TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Doctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY	2
SEMESTER	Fourth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	15
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Özcan Yağcı
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) determines a question in the axis of communication studies and prepare as research proposal. 2) lays the groundwork for thesis progress. 3) practices academic writing by being aware of academic violations
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No.
COURSE DEFINITION
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Significancy of thesis; why to write a thesis, expectations on thesis 2nd Week Significancy of thesis; why to write a thesis, expectations on thesis 3rd Week Making review of a master thesis in terms of its configuration and content by lecturer. 4th Week Making review of a master thesis in terms of its configuration and content by lecturer. 5th Week Making review of a doctoral thesis in terms of its configuration and content by lecturer. 6th Week Making review of a doctoral thesis in terms of its configuration and content by lecturer. 7th Week Making review of selected thesis by students. 8th Week 1st midterm 9th Week Presentation of thesis proposals. 10th Week Academic violations. 11th Week 2nd midterm 12th Week Article presentation. 13th Week Article presentation. 14th Week General discussion and recommandations.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	The literature on the subject of the thesis/the seminar/the project.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Case Study
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No