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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MBA 3008 RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CANSU YILDIRIM

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (English) Maritime Business Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of how to conduct a scientific research through introducing diverse research methods used in Social Sciences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the types of research methods. 2   To understand the research process. 3   To apply a research project 4   To learn writing and presenting a research project 5   To understand the basic functions of SPSS

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction to the Course: Science and Research 2 Fundamentals of Scientific Research and Scientific Research Methods 3 Literature Review 4 Developing an Approach to the Problem: Research Problem, and Forming Hypotheses 5 Research Design: Exploratory, Descriptive, Causal 6 Qualitative Data Collection Methods 7 Quantitative Data Collection Methods 8 Scales of Measurement: Comparative and Non-Comparative Scaling 9 Sampling and Sampling Methods 10 Data Preparation and Analysis 11 Data Preparation and Analysis 12 The Research Report: Example, Citing Sources, References& Ethics in Research 13 Ethic, Publication Ethics: Ethics Violation Examples 14 Student Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Maylor, H.; Blackmon, K.(2005). Researching Business and Management, Palgrave. Malhotra, N. K., Hall, J., Shaw, M., & Oppenheim, P. (2004). Essentials of marketing research: an applied orientation. Pearson Education Australia.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and Active Teaching and Learning Strategies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MD Midterm 2 HW Homework 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + FN * 0.50 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + BUT * 0.50

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)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Cansu YILDIRIM cansu.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Tutorials 14 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Preparing assignments 1 20 20 Preparing presentations 1 15 15 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 3 5 3 3 5 3 5 5 3 5 3 LO.2 3 5 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 LO.3 3 5 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 LO.4 3 3 5 3 5 3 5 5 3 5 5 3 LO.5 3 3 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 3