| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Explain the fundamental concepts of methods to be used in conducting research in the field of social sciences.
- Describe the types of scientific research.
- Define research problems that are suitable for conducting research and relevant to the field.
- Conduct a literature review related to the research problem.
- Distinguish between ethical and unethical behaviors in the process of scientific research.
- Discuss ethical issues in the data collection process.
- Evaluate violations of publication ethics.
- Assess the process of publishing a scientific report in the context of ethical principles.
- Discuss methods to prevent research and publication ethics violations.
- Explain the procedures to be followed in detecting ethical violations.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | No |
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| Course Description | Science, nature of science, development of science and scientific research; concept of ethics and ethics theories; research and publication ethics; unethical behaviors and violation of ethics in research process; ethical problems concerning authorship and copyright; biased publication, editorship, referee and ethics; publication ethics and unethical behavior in publication process; legal issues and board about research and publication ethics; paths to be followed in identification of ethical violation; common research, publication ethical violation and methods for prevention. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Science, nature and development of science |
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2nd Week |
Scientific research methods and techniques |
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3rd Week |
Scientific research methods and techniques |
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4th Week |
Scientific research methods and techniques |
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5th Week |
Scientific research methods and techniques |
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6th Week |
Notion of ethics and ethics theories |
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7th Week |
Notion of ethics and ethics theories |
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8th Week |
Midterm exam |
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9th Week |
Research and publication ethics |
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10th Week |
Unethic behaviors in the research process and ethic violations |
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11th Week |
Problems about authorship and copyright, partisan authorship |
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12th Week |
Editorship, refereeing and ethics; publication ethics and unethic behaviors in the publication process |
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13th Week |
Legal regulations and laws about research and publication ethics, the ways that are followed to determine ethics violations, common violations in publication ethics and the methods of prevention. |
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14th Week |
General review |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | - Bilimsel Makale Nasıl Yazılır ve Yayımlanır, Kemal Koç, Ayhan Aksoy, Aslı Yazıcıoğlu, Gazi Yayınları
- Etik Nedir?, Fred Feldman, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları
- Etik Kuramları, R. Campbell, A. A. Stroll, A. A. Long, V. J. Bourke, Çeviri: Prof.Dr.Mehmet Türkeri, Lotus Yayınları
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
40 |
| Total(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| 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 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
10 |
5 |
50 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
15 |
15 |
| Course hours |
13 |
2 |
26 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Homework |
2 |
8 |
16 |
| Total Work Load | 121 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 4.03 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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