TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Doctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	First Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	15
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Yunus Gökmen
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) becomes capable of preparing a research proposal 2) learns the stages of a scientific research,
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	At the end of the course, the students have the qualifications to use the advanced methodological approaches and techniques in the communication field that is an interdisciplinary field. They can design researches / studies that can create original values in the communication field. It is aimed that the students develop a profound understanding about the basic concepts and the discussions of qualitative communication research.
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
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 20 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No