Graduation Project (PSY598) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Graduation Project	PSY598	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, Drill and Practice, Problem Solving, Brain Storming.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	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 find research questions, refer to relevant theories and theorists to strengthen their arguments, apply the necessary research methods to test their hypotheses, and report their research in a scientific format.
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	Evaluating and interpreting information, solution of a specific problem.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
2	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
3	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
4	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
5	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
6	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
7	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
8	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
9	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
10	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
11	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
12	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
13	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
14	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
15	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project
16	Doing academic research and literature review on relevant psychology theories, Collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic. Getting feedback and writing the project

Sources

Course Book	1. Baldwin, S. A. (2018). Writing your psychology research paper. American Psychological Association.

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	1	40
Toplam	2	140

Percentage of Semester Work	60
Percentage of Final Work	40
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses	X
Major Area Courses
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	Knowledge of theories and empirical data on the professional relationship, such as: Interpersonal relationships, power relationships, boundary issues, therapeutic alliance and more specific knowledge of the fluctuations of the therapeutic/professional relationship as a function of intervention setting.
2	Knowledge of self, such as motivation, resources, values, personal biases and others; macro (work, national norms) and micro (family, gender differences) environment in which the person functions.
3	Acquiring skills of effective communication, establishment and maintenance of rapport, establishment and maintenance of trust and respect in the professional relationship.
4	Accepting obligations, being sensitive to others, and conducting the self in an ethical manner while working with other professionals.				X
5	Knowledge and skills of assessment and evaluation such as assessment methods, knowledge of populations served in a cultural context, human development and diagnosis along with necessary skills such as collection and processing data, formulation of hypotheses and making a diagnosis when appropriate, report writing and formulation of an action plan.					X
6	The learning of an array of varied interventions with individuals and systems such as couples, families, groups and organizations, selecting and applying appropriate intervention methods.
7	Analyzing the information by utilizing critical reasoning skills, developing a conceptual framework towards solution of a critical problem, and communicating this to the client.				X
8	Sufficient skills in the conduct of research to be able to develop and carry out projects in a professional context and, in certain cases, in an academic context. Applications of various research approaches to social systems.					X
9	Has knowledge of ethical principles and skills of ethical decision-making process, proactive identification of potential ethical dilemmas and resolution of ethical dilemmas.
10	Learning to be a receptive supervisee such as open to supervision, well prepared, able to use time efficiently, aware of limits, and ability to link learning approaches to specific evaluation criteria.

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