Information Package / Course Catalogue
Human Sexuality
Course Code: PSİ320
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Be informed about sexuality education, anotomical structures, contraceptive methods, sexual dysfunction, sexual harrasment and sexually transmitted diseases in a multidisciplinary view.

Course Content

View of sexuality; a multidisciplinary approach, Sexuality Education (What should be teach?), Anotomical structurs of human sexuality, Human Sexual Behavior, Sex and Sexuality (sexual İdentity and orientation), Safety Sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, Different Sexual Behaviors, Sexual Dysfunction, Sexual Harrasment and violence, Misinformation and false beliefs about sexuality.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Cennet ŞAFAK ÖZTÜRK
Learning Outcomes
1.Define psychological and anothomical bases of human sexuality
2.Define sexual dysfunctions
3.Knows, ethiology, epidemiology and prognose of sexually transmitted diseases
4.Knows the basis of sexuality education according to age
5.Knows the approaches about sexual identity and orientation
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Cinsellik ve Cinsel Yaşam, İbrahim Ethem Özgüven, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2012
2.Human Sexuality. From Cells to Society, Martha S. Rosenthal, Wodsworth, Belmont, USA, 2013.
3.Human Sexuality: A Psychosocial Perspective, Ruth K. Westheimer & Sanford Lopater, Second Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
4.İnsanda Cinsel Davranış, William H. Masters & Virginia E. Johnson, Çeviri Editörü: Ümit Sayın, Çev. Gül Demiriz, Bilimsel ve Teknik Yayınları Çeviri Vakfı, İstanbul, 1994.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction of Sexual Health Field and Its Subjects
Week 2 - Theoretical
View of sexuality: A Multidisciplinary Approach; A Historical Look at Sexuality
Week 3 - Theoretical
Sexuality Education (What shoul Teach?)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Authonomic Structures at Humanbeing Sexuality; Human Sexual Behavior
Week 5 - Theoretical
Sex and Sexuality (Sexual Identity and Orientation)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Safety Sexuality
Week 7 - Theoretical
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Week 8 - Theoretical
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Week 9 - Theoretical
Atypical Sexual Behaviors
Week 10 - Theoretical
Sexual Dysfunction
Week 11 - Theoretical
Sexual Dysfunction
Week 12 - Theoretical
Sexual Harrasment and Violence
Week 13 - Theoretical
Misinformation and False Beliefs About Sexuality.
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143156
Midterm Examination130131
Final Examination132133
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
1
2
2
2
1
4
2
1
OÇ-2
2
2
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1
2
2
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4
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2
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1
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4
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3
2
2
4
2
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4
4
4
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OÇ-5
1
2
2
2
1
4
2
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026