COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THESIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STA 6900 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30

Offered By

Art and Design

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET KOŞTUMOĞLU

Offered to

Art and Design

Course Objective

The purpose of the course is to make Students collect information on topics related to their own field. By doing literature researches, they gather, discuss and synthesise those informations and present the result as a report.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The Student shall be able to make detailed literature researches on past and current art and design issues and his/her own professional field.
2   The student shall be able to synthesise the gathered information, to analyse, evaluate and render them by corroborating with quantitative and qualitative data.
3   The Student shall be able to use the final results to put into academic report form.
4   Students are able to prepare an art adn/or design exhibition supported by research and reviews.
5   The Student shall be able to present his/her acquired results to peolple from and out of his/her specialization field in vocal and visual seminars.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining the main subject, limitations and planning.
2 Building the plan and context.
3 Literature research.
4 Literature research.
5 Literature research.
6 Building bibliography and starting to work within the plan.
7 Writing the thesis with the integrity of available findings and information.
8 Writing the thesis with the integrity of available findings and information.
9 Writing the thesis with the integrity of available findings and information.
10 Writing the thesis with the integrity of available findings and information.
11 Writing the thesis with the integrity of available findings and information.
12 Reviewing and evaluating.
13 Establishing the relationship between departments, completing literature review.
14 Forming introduction, foreword and results sections.

Recomended or Required Reading

Related reading and online databases. The resources are not mentioned in here due to large literature.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

A bibliography study of the selected subject is done, and main and supplementary resources are determined. After settling the research method, the students studies are observed and directed by weekly periods.

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)

Please see the related faculty s (supervisor) contact information.

Office Hours

Interviews will take place within the specified hours in the curriculum.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Case study 14 24 336
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparing presentations 6 10 60
Preparing assignments 14 10 140
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 676

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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