GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SEMINAR/2710003
Course Title: SEMINAR
Credits 0 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Cemalettin TAŞKIRAN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ctaskiran
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ctaskiran@gazi.edu.tr,taskiranc@yahoo.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Knows the aim and importance of Seminar.
Learns the methods of Seminar Preparing.
Prepares Seminar by using methods which he/she learned.
 -- 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: what is Seminar and why we prepare Seminar?
2. Week  Determination of Seminar subjects
3. Week  Sharing of Seminar Subjects and determination of student groups
4. Week  Making research about subjects
5. Week  Making research about subjects
6. Week  Making research about subjects
7. Week  Presentation of Writing Plan
8. Week  Mid-term examination
9. Week  Making control and revision of texts
10. Week  Making control and revision of texts
11. Week  Preparation of the visual presentations in Power Point program
12. Week  Preparation of the visual presentations in Power Point program
13. Week  Making visual presentations and evaluating the presentations
14. Week  Making visual presentations and evaluating the presentations
15. Week  Making visual presentations and evaluating the presentations
16. Week  Final examination
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS:Remzi Y. Kıncal:Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri,Nobel Yayın Dağıtım,2013 Gary King,Robert O.Keohane,Sidney Verba:Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research,Princeton: Princeton University Press,1994.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture,Demonstration,Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
25
 Assignment
1
50
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
75
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
25
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
5
3
15
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
10
3
30
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
3
45
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
1
20
20
 Presentation
1
33
33
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
0
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having skills and professional expertise in the field of international relations theories, political history and international lawX
2Being able to manage the disciplines of juridical sciences, sociology, history, economics etc. with the necessity of the international relations discipline by having academic knowledge and competencesX
3Being able to produce comprehensive and detailed academic works with the advantage of interdisciplinary knowledgeX
4Having expertise level of knowledge on institutions and organizations that are influential on Middle Eastern and African politicsX
5Being able to comprehend the place of actors in the Middle East and Africa in the international system from theoretical, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Being able to conduct historical, economic, sociological and strategic analysis of the Middle East and AfricaX
7Having adequate skills to make international legal evaluation to the developments in the Middle East and AfricaX
8Being able to analyze international system, in general, and the Middle East and Africa, in particular, by using XIX. and XX. century diplomatic historyX
9Being able to apply the theories of international relations, to make analyses, to develop hypotheses and to promote solution offers in the individual, state and system levels of analysesX
10Being conscious of professional, humane and scientific ethical manners and also the principals related to these mannersX
11Being able to reach the resources and to have foreign language proficiency on the level to follow the developments related to international relations discipline and the literatureX
12Using basic computer programmes and information technologies efficiently by adhering to the principal of learningX
13Being able to find solutions and having capability of preparing documents such as projects, drafts, programmes and reports for national, regional and global problems with being coherent to group actions, open-minded, having capability to take initiatives and analytical thinkingX