GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SEMINAR/2300005
Course Title: SEMINAR
Credits 0 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem ERDEM
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/csekmen
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  c.sekmen@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
This course will serve the purpose of preparing students for writing theses before the thesis writing phase.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction to the course
2. Week  Definition and formulation of the researh problematic
3. Week  Definition and formulation of the researh problematic
4. Week  Research basic question and subquestions
5. Week  Research hypothesis and assumptions
6. Week  Theoretical background of the research
7. Week  Midterm exam
8. Week  Midterm exam
9. Week  necessary data
10. Week  Limits of the research on the basis of sources, time spatial, etc.
11. Week  Practice of the study with qualitative and quantitative techniques
12. Week  Conclusions of the research
13. Week  test of the hypothesis and assumptions
14. Week  Evaluation
15. Week  Final exam
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1. Ali Yıldırım ve Hasan Şimşek, Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri, 5. bs. Ankara, Seçkin, 2005 2. Corrine Glesne, Nitel Araştırmaya Giriş, Çev. Editörleri: Ali Ersoy-Pelin Yalçınaoğlu, Ankara, Anı yayıncılık, Ağustos 2012 3. Necmi Gürsakal,, Betimsel İstatistik, Bursa, Dora Yayınları, 2010 4. Niyazi Karasar, Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemi: Kavramlar, İlkeler, Teknikler, Ankara, 3A Araştırma Eğitim, Danışmanlık Ltd. Şti. 5. Niyazi Karasar, Araştırmalarda Rapor Hazırlama, 16. Basım Ankara, Nobel, 2011 6. Şener Büyüköztürk, Özcan E. Akgün, Şirin Karadeniz, Funda Demirel, Ebru Kılıç Çakmak, Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Ankara, Pagem, 2012. 7. Şener Büyüköztürk, Sosyal Bilimler için Veri Analizi El Kitabı, 16. Basım, Ankara, Pegem A Yayıncılık, 2012
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  none
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
0
0
 Reading
5
9
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
8
40
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
0
0
 Preparing Reports
0
0
0
 Preparing Presentation
12
3
36
 Presentation
5
3
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
15
15
 Other
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
189
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.56
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Management Science through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.X
2To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.X
3To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Management Science and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.X
4To gain a repertoire on European Union s administrative structure, local government policy in Turkey, globalization and localitization debates and new approaches in public administration.X
5To be equipped with the knowledge of Turkish Constitutional order, legal framework of human rights and international law.X
6To be able to reach the academic literature on public administration, to prepare a research design based on this theoretical framework, to conduct a scientific research by utilizing both the quantitative and qualitative methods and to analyze gathered data as well as to produce findings out of them.X
7To have professional and social responsibility as well as the skills to produce scientific knowledge in line with the ethical principles; to be able to make scientific publications.X
8To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Management Science through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.X
9To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.X
10To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Management Science and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.X