COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THESIS

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PELIN ŞULHA

Offered to

ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to ensure that students apply information and skills they have obtained so as to complete studies of their master thesis. Students do research in the determined area, collect data and find solutions to the problems arising during evaluation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   They do practice-oriented research in translation studies.
2   They can collect data related to the research subject.
3   They gain critical perspective.
4   They find solutions to the problems they encounter during the research process.
5   They distinguish approach differences between researches conducted in translation studies and other disciplines.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Research in Translation Studies
3 Literature Review
4 Literature Review
5 Choosing a research subject/problem
6 Submitting a research proposal
7 Determining research methods and hypothesis through critical literature review
8 Determining research methods and hypothesis through critical literature review
9 Collecting data in which research problems or hypothesis can be tested
10 Collecting data in which research problems or hypothesis can be tested
11 Analysis of data
12 Analysis of data
13 Reporting/writing research findings
14 Reporting/writing research findings

Recomended or Required Reading

Kruger, Alet & Jeremy Munday (2011). Corpus-Based Translation Studies: Research and Applications. Continuum International Publishing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


*** 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

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

pelin.sulha@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 11 30 330
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 20 280
Preparing assignments 14 10 140
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 751

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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