Seminar (HIR500) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Seminar HIR500 1. Semester 0 0 0 0 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Compulsory Departmental Courses
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice, Problem Solving.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Eşiyok
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The purpose of the course is to prepare students to the process of thesis.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students gain experience to write thesis and scientific article.
Course Content Research methods, data types and data collecting, statistical techniques for analyzing data, using charts and graphics, reporting of research.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction of the course
2 Introduction to scientific research
3 Importance of qualitative study and its patterns 2nd chapter (37-49) and 3rd chapter
4 Process of qualitative study and sample selection 4th and 6th chapters
5 Interview and focus group interviews 7th and 8th chapters
6 Examination of documents and qualitative analysis (defining the final paper's topic) 10th and 13th chapters
7 Midterm
8 Discussion on the article using survey
9 Discussion on the article using interview and focus group interview
10 Discusiion on the article using document analysis
11 Data collection of final paper and its analysis
12 Analysis and findings
13 Writing the conclusion part of paper
14 Submission of the paper and presentations
15 Submission of final paper and presentations

Sources

Course Book 1. Yıldırım, A. ve Şimşek, H. (2016) Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri (11. Baskı), Seçkin Yayınları: İstanbul
2. Karasar, N. (2011). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemi (22. Basım), Nobel Yayınları: Ankara

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 1 20
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar 1 80
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 2 100
Percentage of Semester Work 0
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
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 He/she will be competent in evaluating basic concepts and the conceptual interrelations as well as their reflections on theoretical and practical levels. X
2 He/she will have the knowledge of the basic methodological approaches, methods and research technics and their implementations. X
3 Evaluating the contribution of public relation and advertising theories and applications to the existing/potential occasions and problems in the national and international area. X
4 Being aware of the ethics of public relations occupation and having the consciousness of occupational responsibility.
5 Being able to plan and apply strategic communication processes in the fields of public communications, public opinion building, agenda determination, setting, orientation and managing.
6 Creating the sustainable development and quality insight oriented to concepts such as; corporate communication, corporate identity, corporate culture, corporate citizenship, corporate loyalty, reputation, value, social responsibility, image management, relationship management, perception management, emotional intelligence, human resource, etc.
7 To have a through knowledge of the communication methodology directed to private sector, public sector and civil society
8 Having theoretical knowledge on information communication technologies, understanding its reflections in the society and using this knowledge both in theoretical and application.
9 Come to conclusions by connecting and analyzing data on social sciences and using these conclusions in the field of public relations X
10 Reaching current information about the discipline by researching the national and international literature in the field of public relations and publicity. X
11 Reaching scientific results by defining the right method/techniques directed to the purpose of the research. X
12 Come to conclusions by connecting and analyzing data on social sciences and using these conclusions in the field of public relations. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship 1 10 10
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 1 10 10
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 2 10 20
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 2 10 20
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 10 10
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload 118