COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEMINAR

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KPS 5096 SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 3

Offered By

Clinical Psychology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLAY DIRIK

Offered to

Clinical Psychology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to help graduate students in order to make literature review about a specific subject, summarize literature findings in a written report and to present a new research question with a pre-determined research method.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to make research in scientific databases and other resources
2   Able to evaluate scientific findings
3   Able to interpret scientific findings
4   Able to create new research questions according to literature findings.
5   Able to review literature and present reviews in a writen report and in a presentation
6   Able to suggest new research questions wih scientific methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of course, information of content and requisites of course
2 Subject selection for literature review
3 Use of databases for literature review
4 Literature review
5 Literature review
6 Examination of scientific resources
7 Examination of scientific resources
8 Description of format and subtitles of literature review
9 Summarize literature findings
10 Summarize literature findings
11 Interpretation of literature findings
12 Interpretation of literature findings
13 Suggestion of new research question
14 Presentation of literature review

Recomended or Required Reading

It will be decided according to the literature review by the student.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturte
Presentation
Question-Answers
Assignments
Discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Presentations, Midterm and Final Exams

Assessment Criteria

ÖÇ: 1-3: Presentations
ÖÇ: 4-6: Term paper and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Seventy percent of attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gulay.dirik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.30-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing assignments 1 18 18
Preparing presentations 1 12 12
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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