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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS GMS 4070 ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Gastronomy And Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILMAZ AKGÜNDÜZ

Offered to

Gastronomy And Culinary Arts

Course Objective

This course aims to improve the research and writing skills of undergraduate students before they begin writing response papers and their graduation projects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Development of academic research skills 2   Development of academic writing skills 3   Acquisition of technical and ethical habits in academic writing 4   Acquisition of time and project management skills in academic writing

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction 2 The Cornerstones of research and Writing Skills 3 Narrowing Down the research topic depending on the textual length requirements 4 Deciding on the focus of the content and subject, outlining for coherence and cohesion 5 The collocations of the initial ideas and writing the introduction 6 Writing the development section of the article, building arguments and doing analysis- reconsideration of coherence and cohesion 7 Midterm / Writing the development section of the article, building arguments and doing analysis- reconsideration of coherence and cohesion 8 Methods of taking notes during research, researching at libraries, initial literature review: hints, tips and techniques. 9 Methods of taking notes during research, researching at libraries, initial literature review: hints, tips and techniques. 10 Internet research and differentiating between acceptable and unacceptable online sources 11 Working on the first completed draft: Academic style and tone in writing, editing and polishing. 12 Submission of the first draft of articles. Bringing theory and analysis together, evaluation of students articles 13 How to write abstracts for conferences, theses and publications 14 A final evaluation of student articles and discussion 15 Final Exam 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture, question and answer

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

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 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 58

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 LO.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 5 1 1 LO.3 4 4 4 4 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 5 1 1