COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THESIS STUDY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRO 6199 THESIS STUDY COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30

Offered By

Translational Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

UĞUR DEĞIRMENCIOĞLU

Offered to

Translational Oncology
Translational Oncology

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to provide an ability to follow, evaluate and discuss the literature in relation to thesis topic for the students at the thesis stage with the leadership of supervisor. Additionally, the students will become competent at the stage of application and modification of the most current techniques according to principles of scientific ethics and laboratory rules and also interpretation of the findings to accomplish a scientific study at the final of graduate education. For PhD students, specifically, these hours spent with the supervisor are important to develop their ethical responsibilities and their scientific skills such as, how to write a research project, how to write a scientific article, how to present research results

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Follow and discuss literature in relation to thesis topic and also form a hypothesis for thesis
2   Learn the project resources (institutional and national), application process and write a research proposal.
3   Perform and modify the techniques for a thesis study
4   Be aware of the principles of scientific ethics during the stages related to collection and evaluation of data , and also publication of article
5   Express -orally and in writing- the thesis study and current development related to interest by using scientific language in an appropriate presentation plan
6   Demonstrate independent researcher abilities in scientific environments and Adapt to international research institutions and share research results in international settings.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Discussion of issues in the field of translational oncology
2 Literature research
3 Literature research
4 Data collection
5 Data collection
6 Data analysis
7 Data analysis
8 Data interpretation
9 Data interpretation
10 The writing of research reports
11 The writing of research reports
12 The writing of research reports
13 The presentation and manuscript preparation
14 The presentation and manuscript preparation
15 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6th Edition. Ed. Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter. Garland Publishers
Essential Cell Biology - 4th Edition Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin, Alexander D Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter Garland Publishers
The Biology of Cancer, 2nd Edition, Robert A. Weinberg, Garland Publishers
Molecular Biology of the Gene, 7th edition, James Watson, Alexander Gann, Tania Baker, Michael Levine, Stephan Bell, Richard Losick, Stephan Harrison Pearson Cold Spring harbor Laboratory Press.
Principles of Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Cancer Medicine, Dongfeng Tan, henry Lynch, Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins.
The Handbook of Biomarkers, Kewal Jain, Humana Press
Translational and Experimental Clinical Research, Daniel Schuster, William Powers, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research articles published in journals cited in SCI and /or SCI expanded data bases
Project completed and/or performing in the department.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 +RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. PhD students at the stage of thesis are assessed by their skills in following the recentliterature in their field; in evaluating and discussing the published results.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yasemin.baskın@deu.edu.tr ; 0 232 412 58 01

Office Hours

Thursday 11:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 56 3 168
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 56 3 168
Preparing assignments 28 10 280
Preparing presentations 6 10 60
Project Preparation 3 25 75
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 755

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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