Term Project (ELIT598) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Term Project	ELIT598	1. Semester	0	0	0	0	40

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	English
Course Type	Compulsory Departmental Courses
Course Level	Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Problem Solving, Brain Storming, Project Design/Management.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Dersin öğretim elemanı (Academic staff)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The aim of this course is to help students combine and improve their research and critical thinking, and writing skills during the process of term project writing. This course enables students to develop a research question and strengthen their arguments by referring to and quoting from relevant theories and theorists.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; learn the ways to obtain information from sources, develop their own research techniques in order to reach relevant information to prepare their projects, synthesise and analyse the information received in a systematic writing process.
Course Content	Research techniques, academic writing skills and term project.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Doing academic research and literature review on literary theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic
2	Doing academic research and literature review on literary theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic
3	Doing academic research and literature review on literary theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic
4	Deciding on the author and his/her work. Formulating a research question or questions that will help students to frame a strong thesis statement (argument). Defining one or two works by the leading theorists in the field, Deciding upon the relevant literary theories and theorists whose works may be applicable to students’ chosen topic and applying the chosen theories to the projects, Evaluating the sources, taking notes, summarising, paraphrasing, and quoting from the most useful sources, Writing and submitting a detailed outline
5	Deciding on the author and his/her work. Formulating a research question or questions that will help students to frame a strong thesis statement (argument). Defining one or two works by the leading theorists in the field, Deciding upon the relevant literary theories and theorists whose works may be applicable to students’ chosen topic and applying the chosen theories to the projects, Evaluating the sources, taking notes, summarising, paraphrasing, and quoting from the most useful sources, Writing and submitting a detailed outline
6	Deciding on the author and his/her work. Formulating a research question or questions that will help students to frame a strong thesis statement (argument). Defining one or two works by the leading theorists in the field, Deciding upon the relevant literary theories and theorists whose works may be applicable to students’ chosen topic and applying the chosen theories to the projects, Evaluating the sources, taking notes, summarising, paraphrasing, and quoting from the most useful sources, Writing and submitting a detailed outline
7	Submitting the first drafts of the project
8	Revision and correction of the first drafts
9	Revision and correction of the first drafts
10	Writing the project in accordance with the corrected outline, integrating the sources to the work
11	Writing the project in accordance with the corrected outline, integrating the sources to the work
12	Writing the project in accordance with the corrected outline, integrating the sources to the work
13	Writing the project in accordance with the corrected outline, integrating the sources to the work
14	Writing the project in accordance with the corrected outline, integrating the sources to the work
15	Feedback
16	Editing

Sources

Course Book	1. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009
	2. Altick, Richard D. and John J. Fenstermaker. The Art of Literary Research. 4th ed. New York: WW Norton, 1993.
	3. Harner, James L.. Literary Research Guide. New York: MLA, 1993

Evaluation System

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

Percentage of Semester Work	100
Percentage of Final Work	0
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
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing.					X
2	To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English Culture and literature.				X
3	To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts.				X
4	To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects.			X
5	To be able to compare and contrast English culture and literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres.		X
6	To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures.		X
7	To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field.					X
8	To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking.					X
9	To gain knowledge about how to conduct an academic research and to use the acquired knowledge in accordance with the purpose of the research.					X
10	To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production.					X
11	To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects.					X
12	To be able to understand and decipher various discourses involved in literature such as literary, philosophical, psychological, cultural, critical and theoretical discourses in English language.				X
13	To be able to understand and be a part of world culture.			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
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	14	60	840
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	1	100	100
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload			988