| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Compulsory Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree With Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | 1 |
| SEMESTER | First Term (Fall) |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 10 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Professor Süer Eker
Associate Professor Melike Üzüm
Associate Professor Leyla Burcu Dündar
Associate Professor Emine Tuğcu
Assistant Professor Bilge Gökter Gençer
Assistant Professor Ayşe Duvarcı
Assistant Professor Aslı Aytaç
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Learn the process, method and techniques of academic research.
2) Learn to do literature review.
3) Realize the importance of ethical attitude in academic research
4) Gain the skill of academic writing.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | No |
| COURSE DEFINITION | The aim of this course; to inform the student about the methods and techniques of scientific research. The course will cover topics such as choosing a topic in the research process, determining research methods and resources, literature review, plagiarism and academic writing, and problems they may encounter in research and writing processes. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | What is academic writing and research? | | 2nd Week | Research process | | 3rd Week | Literature review | | 4th Week | Format of academic writing | | 5th Week | Content of academic writing | | 6th Week | Punctuation | | 7th Week | Organization | | 8th Week | Midterm | | 9th Week | Language and style | | 10th Week | Quoting | | 11th Week | Refering | | 12th Week | Bibliography | | 13th Week | Student's presentations | | 14th Week | Student's presentations |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Alpay, Necmiye. Dilimiz Dillerimiz. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2003.
Barzun, Jacques. Modern Araştırmacı. Çev. Fatoş Bilber. Ankara: TÜBİTAK Yayınları, 2004.
Cebeci, Suat. Bilimsel Arştırma ve Yazma Teknikleri. İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları, 1997.
Day, Robert. Bilimsel Bir Makale Nasıl Yazılır ve Yayımlanır? Çev. Gülay Aşkar Altay.Ankara: TÜBİTAK Yayınları, 1996.
Demir, Nurettin ve Yılmaz Emine ed. Türk Dili El Kitabı. Ankara: Grafiker Yayınları, 2009.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1995.
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Presentation,Practice,Lecture |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Assignment | 1 | 30 | | Other | 1 | 20 | | 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 WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | | | | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 1 | 30 | 30 | | Preparation for Final exam | | | | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | | | | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | | | | | Homework | 1 | 30 | 30 | | Presentation (including preperation) | 3 | 18 | 54 | | Report writing | 3 | 45 | 135 | | Total Workload | | | 291 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 9,7 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 10 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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