1	Course Title:	WRITING TECHNIQUES
2	Course Code:	OTPS018
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	0
6	Semester:	0
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	German
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Öğr. Gör. FİKRET CEYLAN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	e-posta: fceylan@uludag.edu.tr Tel:0224-2942491
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Students in this course; is aimed to teach the professional correspondence on computer to wrıte, official papers, business papers and special papers, quickly and efficiently.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Open a document from the computer and basic operations ; 2 Keyboard keys to related applications ; 3 Preparing Content ; 4 Fast and efficient to prepare an official letter ; 5 Prepare a quick and effective business writing ; 6 Fast and efficient to prepare a special writings. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Operations in word processing program Format text in a word processor document Keyboard function keys
2	Qualitative features of written correspondence Rules of grammar and spelling correspondence
3	The process of writing
4	Types of Correspondence A-Official Letters: Official Scriptures sections (introduction and guidelines)
5	Official Text Types (Public articles, Petition)
6	Official Text Types (Report, minutes, power of attorney, notices)
7	MIDTERM EXAM B-Business Articles: The Writings of Business Segments (introduction and guidelines)
8	- According to TSE standards, business articles
9	Types of Business Letter (requesting a letter of Business)
10	Types of Business Letter (written in various business purposes) - Examples of different writing styles
11	C-Special Articles: Custom fonts (Times, celebration, condolence articles)
12	Custom font types (Invitations)
13	Custom font types (CV)
14	Writing and sending resumes over the Internet

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Books prepared for the writing techniques, sample correspondence, audio and visual teaching tools, laws and regulations. Auxiliary Source: Inst.Fikret CEYLAN, Writing Techniques Lecture Notes, 2011
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	10
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	10	1	10
Homeworks, Performances	1	20	20
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	10	10
Others	1	10	10
Final Exams	1	10	10
Total WorkLoad			98
Total workload/ 30 hr			2,93
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 LO1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 LO2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 LO3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 LO4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 LO5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 LO6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High