COURSE UNIT TITLE

: M.SC. RESEARCH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5098 M.SC. RESEARCH COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EBRU ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

M.Sc. Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning
M.Sc. City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

To contribute to the improvement of students in terms of thesis writing, the determination of topic and methodology by helping graduate students to get analytical, creative and scientific thinking skills

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge on the peculiarities which should be found in a thesis.
2   To internalize academical thinking skills.
3   To explain scientific research procedure.
4   To follow scientific and academic studies on the thesis topic
5   To prepare a research paper according to a scientific form.
6   To share the results of research carried out with stakeholders.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the study area and explanation of the Importance of the study area
2 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
3 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
4 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
5 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
6 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
7 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
8 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
9 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
10 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
11 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
12 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
13 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor
14 Studies in topics decided in collaboration with students and the supervisor and evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Books and articles on the subject

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. Students' active participation in the course is expected

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

Students are assessed by their study on literature survey on the topic, data collection, compilation, analysis and reporting on the results and their ability to report on the subject prepared by the end of the term.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

to be announced by the Instructor

Office Hours

to be announced by the Instructor

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1111
LO.21111
LO.311
LO.4111
LO.51111
LO.6111

CONTACT INFORMATION
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