COURSE UNIT TITLE

: M.SC. SEMINAR

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 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 EBRU ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning
M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
M.Sc. Urban Design

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   To be able to search literature on a given subject
2   To be able to apply ethical rules during the scientific study
3   To be able to present the findings in written, oral and visual form
4   To be able to analyze and evaluate findings with suitable scientific methods
5   To be able to prepare a research paper according to a scientific form.

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 Carrying out a literature search
3 Carrying out a literature search
4 Carrying out a literature search
5 Collecting and analyzing data.
6 Collecting and analyzing data.
7 Collecting and analyzing data.
8 Collecting and analyzing data.
9 Analyzing and evaluating the results
10 Analyzing and evaluating the results
11 Writing up the report about the problem or subject being studied.
12 Writing up the report about the problem or subject being studied.
13 Writing up the report about the problem or subject being studied.
14 Presentation of the report

Recomended or Required Reading

Books, articles and other publications about seminar subject.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Determination of the Seminar subject, collection and evaluation of data, presentation and discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11111
LO.21
LO.311
LO.41111
LO.5111

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