POLITICAL COMMUNICATION PROGRAMME COURSE DESCRIPTION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
RTS316	POLITICAL COMMUNICATION	8	3	3	6

GENERAL INFORMATION
Language of Instruction :	Turkish
Level of the Course Unit :	BACHELOR'S DEGREE, TYY: + 6.Level, EQF-LLL: 6.Level, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of the Course :	Elective
Mode of Delivery of the Course Unit	-
Coordinator of the Course Unit	Prof. ARİF ÖNDER
Instructor(s) of the Course Unit
Course Prerequisite	No

OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
Objectives of the Course Unit:	The aim of this course is to define the concepts of political communication, elections, party politics, reflection of political issues and political campaigns in the first place, establishing connections between politics and communication concepts.
Contents of the Course Unit:	Topics include election campaigns, propaganda, structures of political messages, political communication in different forms of administration, culture of democracy, political communication tools and actors, use of these tools.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)
Examine the concepts and theoretical approaches to political communication through the articles.
Relate between the concepts of public opinion, the media, democracy and the public in the direction of the information.
Compare campaigns and advertisements carried out by political parties with 8 items over the last election.
Interpret the role of political communication in the provision of political legacy and correctly interpret the relationships between media and politics.
Design to work with a sample election campaign with group work.

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	Literature reading	Identification and conceptualization of political communication	Lecture
2	Literature reading	Improvements in political communication	Lecture
3	Literature reading	Political communication and its relationship to other disciplines	Lecture
4	Literature reading	Political communication types and techniques	Lecture
5	Literature reading	Public opinion as a political concept. Media, democracy and public relation	Lecture
6	Literature reading	Political communications actors	Lecture
7	Literature reading	Media and political communication	Lecture
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	Literature reading	Political communication ethics	Lecture
10	Literature reading	Political parties and political communication	Lecture
11	Literature reading	Political campaign and advertising impacton voters	Lecture
12	Literature reading	The studies of politicians on the image:leaders, images, media	Lecture
13	Literature reading	Political parties, political communication and election	Lecture
14	Literature reading	Political communication research	Lecture
15	Literature reading	Political leaders and campaigns with examples from Turkey and Political leaders and campaigns with examples from world	Lecture
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-

SOURCE MATERIALS & RECOMMENDED READING
Course books , supplementary books and other resources.

ASSESSMENT
Assessment & Grading of In-Term Activities	Number of Activities	Degree of Contribution (%)	Description

Level of Contribution
0	1	2	3	4	5

KNOWLEDGE
Theoretical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Has the basic information on the science of audiology in order to identify and interpret necessary approaches for his/her patients.

KNOWLEDGE
Factual
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Identifies the main phenomenons, principles, processes and practices of audiology science, explains the methods in the field and makes a basic level of analysis and evaluation.

SKILLS
Cognitive
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Has the ability to plan a proper audiology program via his/her theoretical and practical knowledge.

SKILLS
Practical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Has the ability to execute a proper treatment to his/her patients via his/her theoretical and practical knowledge.

OCCUPATIONAL
Autonomy & Responsibility
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Collaborates with main medical fields.
2	Evaluates and interprets the problems about hearing and/or vestibular symptoms of his/her patients guided by relevant specialist, asks consultation from other departments in case of need.
3	Responsible to identify, execute and adjust the hearing instrument to his/her patients with hearing loss and hearing aid indication.

OCCUPATIONAL
Learning to Learn
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Specializes in areas like Pediatric Audiology, Geriartric Audiology, Industrial Audiology, Rehabilitative Audiology, Electrophysiological Measurements, Vestibular Disorders, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Hearing Aids and Implants.
2	Prepares instructional and practical studies to provide efficiency, permanency and quality of audiology related services.

OCCUPATIONAL
Communication & Social
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Performs his/her duties of expertise in the eyes of judicial authorities and private and government agencies.
2	Takes part in a special team for the noise measurements in noisy environments in order to reduce the noise level for the regulation of environmental modifications by identifying individual protectives.

OCCUPATIONAL
Occupational and/or Vocational
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Takes place in the implant board in order to consult his/her patients about applications of cochlear implant, middle ear implants, bone implanted hearing devices (BAHA) and brainstem implant.
2	Enables the development of professional standards and policies, determines planning and execution of the assessment and rehabilitation approaches, identifies the efficient applications of new knowledge-based methods and programs and contributes to improve professional and technical standarts.
3	Makes studies in order to improve hearing protection of health and for the prevention of hearing loss at work, school and society’s environments for the development of applications related to hearing screening program.

WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE UNIT
Workload for Learning & Teaching Activities
Type of the Learning Activites	Learning Activities (# of week)	Duration (hours, h)	Workload (h)
Lecture & In-Class Activities	14	3	42
Preliminary & Further Study	14	2	28
Land Surveying	0	0	0
Group Work	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Reading	10	1	10
Assignment (Homework)	0	0	0
Project Work	0	0	0
Seminar	0	0	0
Internship	0	0	0
Technical Visit	0	0	0
Web Based Learning	0	0	0
Implementation/Application/Practice	0	0	0
Practice at a workplace	0	0	0
Occupational Activity	0	0	0
Social Activity	0	0	0
Thesis Work	0	0	0
Field Study	0	0	0
Report Writing	0	0	0
Final Exam	1	1	1
Preparation for the Final Exam	4	10	40
Mid-Term Exam	1	1	1
Preparation for the Mid-Term Exam	3	9	27
Short Exam	0	0	0
Preparation for the Short Exam	0	0	0
TOTAL	47	0	149