COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCIENTIFIC LITERACY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IUI 5045 SCIENTIFIC LITERACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

International Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MERT TOPOYAN

Offered to

International Business Administration

Course Objective

The primary objective of this course is to teach students to recognize, define, understand, and interpret scientific knowledge, as well as to question many events in social life and view these events from a scientific perspective. Thus, while preparing their term projects, students will master scientific methodology, access to resources, scientific writing techniques, and scientific ethics. Additionally, they will be able to develop scientific approaches to problems they encounter in the business world and produce solutions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gains scientific thinking skills
2   Gains scientific literacy skills
3   Knows and applies methods of accessing scientific knowledge
4   Gains the skill to prepare a scientific research project.
5   Can understand and apply ethical rules in the scientific publication process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Birth of Science and Scientific Thinking
2 Types of Knowledge and Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
3 Scientific Literacy
4 Information Sources and Their Characteristics
5 Tools for Accessing Information
6 Use of Information Sources
7 Scientific Research Process
8 Types of Scientific Research
9 Scientific Ethics
10 Applications of Scientific Ethics
11 Scientific Writing
12 Examples of Scientific Writing
13 Scientific Project Process
14 Important Considerations in Scientific Projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Baumberg, J. J. (2020). "Bilim nedir ve bilimsel araştırma nasıl yapılır " Eğitim Yayınevi.
Yıldırım, C. (1997). "Bilimsel düşünme yöntemi". Bilgi Yayınevi.
Rovelli,C. (2023) "Miletli Anaksimandros Ya Da Bilimsel Düşüncenin Doğuşu", Bilge Kültür Sanat Yay.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The aim is to involve students in the course through active participation

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

Will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
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.11
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511