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COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title	Code	Semester	T+P Hour	Credits	ECTS
Social Psychology and Group Dynamics	HRM 312	6	3 + 0	3	5

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Language of Course	English
Course Level	Undergraduate
Course Type	Departmental Elective
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Course Goals	The aim of this course is to introduce basic concepts and theories of social psychology and to address the problems of the dominant scientific paradigm in social psychology and the possibilities of critical social psychology.
Course Content	In this course, the subject should be covered in the discussing the individual within the group and society; formation and change of attitudes, social effect, compliance behavior, communication and group dynamics.

Course Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Defines basic concepts of social psychology such as attitude, perception, motivation, propaganda, communication, role, group, socialization, culture, personality, language, collective interaction and social movements, urban and environmental psychology. Recognizes base theories of social psychology.  Summarizes base phenomenon of social psychology.  Explains experiences’ and behaviors’ reference frame.  Evaluates relations between factors in several psychological events   Comments the foundation of experience and foundations’ cultural differences.  Compares dominant and critical paradigm’s opinions in social psychology.  Can comment relation between social psychology and industrial structure.  Criticizes racist, sexist and every exclusionary policy in social psychological analysis.  Comments discussions in public sphere in a social psychological critical way.  Works out discussions in public sphere’s theoretical-practical unity.  Can evaluates social psychological effects of new communication technologies.

Teaching Methods:	1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Simulation, 5: Case Study
Assessment Methods:	A: Testing, B: Presentation C: Homework, D: Project, E: Laboratory

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
	1. Week Introduction to Basic Concepts of Social Psychology 2.Week A Summary of The Discussions on Concepts such as Attitude, Perception, Motivation, Propaganda, Communication, Roles, Group, Socialization, Culture, Personality, Language. 3.Week Social Psychology Theories 4.Week Social Psychology Theories 5.Week Issues of Dominant Scientific Paradigm in Social Psychology: Towards Critical Social Psychology. 6. Week Mid-term 7. Week Mid-term 8. Week The relationship between industry and social psychology: Development of Attitude Scales and Hawthorne Experiments and Social Darwinism in Social Psychology, Racial, and Origin of the Thought of Racism (Galton's connection to intelligence measurement tests and classroom loyalty) 9. Week  A life story through the connection of research on political and social psychology; Muzaffer Şerif's contribution to social psychology (After a merit vow, from class-based research before 1950 to group-based research after 1950) 10. Week  Basic Facts in Social Psychology (Reference Frame of Experience and Behaviors, Relations Between Factors in Various Psychological Events, Basis in Constructing Experience, Cultural Differences in Strengths) 11. Week  Interpersonal Interaction and Its Interaction Products: Group Structure and Norms 12. Week  Language and Communication (Speech perception, grammar psychology, studies of psycholinguists, brain and language, language and gender) 13. Week  Research conducted on Political Attitudes and Learning Dynamics 14. Week  Collective Interaction and Social Movements (Strong Social Behaviors, Important Factors, Conditions, New Values in Great Social Movements) and Urban and Environmental Psychology (Noise, Personal Space, Crowds, Crowded Theories, Architectural Design, Life in the City) 15. Week Final Exam

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MATERIAL SHARING
Documents	Lecture Notes
Assignments	Assignment, quiz, term assignment, presentation
Exams	Mid-term, Final Examination

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms		60
Quiz/Assignment		20
Term Assignment		20
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		45
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		55
Total		100

COURSE CATEGORY		Expertise/Field Courses
COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes		Contribution Level
			1	2	3	4	5
1	Students should possess the sufficient knowledge, discipline and responsibility to be able to conduct independent study/ project/research and a comprehensive research and/or project report.				x
2	Demonstrate that they are able to contribute effectively to team and project work in the human resources department.					x
3	For the human resources department, you can designate and plan the goals and objectives, or design and plan the project for performance improvement.			x
4	A rapidly changing business can critically assess the knowledge gained in the field of human resources in global conditions, determine the sufficiency and learning needs of the information it has, and direct its learning to make up for its deficiencies.					x
5	Can have a critical perspective, update information for personal and professional development, understand the importance of lifelong learning and contribute to the employees of the business that they work with.						x
6	Taking into account the changing global dynamics, they can show that they understands the importance of thinking flexibly and producing creative solutions to be successful in professional life.			x
7	Will be able to understand, follow and interpret the global dynamics of human resources science; At the international institutional level, have sufficient knowledge of English to communicate effectively, in writing and verbally				x
8	Could an express their knowledge, results and opinions of their studies in Turkish and / or English in a clear and clear way by using the knowledge and experience in general human resources science field by using the necessary data in other disciplinary and business units in national and international academic and professional environments.				x
9	Can demonstrate that an industry understands the importance of respecting cultural differences among its employees and can communicate by showing the necessary empathy in social and professional environments created by individuals from different cultures.						x
10	Have an innovative mentality in Human Resources science field.					x
11	Will be able to judge the concepts of business ethics and social responsibility, evaluate the applications of these concepts, and show that it is important to act in accordance with these principles to add value to business and collective.			x
12	Demonstrate that quality management for enterprise sustainability understands the importance of business health and safety, corporate social responsibility, professional and cultural respect, and corporate ethics principles.		x
13	Can use contemporary concepts, theories and models related to the field of human resources science, field-specific research methods for solving problems, analyzing and researching how to reach the resources necessary for continuous improvement of field knowledge and historical development of the field.					x
14	Can demonstrate that human resources have basic knowledge at the international level in legal, political, economic, and social issues surrounding the field of science.					x
15	Can demonstrate that they have an analytical mindset and that they can use advanced institutional and applied knowledge that human resources have acquired in the field of science.					x
16	Can evaluate and interpret quantitative and qualitative data with theoretical, factual and research method information, identify problems, analyze data, and produce solutions by evaluating the results.				x
17	Can think critically about the organization / organization, human resources can associate, integrate, create new information, and understand interdisciplinary interaction with information from other fields in the field of science.					x

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hour)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	4	64
Mid-term	1	3	3
Assignment	2	6	12
Final Examination	1	5	5
Total Work Load			132
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			5,3
ECTS Credit of the Course			5