COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ACADEMIC WRITING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZR 3065 ACADEMIC WRITING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NIHAL GELECEK

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

Aim: to define academic writing techniques, to learn the processes of transforming scientific data into academic products, to develop the ability to analytically read academic products, and to create a sample academic product."

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to define academic writing techniques , learn the processes of transforming scientific data into academic products, and develop the ability to write a sample academic product.
2   Ability to understand the processes of academic writing
3   Ability to read and analyze academic product samples
4   Ability to write a sample academic product
5   Ability to make necessary revisions based on provided feedback.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course introduction
2 Academic products
3 Literature review and the principles of giving literaure
4 Section of the article I: subject, supervision, related literature
5 Section of the article II: To indicate the research question and preparing the draft
6 Section of the article III: Review of the draft, analysis, and assessment Conclusion
7 Section of the article IV: Summary and critical approach Conclusion
8 The problems during academic writing
9 The problems during academic writing
10 The discussion of the students work
11 The discussion of the student work
12 The discussion of the student work
13 Reevaluation of the student's work based on the provided feedback
14 Reevaluation of the student's work based on the provided feedback
15 Overall assessment of the course, feedback, and recommendations.

Recomended or Required Reading

Robert A Day, Bilimsel makale nasıl yazılır, nasıl yayımlanır, TÜBITAK yayınları, 2003, Ankara, DEU, e-library

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teacher gives information to students academic writing types and their characteristics. In the clasroom, examples of the academic types are discussed with studients. And than students are divided into groups, and each group prepares and presents an academic product example as an assignment under the guidance of the teacher.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm: Homework and performance
Final and makeup: It will be evaluated by written exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendancy is required.
Students are required to prepare the assignments thoroughly.
Students are required to make necessary corrections in relation to peer and teacher feedback.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Nihal GELECEK, Prof, PhD, PT
e-mail: nihal.gelecek@deu.edu.tr
telf: 023204124929

Office Hours

After every lessons

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Web Search and Library Research 14 4 56
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final Assignment 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2111
LO.3111
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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