COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ACADEMIC WRITING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 4001 ACADEMIC WRITING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEHER ÖZYÜREK

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

This course aims to give necessary skills to write an academic essay.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have the knowledge of the basic concepts of academic writing
2   To be able to understand academic papers on some certain research types
3   Ability to write titles and abstract in academic papers
4   Ability to write introduction in academic papers
5   Ability to write material and method in academic papers
6   Ability to write results in academic papers
7   Ability to write conclusion and discussion in academic papers
8   Have the knowledge of how to avoid plagiarism

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and purpose of the course
2 Academic writing techniques basic concepts
3 How to write a paragraph
4 Title and abstract writing
5 Introduction writing
6 Material and method writing
7 Result writing
8 Discussion and resources writing
9 Types of scientific research
10 Empirical research paper writing (quantitative and qualitative)
11 Clinical trial writing
12 Observational study paper writing
13 Diagnostic/prognostic study paper writing
14 Avoid pligarism

Recomended or Required Reading

Bottomley Jane. A Practical Guide to Academic Writing for International Students. A Routledge Free Book
Bailey Stephen. Academic Writing. A handbook for international Students
Bak Nelleke. Academic Writing
Jennifer Peat. Scientific Writing
John Albarran et all. Getting published: a practical guide. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing. 2017
https://www.equator-network.org/. Web site

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Drafting and portfolio techniques will be used. common features of essay types will be given by means of class discusiions, sample analysis and teacher explanations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

First and second drafts of each essay will be assessed.

Assessment Criteria

Performance (40%)+ final exam (60%)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendancy is required.
Students are required to prepare the assignments thoroughly.
Students are required to make necessary corrections in relation to peer and teacher feedback.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Seher Özyürek
seher.ozyurek@deu.edu.tr
+90 232 - 4124924

Office Hours

Meetings are held every Thursday morning between 10.00-12.00.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Web Search and Library Research 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 5 5 25
Final Assignment 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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