Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Occupational English BMM210 4. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 3.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction English
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Assist. Prof. Dr. Pınar Deniz TOSUN
Prof. Dr. Nurcan ÇALIŞ AÇIKBAŞ
Instructor(s) Pınar Deniz TOSUN
Assistants
Goals The aim of this course is to teach students the international writing standards. These include familiarising them with referencing tools to avoid plagiarism in their future lives as well as writing reports and preparing CVs. In addition to these, advancing their English levels by learning of occupational jargon via translations of recently published articles in the field.
Course Content The basic English grammar rules, the referencing tools and plagiarism, preparation of CVs, Writing Statement of Purpose(SoP)/Intention Letters (IL), network via e-mail.
Learning Outcomes - Recaping the basic English grammar rules
- Leaning about the refenrencşng tools avaliable online and use them in reports toavoid plagiarism
- Writing Statement of Purpose(SoP)/Intention Letters (IL) for higher education or job applications
- Learning how to write report techniques
- Learning how to network via e-mail
- Writing Statement of Purpose(SoP)/Intention Letters (IL) for higher education or job applications
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week English grammar
2. Week English Grammar
3. Week Referencing Systems and Tools
4. Week Write up Reports using Referencing Tools
5. Week Reports write-up
6. Week Preparing CVs
7. Week Preparing and writing CVs
8. Week Medical Terminology
9. Week How to write SoP/ILs?
10. Week How to write SoP/ILs?
11. Week Networking tools and methods
12. Week Networking tools and methods
13. Week Translations in Biomedical Field
14. Week Translations in Biomedical Field
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Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 Measurement Method
PY1 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY2 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY3 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY4 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY5 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY6 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY7 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY8 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 14 3 42
Research 1 14.5 14.5
Midterm 1 1 10 10
Final 1 10 10
Total Workload 76.5
ECTS Credit of the Course 3.0