Seminar (ETI500) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Seminar	ETI500	1. Semester	0	0	0	0	5

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, Project Design/Management.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Dersin öğretim elemanı / Academic staff
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	This course aims to teach Translation students that writing research papers and a Thesis, goes far beyond reporting facts. Research is a series of deliberate problem solving activities which require critical thinking. Before writers can effectively put words on a computer screen or report facts, they need to understand why they are writing, who is reading, and why the readers are reading. Without this information, a document will most likely fail to achieve its purpose. When writers know their target audience well, they have a better chance of communicating effectively with their audience. A Seminar course has its own structure and this is distinct from the form of an essay writing course. As the students of ETI 500 achieve these general goals, argumentation and synthesizing of information will be practised through a set of process based writing activities based on the academic writing theory.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; To recognize the role of critical thinking in various academic disciplines and in professional and personal decision-making. To recognize the importance of precise and clear language, appropriate sentence construction. To solve problems systematically, offer solutions and write about them To identify arguments and distinguish their premises and conclusions, making clear the relationships of subordinate arguments to main arguments. (Synthesizing information) To recognize and avoid common informal fallacies either in the process of thinking or in writing. To evaluate evidence for accuracy, reliability, relevance, and sufficiency. To use in-text and end of text citations clearly and effectively in academic research papers (APA Format). To meet the needs of the readers about the topic and answers the questions in their minds. To write a complete and detailed academic research paper including proper style, organization, format, language, argumentation and reasoning.
Course Content	Argumentation and synthesizing of information; a set of process-based writing activities based on the academic writing theory.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	An Introduction to ETI 500 –orientation-; Course Syllabus and An introduction to the Course Book: THE MAP Doing academic research and literature review on how to do research for finding a Thesis topic. Discussing the THE MAP, a guidebook on how to do research in TS.	The Syllabus & The Map (coursebook)
2	Doing academic research and literature review on how to do research for finding a Thesis topic. Discussing the THE MAP, a guidebook on how to do research in TS.	The Map (coursesbook)
3	Doing academic research and literature review on how to do research for finding a Thesis topic. /Discussing the THE MAP, a guidebook on how to do research in TS.	The Map (coursebook)
4	Discussions on the chosen topic individually, concerning issues such as the reason for choosing that topic, the expected outcome of this topic and the place of that research topic in TS.	The Map (coursebook)
5	Discussions on the chosen topic individually, concerning issues such as the reason for choosing that topic, the expected outcome of this topic and the place of that research topic in TS.	The Map (coursebook)
6	Submitting the first drafts of the proposal for their research.	The Map (coursebook)
7	Submitting the first drafts of the proposal for their research.	The Map (Coursebook)
8	Discussions on the first draft	The Map (coursebook)
9	Discussions on the first draft	The Map (coursebook)
10	The presentation of the individual proposals	The Map (coursebook)
11	Feedback on how to write a thesis outline provided by the course lecturer	The Map (coursebook)
12	Feedback on how to write a thesis outline provided by the course lecturer
13	Discussions on the individual thesis outline.	The Map (coursebook)
14	Discussions on the individual thesis outline .	The Map (coursebook)
15	Final presentations and discussions of theses proposals and outlines.

Sources

Other Sources	1. ETI 500 Lecturer’s Notes : These lecture notes will periodically be made ready for the students. Yet, the students will also be asked to provide materials as well.
Course Book	2. Andrew Chestarman : THE MAP A handbook of doing research in TS, Routledge, London and Newyork
	3. Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009.
	4. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide. 11th ed. New York: Pearson Longman.2005.
	5. Pharr, Donald, S. Buscemi, E. Macdonald, R. Muhlbock. Writing Today Contexts and Options for the Real World. Canada: McGraw-Hill, 2010.
	6. Rozakis, Laurie. Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Research Papers. 2nd ed. New York:McGraw-Hill,2007.

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	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	Develop understanding of translation theories, concepts and history, and their application to the processes used in translating					X
2	Develop critical knowledge and understanding of current issues, European Union and international relations, law and technical issues in terms of translation studies	X
3	Detect, define, formulate and solve the problems to be encountered in translation process			X
4	Acquire the skills of translation analysis, criticism and hermeneutics					X
5	Develop critical understanding of international affairs and cultural studies regarding to profession of translation		X
6	Improve skills of research techniques, use CAT tools, databases and other printed and electronic devices and sources efficiently					X
7	Develop efficient individual and group working skills, build self-confidence for taking responsibility and acquire powerful communication skills.					X
8	Build awareness for life-long learning; to catch the developments in science and technology and sustain continuous personal development.					X
9	Acquire knowledge on ethical and professional issues in translation			X
10	Build awareness about project management and the rights of employees and the legal consequences of translation applications.					X
11	Build awareness about the universal and societal dimensions of translation studies and gather information about the problems of the contemporary World.				X
12	Improve skills to use source and target languages fluently in presentations and academic studies					X
13	Acquire knowledge on terminology management and global translation quality standards at a professional level	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	15	2	30
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project	1	50	50
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload			128