COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PH.D. SEMINAR

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEC 6094 PH.D. SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 3 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZEKI KIRAL

Offered to

Mechatronics Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of the seminar is to enable that the students gather information on a given or
selected topic by searching literature and prepare of presentation and get ability of
presentation and apply academic ethic behaviours.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Search literature to do a detailed research on a given or selected subject,
2   Identify the problems and interpret the results of the literature search to reach a solution for a pre-determined problem or subject within or outside their areas of interest,
3   Share as verbal and written the experience and information obtained from the research
4   Do the self-criticism, prepare a substantial report based on the findings of the literature search and feel confidence to submit them before an audience,
5   Understand the ethical guidelines.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Determination of seminar topic
2 Searching of literature
3 Searching of literature
4 Searching of literature
5 Analysis and gathering of results
6 Analysis and gathering of results
7 Analysis and gathering of results
8 Analysis and gathering of results
9 Analysis and gathering of results
10 Analysis and gathering of results
11 Prepare of presentation
12 Prepare of presentation
13 Prepare of presentation
14 Presentation
15 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Students are assessed by their study on literature survey on the topic, data
collection, compilation, analysis and reporting on the results and their ability to
report on the subject prepared by the end of the term and the presentation of the
report.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation,
Homework

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Levent Malgaca
email: levent.malgaca@deu.edu.tr
web: https://avesis.deu.edu.tr/levent.malgaca

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 1 3 3
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 131

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.131
LO.254
LO.34
LO.423
LO.52