Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND WRITING TECHNIQUES	Third cycle	FEL 521		1	7.00	7.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	having completed courses in philosophy amounting, at least, to 18 credit in total
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Associate professor Musa Duman
Lecturer(s)	-
Teaching assitant(s)	-
Mode of delivery	presentation, discussion
Course objective	getting cognizant of the issues of how to do philosophical research
Course description	methods of philosophical research

Course contents

1	the format of writing philosophical papers
2	important issues in philosophical research
3	study of the Chicago style
4	study of the APA style
5	examination through sample papers
6	examination throgh sample papers
7	examination throgh sample papers
8	dealing with the sources
9	dealing with the sources
10	some important issues about the content of a paper; argument building, quotation, rephrasing and criticism and plagiarism
11	some important issues about the content of a paper;argument building, quotation, rephrasing and criticism and plagiarism
12	some important issues about the content of a paper;argument building, quotation, rephrasing and criticism and plagiarism
13	footnotes and bibliographia
14	footnotes and bibliographia
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	student know how to write an academic paper
2	student is knowledgable about basic format issues
3	student is cognizant of principal points about the content.
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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	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	5	8	40
Homework	3	3	9
Presentation / seminar	3	3	9
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	0	0	0
Midterm exams	0	0	0
Project (term paper)	2	4	8
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	5	8	40
Final exam	1	3	3
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			151
ECTS			6.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homework	2	100
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

Textbook	Martinich, A.P. Philosophical Writing: An Introduction. Blackwell. 2005 Strunk, W. and White E.B., The Elements of Style. The Penguin Press. New York 2005.
Additional references	-

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