POLITICAL SCIENCE SEMINAR

PSIR688

Course Code: PSIR688
Semester: Fourth Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 0 + 0
ECTS: 30

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

Fourth Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Menderes Çınar

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

gain the skill to position their prospective dissertation topic within the fundamental topics of political science,
gain the skill to critically evaluate the literature on their prospective dissertation topic,
gain the skill to relate their dissertation research questions with the respective literature's findings and theoretical approaches and present the question's contribution to the literature.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

The objective of seminar is to ease the transition to thesis writing for students who are at the thesis stage. In this line, Seminar aims to develop students' skills to write a research question (thesis subject) that does not overlook the "essentials" of an academic/scientific thesis. This requires that student develops and defends a research question which blends the theory, case study and literature knowledge that the student is assumed to have in a logical, consistent and complete way while avoiding plagiarism trap.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Review of general and current debates in Political Science
2^nd Week	Review of general and current debates in Political Science
3^rd Week	Case Study General discussion of the problems
4^th Week	Case Study General discussion of the problems
5^th Week	Review of general and current debates in Political Science
6^th Week	Review of general and current debates in Political Science
7^th Week	Sample Research Work Analysis-Theoretical
8^th Week	Sample Research Work Review - Empirical
9^th Week	Sample Research Work Review Article
10^th Week	Sample Research Work Review -Book
11^th Week	Literature Review Reports-Discussion
12^th Week	Literature Review Reports-Discussion
13^th Week	Literature Review Reports-Discussion
14^th Week	Literature Review Reports-Discussion

Recommended or Required Reading

Craig Parsons, How to Map Arguments in Political Science, Oxford University Press, Oxford ve New York, 2007.
Sanford F. Schram and Brian Caterino(eds.), Making Political Science Matter: Debating Knowledge, Research, and Method, NYU Press, New York, 2006.
Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations: Philosophy of Science and its Implications for the Study of World Politics, Routledge, London, 2011.
Ralph Berry, The Research Project: How to Write It, Routledge, London, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Other
Case Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Total(%)		0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		0
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		100
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	10	140
Preparation for Final exam	1	650	650
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	72	72
Homework
Total Work Load			904
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			30.13
ECTS Credit of the Course			30

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X
K2		X	X
K3	X		X
K4	X	X	X
K5	X	X	X
K6
K7
K8		X
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12	X	X	X