- Course Code
- SOCI425
- Semester
- Seventh Term (Fall)
- Theory+Practice
- 3 + 0
- ECTS
- 5
| Course Type | Compulsory Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | 4 |
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| Semester | Seventh Term (Fall) |
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| ECTS | 5 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Apply the research methods that they have learned in their undergraduate period.
- Meet the challenging process from theoretical knowledge to establishing the research process.
- Design the field study with all its stages.
- Adopt reference systems, avoid plagiarism, have intellectual property rights, and other important issues of the research process.
- Be able to prepare academic or market research projects by experiencing methodological tools such as interviews, questionnaires, and transcripts.
- Able to act according the scientific research ethics.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | Yes(SOCI326) |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | No |
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| Course Description | To enable the student to do research on one or more of the subjects he/she has studied in the courses for 4 years, or on a different new subject, to bring together the information and documents in a specific discipline through literature review, to organize the theoretical and experimental information obtained into a thesis and to be useful to others. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Choosing a research topic |
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2nd Week |
Choosing a research topic |
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3rd Week |
Work plan organisation |
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4th Week |
Work plan organization |
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5th Week |
Literature review |
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6th Week |
Literature review |
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7th Week |
Literature review |
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8th Week |
Mid-term evaluation |
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9th Week |
Formulating the research question |
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10th Week |
Formulating the hypotheses |
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11th Week |
Limitations of the research |
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12th Week |
Research methods |
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13th Week |
Research methods |
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14th Week |
Developing a research plan |
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15th Week |
Assessment |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Bulmer, R. (2017). Sociological Research Methods. Routledge |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Questions/Answers
- Discussion
- Presentation
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Project |
1 |
100 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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100 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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0 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Individual or group work |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
110 |
110 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Final exam |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Homework |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total Work Load | 152 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 5.06 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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