COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD STUDY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECN 5098 FIELD STUDY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Economics (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SAADET KASMAN

Offered to

Economics (English)

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to provide students who are in their thesis process by the ability of following, evaluating and discussing current issues about their thesis topic as well as conveying them the knowledge, good manners and experiences of the advisor faculty members

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The ability of interpreting, improving and implementing knowledge about the thesis topic in the field of economics
2   The ability of feeling need for knowledge and reaching the information which is searched for when it is needed
3   The ability of synthesizing analyzing and interpreting information that are gathered for the master thesis
4   The ability of considering scientific and ethical values during the process of gathering, evaluating and publishing data about the thesis topic
5   The ability of designing, improving, implementing and evaluating the results of methods in order to solve the problem about the thesis topic
6   The ability of solving the problems that are faced during the implementation of the thesis by using research methods, developing new approaches and taking responsibility
7   The ability of conveying current issues regarding thesis topic and presenting his/her own studies via written, oral and visual ways

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
2 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
3 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
4 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
5 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
6 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
7 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
8 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
9 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
10 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
11 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
12 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
13 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors
14 The topics that students determine with their thesis advisors

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary Source
Supplementary References
References
Other materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The details of the activities are given in the part of Değerlendirme Yöntemleri and Iş Yükü Hesaplaması

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ* 0.40 + PAR* 0.10 + ASG * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The course evaluates the students - who are in the stage of writing thesis- the ability to follow, evaluate and discuss the current literature and the developments in their research field.

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 1 14
Preparing assignments 7 1 7
Reading 14 3 42
Web Search and Library Research 7 1 7
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 70

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.45555555555
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LO.65555555555
LO.75555555555