COURSE UNIT TITLE

: M.SC. SEMINAR

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5096 M.SC. SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 3

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALPASLAN TURGUT

Offered to

Mechanics
Machine Theory and Dynamics (English)
Design and Production
Energy
THERMODYNAMICS

Course Objective

The aim of the seminar is to enable and encourage the students to do literature search on a given or selected topic, to give them the opportunity to learn synthesizing the information gathered from the searched literature, to analyze, interpret and discuss the findings in the light of available literature, to compile the results in the form of a report and to submit them before an audience.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Search literature to do a detailed research on a given or selected subject.
2   Comprehend and how to avoid plagiarism.
3   Express the obtained results.
4   Analyze and interpret the data by suitable methods.
5   Prepare a substantial report.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Determining the seminar subject
2 Literature review
3 Literature review
4 Literature review
5 Collecting and analyzing data
6 Collecting and analyzing data
7 Collecting and analyzing data
8 Collecting and analyzing data
9 Evaluating analyzes and results
10 Evaluating analyzes and results
11 Writing up the report
12 Writing up the report
13 Seminar presentation
14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Books and articles about seminar subject

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion and presantation

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Presentation of students

Assessment Criteria

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.

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)
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 66

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.455
LO.5555