COURSE UNIT TITLE

: M.SC. TERM PROJECT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EES 5097 M.SC. TERM PROJECT COMPULSORY 0 0 0 15

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DOĞAN YAŞAR

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES-NON THESIS

Course Objective

The aim of the seminar is to enable and encourage the students to do literature search on a given or selected topic, to give them the opportunity to learn synthesizing the information gathered from the searched literature, to analyze, interpret and discuss the findings in the light of available literature, to compile the results in the form of a report and to submit them before an audience.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehend ethical guidelines to follow in research.
2   Comprehend and how to avoid plagiarism.
3   Address and solve a specific problem in a scientifically sound, thorough and precise manner in the course of a given period of time.
4   To learn how to deal with data sets or information gathered to reach a solution for the problem being tackled.
5   To learn how to present the thoughts and findings in a convincing way.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 DECIDING WHAT TO WORK ON
2 DECIDING WHAT TO WORK ON
3 DECIDING WHAT TO WORK ON
4 HOW TO GET THE ARTICLES
5 HOW TO SYNTHESIZE THE ARTICLES
6 WORKING ON THE PROJECT TOPIC
7 WORKING ON THE PROJECT TOPIC
8 WORKING ON THE PROJECT TOPIC
9 WORKING ON THE PROJECT TOPIC
10 WORKING ON THE PROJECT TOPIC
11 WORKING ON THE PROJECT TOPIC
12 WORKING ON THE PROJECT TOPIC
13 WORKING ON THE PROJECT TOPIC
14 WORKING ON THE PROJECT TOPIC

Recomended or Required Reading

The subject of the thesis-related books and articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assignments and presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Reading 50 2 100
Web Search and Library Research 40 3 120
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 380

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14243
LO.2342
LO.3423
LO.443
LO.5342