| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Compulsory Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree With Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | 2 |
| SEMESTER | Third Term (Fall) |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | -
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Learn how to find and form research questions about their master?s thesis.
2) Learn to choose suitable variables for their research topic.
3) Learn to form hypotheses to study different types of research questions.
4) Learn to develop methodologies to understand relationship between and among variables.
5) Become acquainted with standards of manuscript preparation.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | This course consists of the literature review and choosing methodology stages of the research thesis preparation. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Forming Research Questions I | | 2nd Week | Forming Research Questions II | | 3rd Week | Literature Review I | | 4th Week | Literature Review II | | 5th Week | Literature Review III | | 6th Week | Literature Review IV | | 7th Week | Choosing Variables | | 8th Week | Operational Definitions of Variables | | 9th Week | Choosing Research Design I | | 10th Week | Choosing Research Design II | | 11th Week | Writing the Introduction of Master?s Thesis I | | 12th Week | Writing the Introduction of Master?s Thesis II | | 13th Week | Writing the Introduction of Master?s Thesis III | | 14th Week | Writing the Introduction of Master?s Thesis IV |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Eldoğan, D., Korkmaz, L., Yeniçeri, Z., & Kökdemir, D. (2017). Akademik yazım kuralları kitapçığı. Ankara: Başkent Üniversitesi. |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 50 | | 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 6 | 84 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Homework | | | | | Total Workload | | | 148 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 4,93 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 5 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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