Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Seminar TİB602 0 + 1 0.0 7.5
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Suat ERDOĞAN
Prof. Dr. İsmail KARAGÖZ
Assist. Prof. Dr. Kadri Ziyaettin COŞAN
Assist. Prof. Dr. ALİ RIZA AKGÜN
Instructors İsmail KARAGÖZ
Assistants
Goals 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 synthesising the information gathered from the searched literature, to analyse, 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.
Course Content The seminar is a compulsory part of the master programme and contains significant pieces of work indispensable for an independent research, such as literature search, creating a data base for the information collected, classification of collected data or information, report writing and preparing a power point presentation.
Learning Outcomes - Search literature to do a detailed research on a given or selected subject.
- Gather, synthesise, analyse and interpret the results of the literature search to reach a solution for a pre-determined problem or subject within or outside their areas of interest
- Prepare a substantial report based on the findings of the literature search and feel confidence to submit them before an audience
- He/she learns the most basic source information that he/she can refer to on the relevant subject.
- Learns the citation systems used in preparing reports.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Studying to understand the given or selected problem or subject to decide the approaches to follow in the pursuit of the solution
2. Week Studying to understand the given or selected problem or subject to decide the approaches to follow in the pursuit of the solution
3. Week Carrying out a literature search to find books or papers containing information related to the subject being studied and reading them
4. Week Carrying out a literature search to find books or papers containing information related to the subject being studied and reading them
5. Week Carrying out a literature search to find books or papers containing information related to the subject being studied and reading them
6. Week Carrying out a literature search to find books or papers containing information related to the subject being studied and reading them
7. Week A review on the progress made
8. Week Midterm Exam
9. Week Classifying the literature according to their significance towards reaching a solution for the problem or subject concerned with, and creating a database of useful information
10. Week Classifying the literature according to their significance towards reaching a solution for the problem or subject concerned with, and creating a database of useful information
11. Week Writing up the report about the problem or subject being studied
12. Week Writing up the report about the problem or subject being studied
13. Week Writing up the report about the problem or subject being studied
14. Week Finishing the report
Recommended Sources
Texkbooks, reports and papers
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 Measurement Method
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm 1 1 3 3
Homework 1 3 37 111
Homework 2 2 37 74
Final 1 3 3
Total Workload 191
ECTS Credit of the Course 7.5