COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH METHODS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SEC 2054 RESEARCH METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HÜLYA KURGUN

Offered to

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Course Objective

This course aims to provide students; the use of research methods for the social sciences, types and stages of scientific research to learn, transfer of technical knowledge required to perform scientific research and use of the scientific results, and reporting the results of his scientific research

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the basic concepts and principles of scientific research.
2   To be able to prepare and conduct scientific research.
3   Learning types of scientific research.
4   Interpret and make use of the results of scientific research.
5   To follow and apply current developments in scientific research methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts of scientific research
2 Types of scientific research
3 Qualitative and Quantitative Researchs
4 Research Process: Problem, Purpose, Importance, Assumptions, Limitations, Variable Types
5 Population and sample
6 Sampling methods:Random sampling
7 Random sampling
8 Non-random sampling
9 Basic Concepts: Significance and Confidence level
10 Measures of central tendency and dispersion
11 Measurement and Evaluation Tools, Scale types
12 Normal Distribution Curve, Normality tests
13 Reliability, Validity
14 Preparing a research report
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Şener Büyüköztürk vd., Ankara, 2012, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık, 358 sf.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, reviewing scientific publication samples

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Vize
2 FN Final
3 BNS BNS VZ*0.40+FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ*0.40+BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm Exam: Midterm exam includes subjects and assignments in the course content (40%).
2. Final Exam: The exam will cover all subjects in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).
3. Resit: The exam will cover all the topics in the course content. Students are also responsible for the discussion, practice and case studies (60%).

Assessment Criteria

At the end of this course the students are expected to be able to:

1. State the basic terms and concepts related to scientific research.
2. Explain the rationale behind making a scientific research by making a literature review, by asking a research question, by collecting and analyzing data and coming to a conclusion.
3. Diagnose the related problem and recommend solutions depending upon the results of the studied issue.
4. Categorize the details regarding data collection and analysis methods.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Participation in class is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.kurgun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Fridays, 13:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.4555
LO.555