TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	Second Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Şebnem Pala Güzel Professor Yunus Gökmen Professor Yavuz Ercil
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) understands the logic of the scientific thinking and scientific research. 2) learns the stages of a scientific research, 3) becomes capable of preparing a research proposal
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None.
COURSE DEFINITION	The course instructs about the meaning of research, determining the subject, different ways to designing the research, qualitative and quantitative method, collecting and correlating the data and interpreting the findings.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Knowledge, Types of Knowledge 2nd Week Description and Importance of Research, Properties of Science and Research 3rd Week How to Get Knowledge? (Personal Experience, Authorities, Deduction, Induction, Hypothetical Deduction) 4th Week Scientific Method and its Process and Phases 5th Week Types and Methods of Research 6th Week How to make a Research? 7th Week Sub-Problems, Hypothesis and Assumption Concepts, Data, Variables 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Universe, sampling, types of sampling, data and analysis measurements, reliability. 10th Week Report Writing Techniques, Deep note and Reference Writing, Research Ethics, How to write an article? 11th Week Presenting and Criticizing the Analyzed Articles, Research Projects and Written Articles. 12th Week Report Writing Techniques, Deep note and Reference Writing, Research Ethics, How to write an article? 13th Week Presenting and Criticizing the Analyzed Articles, Research Projects and Written Articles. 14th Week Presenting and Criticizing the Analyzed Articles, Research Projects and Written Articles.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Ataöv, T. (1989). Bilimsel Araştırma El Kitabı. Ankara: Savaş Yayınları. Kaptan, S. (t.y.). Bilimsel Araştırma Teknikleri ve İstatistik Yöntemleri. Ankara. Karasar, N. (1986). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemi-Kavramlar, İlkeler, Teknikler. Ankara. Bailey, K. D. (1987). Methods of Social Research. NewYork: The Free Press. Bickman, L. ve D. J. Rog. (Eds.) (1998). Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Debus, M. (1995). Methodological Review: A Handbook for Excellence in Focus Group Research. Washington: HEALTHCOM. Hansen, A.; S. Cottle; R. Negrine; ve C. Newbold. (1998). Mass Communication Research Methods. London: MacMillan Press Ltd. Merton, R.K.; J.S. Coleman and P.H.Rossi. (1979). Qualitative and Quantitative Social Research. New York: The Free Press. Neuman, W. L. (1997). Social Research Methods. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Oppenheim, A.N. (1986). Questionnaire Design and Attitude Measurement. England: Gower.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Case Study
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 10 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No