COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD OF STUDY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZB 5800 FIELD OF STUDY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Musicology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LEVENT ERGUN

Offered to

Musicology

Course Objective

This course aims to transfer of scientific ethics and work of the supervising faculty member to the students, providing the ability to follow current literature related to the thesis topic, to follow new developments, to evaluate and to discuss.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students who succeeded in this course will be able; To independently design and conduct all stages of a research project within the framework of one or a few problems,
2   To define and apply the theoretical framework and the methods to be used in the chosen research subject
3   To analyse, synthesize and interpret the collected data about the research project,
4   To follow the scientific and ethics values in the stages of data collection, evaluation and publication,
5   To present the results of the research in written and aural forms.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Subjects specified with the instructor
2 Subjects specified with the instructor
3 Subjects specified with the instructor
4 Subjects specified with the instructor
5 Subjects specified with the instructor
6 Subjects specified with the instructor
7 Subjects specified with the instructor
8 Subjects specified with the instructor
9 Subjects specified with the instructor
10 Subjects specified with the instructor
11 Subjects specified with the instructor
12 Subjects specified with the instructor
13 Subjects specified with the instructor
14 Subjects specified with the instructor

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lessons are held individually with each student. The advisor guides the students in every stage of the research and thesis and the lessons are based on discussion. The advisor expects students to be ready for every step of the research and have the ability to make decisions individually.

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Project:
The student has to design and conduct a research using the theories, methods and techniques of Musicology (Historical musicology, Systematic Musicology or Ethnomusicology) or an interdisciplinary field and present the results of research process in the required format as written text.

Class attendancy:
The attendancy point will be based on (a) the attendancy status, (b) the quality of the student s answers to the instructer s questions, (c) the student s contribution to providing a positive learning environment.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance to 70 % of lectures is compulsory.
2. Every kind of plagiarism is subject to official investigation
3. Deadline of assignments and presentations should be strictly followed.
4. Projects delivered after the deadline will not be evaluated.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

232 301 68 51
e-mail: levent.ergun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Reading 14 4 56
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13
LO.2322
LO.3553
LO.4
LO.5555