COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PH.D. THESIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EBRU ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

City and Regional Planning
Urban Design
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The objectives of the Ph.D thesis are to enhance students to prepare an independent academic work and follow the current literature in order to solve a specific problem ethically and scientifically within in a time frame and to evaluate and publish the results of the study.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To develop the ability to analyze and define the research problem scientifically
2   To develop the ability to follow the scientific and academic work relative to the research subject
3   Presentation of the research findings orally and written
4   Solving the research problem by using adequate scientific methods
5   To develop the ability to evaluate of the results of the research problem

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
2 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
3 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
4 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
5 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
6 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
7 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
8 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
9 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
10 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
11 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
12 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
13 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.
14 Studies relative to the problems to be solved within the scope of doctoral thesis.

Recomended or Required Reading

Books, articles, and docments relative to the thesis.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods


Discussions, guidance, and engaging in suggestions and critiques on the students thesis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated by their ability to do literature review, gather, analyse, and report the data by various methods. Their thesis preparation abilities are measured by oral thesis exam after they submit their thesis.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

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)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 140 140
Reading 56 4 224
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 20 280
Field study 14 6 84
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 752

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.51