COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THESIS STUDY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DBY 5099 THESIS STUDY COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30

Offered By

Dental Biomaterials

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALIYE AKCALI

Offered to

Dental Biomaterials

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students at the thesis stage with the ability to scan, evaluate and discuss the literature on the subject they will study with the guidance of their advisor. In addition, it is to enable students to produce a scientific study by becoming competent in the process of applying and modifying the current techniques that they will benefit from in the thesis study alone, in accordance with the principles of scientific ethics, clinical and laboratory work, and in the interpretation of the findings.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to follow and interpret the literature related to the thesis study and to form hypotheses with the related subject.
2   To have information about the project resources (institutional and national) and project application processes to be used for the thesis work, to be able to write the project according to the suggested format.
3   To be able to apply and develop the techniques that will be used in the thesis study.
4   To be able to observe scientific and ethical values in the stages of collecting, evaluating and publishing the data related to the thesis subject.
5   To be able to present the thesis work and current developments in the scientific language in written and oral form in an appropriate presentation plan.
6   To be able to exhibit the characteristics of an independent researcher in their own field in scientific environments and to adapt to international research environments and to share research results in these environments.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Discussion of issues in the field of Dental Biomaterials Writing the research report
2 Literature research Writing the research report
3 Literature research Presentation and manuscript preparation
4 Data collection Presentation and manuscript preparation
5 Data collection Presentation
6 Data analysis
7 Data analysis
8 Data interpretation
9 Data interpretation
10 Writing the research report

Recomended or Required Reading

Materials Science for Dentistry, 10th Edition, B W Darvell, ISBN: 9780081010358.
Pediatric Dentistry: A Clinical Approach, 3rd Edition, Goran Koch, Sven Poulsen, Ivar Espelid, Dorte Haubek, ISBN: 978-1-118-91349-9
Peterson's Principles of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Third Edition, Michael Miloro, GE Ghali, Peter Larsen, Peter Waite. ISBN: 1607951118
Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, 6th Edition, Niklaus P. Lang (Editor), Jan Lindhe (Editor), ISBN: 978-0-470-67248-8
Newman and Carranza's Clinical Periodontology, 13th Edition, Michael G. Newman, Henry Takei, Perry R. Klokkevold, and Fermin A. Carranza. ISBN: 9780323523004
Pediatric Dentistry: A Clinical Approach, 3rd Edition, Goran Koch, Sven Poulsen, Ivar Espelid, Dorte Haubek, ISBN: 978-1-118-91349-9
Contemporary Orthodontics, 6th Edition, William R. Proffit & Henry W. Fields & Brent Larson & David M. Sarver, ISBN: 9780323543873
Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, 6th Edition, Niklaus P. Lang (Editor), Jan Lindhe (Editor), ISBN: 978-0-470-67248-8
Newman and Carranza's Clinical Periodontology, 13th Edition, Michael G. Newman, Henry Takei, Perry R. Klokkevold, and Fermin A. Carranza. ISBN: 9780323523004
Louis H. Berman & Kenneth M. Hargreaves. Cohen's Pathways of the Pulp, 12th Edition
White SC, Pharoah MJ, eds. Oral radiology principles and interpretation. 8th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier;2018.
Masri, Radi, and Carl F. Driscoll, eds. Clinical applications of digital dental technology. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
Newman and Carranza's Clinical Periodontology, 13th edition, Michael G. Newman DDS, Henry Takei DDS MS, Perry R. Klokkevold DDS MS, Fermin A. Carranza Dr., Aug 2018
Hupp, James R., Myron R. Tucker, and Edward Ellis. Contemporary Oral and maxillofacial surgery. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The ability of the students who are in the thesis stage to follow, evaluate and discuss the current literature and new developments related to the scientific field they are working in is measured by the project they prepare.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

With the exam; (Lo 1, 2, 3.)

With homework and presentation; (Lo 4,5,6.)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Aliye Akcalı
aliye.akcali@deu.edu.tr, Tel: +90(232)4128801

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 15 225
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 15 225
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 451

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.154444444
LO.2444
LO.344444
LO.4444
LO.5444
LO.644544

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