental existential psychology. New York: Guilford.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 50 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 35 35 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 25 25 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework Total Workload 174 Total Workload / 30 5,8 ECTS Credits of the Course 6
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No