| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 6 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Will make distinction between existential philosophy and existential psychology.
- Will learn how to test existential problems in psychological studies.
- Will question existential anxieties in their lives.
- Will develop methodology to experimentally test existential parameters.
- Will evaluate psychological concepts through existential philosophy.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | 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. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction to Existential Psychology |
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2nd Week |
Introduction to Existential Psychology |
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3rd Week |
Existentialism and the Absurd |
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4th Week |
Being-in-the-World |
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5th Week |
What is Death? |
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6th Week |
Body, Soul, and Immortality |
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7th Week |
Fear of Death and Terror Management |
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8th Week |
Mid-Term Exam |
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9th Week |
The Existential Self |
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10th Week |
Isolation and Existential Isolation |
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11th Week |
Freedom |
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12th Week |
The Meaning of Life |
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13th Week |
Existential Anxieties Combined |
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14th Week |
Experimental Existential Psychology |
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15th Week |
Review |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Greenberg, J, Koole, S. L., & Pyszczynski, T. (2004). Handbook of experimental existential psychology. New York: Guilford. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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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 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
5 |
70 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
35 |
35 |
| Course hours |
15 |
3 |
45 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
25 |
25 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
|
|
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| Final exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Homework |
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| Total Work Load | 177 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 5.9 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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