COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Music Sciences

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle(Bachelor's Degree)/Second Cycle(Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LEVENT ERGUN

Offered to

Music Sciences
Musicology

Course Objective

The aims of this course are to acquaint the students with data collecting and analysis methods which are using in social sciences; and to provide methodological and technical skills on music studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:
Barzun, Jacques & Graff, Henry F. (1993). Modern Araştırmacı. (Çev: Fatoş Dilber). Ankara: Tübitak Popüler Bilim Kitapları.
Böke, Kaan. (2012). Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri, Istanbul: Alfa Yayınları.
Kıncal, Remzi Y. (2010). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Istanbul. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
Özer Yetkin. (1997). Bilim Perspektifinde Müzik, Izmir: Dokuz Eylül Yayınları.
Additional Sources:
Barnes, Barry. (1990). Bilimsel Bilginin Sosyolojisi. (Kuhn and Social Sience: Theoretical Traditions in the Social Sience). (Çev.Hüsamettin Arslan). Ankara: Vadi yayınları.
Bernard, Harvey Russell. (2006). Research Methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, 4th Edition, USA: AltaMira Press.
Ember, Carol R., Melvin Ember. (2009). Cross-Cultural Research Methods, Second edition, Altamira Press.
Kaplan, Ayten. (2005). Kültürel Müzikoloji, Istanbul: Bağlam Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses:
The courses are theoretical and partly applied. Applied works consist of technical skills which are given with examples by instructor and discussion of reports of students in classroom environment.
Assignments:
Assignments aim to orientate the students to research on specific topics; and to presentation and discussion of results in class environment. Assignments are perform as individually and each student delivers minimum 3 works as assignment.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams:
It targerts to measure whether students have achieved the knowledge based competences defined in learning outcomes.

Assignments, fulfilling of the research tasks given by the tutorial and to be able report the topics reviewed and discussed in the course in verbal and written way are essential for success. The student expected to reach as many resources as possible in each task given to her or him and support them with richly contented examples (literary, visual, audio). The clearly understanding of the subject will be evaluated in terms of authenticity of the handling and discussion, as well as the quality of written narrative principles, such as rules of writing.

Attendance in the course:
The score to be obtained from the student s attendance depend on a) attendance status of the course, b) the quality of the students answers to the questions asked by the instructor during the course, c) the quality of the technical, formal and oral narration in the presentation and (d) the contrubition of the student to the creation of the positive learning environment.

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance to 70% of lectures is compulsory.
2. Every kind of plagiarism is subject to official investigation
3. Deadline of assignments must be strictly followed.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone: 232 301 68 51
E-mail: levent.ergun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday: 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes