ECTS - Area Research in Political Science
Area Research in Political Science (KAM607) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Area Research in Political Science | KAM607 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Ph.D. |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | Teaching how to do field research, scientific approaches and methods in the discipline of political science. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Quantitative methods; surveys; sampling; political analysis; statistics. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction to the Course | - |
| 2 | Scientific Research and Its Importance: What is Scientific Research? | |
| 3 | How to Determine the Research Problem? | |
| 4 | Literature Review | |
| 5 | Scientific Research Proposal Preparation Process: Draft Plan/Citation/Citation: Ethics | |
| 6 | Case Studies – In-Class Exercise | |
| 7 | Scientific Research Proposal Preparation Process: Determination and Application of Data Collection Techniques | |
| 8 | Scientific Research Proposal Preparation Process: Review of the Plan, Writing Techniques, Format Data Analysis and Interpretation Appendices, Citations, Bibliography | |
| 9 | Case Studies – In-Class Exercise | |
| 10 | Presentations | - |
| 11 | Presentations | - |
| 12 | Presentations | - |
| 13 | Presentations | - |
| 14 | Presentations | - |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Karasar, N. (2007). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemi. Nobel Yayınevi, Ankara. |
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| 2. Karasar, N. (2007). Araştırmalarda Rapor Hazırlama. Nobel Yayınevi, Ankara. | |
| 3. Barzun, Jacques. Modern Araştırmacı, Ankara: Tübitak, 2004. | |
| 4. Büyüköztürk, Ş., Çakmak, E. K., Akgün, Ö. E., Karadeniz, Ş. ve Demirel,F. (2008). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Pegem Akademi Yayınevi, Ankara. | |
| 5. Büyüköztürk, Ş. (2007). Sosyal Bilimler İçin Veri Analizi El Kitabı. Pegem Akademi Yayınevi, Ankara. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | 1 | 25 |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 30 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 1 | 35 |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | - | - |
| Toplam | 5 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Improving knowledge and understanding of the disciplines political science and public administration so as to enable the Ph. D. candidates to produce new knowledge on these disciplines. | X | ||||
| 2 | Improving knowledge and understanding in the parallel disciplines of sociology, anthropology, history etc. to create a multi-disciplinary perspective of the field of study. | X | ||||
| 3 | Introducing and improving knowledge and skills of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods so as to create a capacity to utilize them in researches in the field of political science and public administration. | X | ||||
| 4 | Enabling the Ph. D. candidates to utilize their thoretical, methodological, and multi-disciplinary knowledge so as to critically understand the discussions in those fields, and to understand the gaps in the literature concerned. | X | ||||
| 5 | Improving academic writing skills so as to enable the Ph. D. candidates to write their dissertations or research papers in a suitable manner. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Total Workload | 127 | ||