Research Methods (MAN555) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Research Methods	MAN555	1. Semester	3	0	0	3	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, Team/Group, Project Design/Management.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Dersin öğretim elemanı (Academic staff)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The aim of this course is to provide the students with some degree of expertise in research (MLA style) so that they attain some skills to conduct and evaluate research and formulate the obtained results in their academic studies. Moreover, the aim of this course is to help students combine and improve their research and critical thinking, and writing skills prior to the process of MA thesis writing.
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 papers/MA thesis, synthesise and analyse the information received in a systematic writing process, be ready to prepare their outline and abstract for their MA thesis.
Course Content	Research designs, probability theories, hypothesis tests, reliability and validity of measurement, model construction, multiple regression, multivariate variance analyses, correlation, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and econometric models.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Introduction, Orientation, Rules&Regulations
2	What is research? Why is it important? Doing academic research and literature review on literary theories, collecting the necessary data related to the chosen topic
3	Register and Style
4	Ways of using sources: How to paraphrase and summarise a paragraph, a text and a literary piece of writing
5	How to paraphrase and summarise a paragraph, a text and a literary piece of writing
6	MLA style
7	MLA style
8	Paraphrasing, summarising and quoting exercises with literary texts
9	MIDTERM
10	Film review writing: Watch a literary adaptation film and write an analysis of 2-3 pages	https://twp.duke.edu/sites/twp.duke.edu/files/file-attachments/film-review-1.original.pdf
11	Definitions of genres and the meaning of analyse the work (a short story analysis will be done as an example)
12	Student presentation on short story analysis with reference to form, (plot structure, character, setting, point of view, narration, images, symbols) and content.
13	Working on narrowing down the topic and preparing an outline
14	Preparing bibliography
15	Revision
16	Final Exam

Sources

Course Book	1. Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009.
	2. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide. 11th ed. New York: Pearson Longman.2005.
	3. Pharr, Donald, S. Buscemi, E. Macdonald, R. Muhlbock. Writing Today Contexts and Options for the Real World. Canada: McGraw-Hill, 2010.
	4. 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	1	3
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	1	2
Homework Assignments	1	5
Presentation	1	5
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	35
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	50
Toplam	6	100

Percentage of Semester Work	50
Percentage of Final Work	50
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	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	3	42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	1	5	5
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	1	5	5
Quizzes/Studio Critics	1	5	5
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	10	10
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	14	14
Total Workload			129