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Course unit title Level of course unit Course unit code Type of course unit Semester of course unit Local credit ECTS credit Syllabus
SPECIAL FIELD COURSE 2 Second cycle KİM 852 3 5.00 5.00 Print
   
Description of course unit
Prerequisites and course requisities None
Language of instruction Turkish
Coordinator Prof.Dr.Yahya Güzel
Lecturer(s) All faculty members with graduate students.
Teaching assitant(s) Department assistants
Mode of delivery Face to face lecturing an laboratory practices.
Course objective Teaching the skills to comprehend thesis topic and conduct research.
Course description The course covers the topics of getting familiar with a topic; planning, carrying out and concluding a research; evaluating data; oral and written presentation of the results; and ethical rules.

Course contents
1 Research techniques
2 Experimental work and safety rules
3 Research and publication ethics
4 Selecting thesis subject, literature survey and thesis planning
5 Designing experimental set-up and preliminary work
6 Midterm
7 Laboratory apllications
8 Laboratory apllications
9 Laboratory apllications
10 Evaluation of data
11 Reporting and thesis writing rules
12 Oral and written presentation basics
13 Practice for publishing results
14 Practice for oral presentation
15 Final exam
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
1 Understanding the need for research
2 Getting the skills to plan an experimental research
3 Understanding research and publication ethis
4 Learning the techniques to produce experimental data and evaluating them
5 Obtaining the habit of working under a supervisor
6 Getting the practice of working in a laboratory laboratory safety rules
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load
  Quantity Time (hour) Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching) 14 4 56
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class) 6 2 12
Homework 3 2 6
Presentation / seminar 1 5 5
Quiz 1 1 1
Preparation for midterm exams 1 10 10
Midterm exams 1 2 2
Project (term paper) 1 10 10
Laboratuar 2 3 6
Field study 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final exam 1 2 2
Research 0 0 0
Total work load     125
ECTS     5.00

Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation during semester Quantity Percentage
Midterm exam 1 60
Quiz 1 10
Homework 3 30
Semester total   100
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success   40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success   60
General total   100

Recommended and required reading
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