| Teaching Staff
|
Prof. Dr. Cem KARADELİ |
| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
| Prerequisites |
None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
After studying the philosophy and methods of social sciences, students are trained in the ways of analyzing social
and political phenomena and presenting their studies in an academic and scientific manner. The students have the
opportunity to practice what they learn in class with the help of assignments |
| Course Content |
The methodological approachments of social sciences, the methods and tecniques (collecting and analyzing datas) of
social sciences, the qualitative and quantitative measurement tecqniques in social sciences.After studying the
philosophy and methods of social sciences, students are trained in the ways of analyzing social and political
phenomena and presenting their studies in an academic and scientific manner. The students have the opportunity to
practice what they learn in class with the help of assignments.
|
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attended the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings;
1- Studying the philosophy of science, scientific knowledge and methods of social sciences,
2- Analyzing social and political phenomena in the light of knowledge on methods of social sciences and philosophy
of science
3- Presenting their studies in an academic and scientific manner |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction
|
| 2. Week |
The main methodological approachments in social sciences (the epistemological approaches)
|
| 3. Week |
The main methodological approachments in social sciences (the epistemological approaches) |
| 4. Week |
Research Methods: Concepts |
| 5. Week |
Research Methods: Quantitative tecniques
|
| 6. Week |
Research Methods: Qualitative tecniques |
| 7. Week |
Scientific research and methodology in international relations |
| 8. Week |
Scinetific research and methodology in international relations
|
| 9. Week |
Scientific research process |
| 10. Week |
Scientific research and collecting data |
| 11. Week |
Analyzing data |
| 12. Week |
Ethic rules in science, quoting, summarizing, paraphrasing and plagiarism |
| 13. Week |
Writing the scientific research |
| 14. Week |
General Review and Discussion
|
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| Assessment |
| |
Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| Quizes (%) |
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| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
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| Practice (%) |
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| Labs (%) |
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| Projects/Field Work (%) |
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| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
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| Final (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
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| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
Lawrence Neumann, Understanding Research John Tosh, Pursuit of History, Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of Modern HistoryNew York, 2006 Edward Halett Carr, What is History? New York 2001. Tarih Nasıl yazılır? Tarih Yazımı için Çağdaş Bir Metodoloji, editör: Ahmet Şimşek, İstanbul, 2011. |
| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 | PQ13 | PQ 14 | PQ 15 | PQ 16 | PQ 17 | LO1 | 2 | 1 | | | | 4 | | | 3 | | | 5 | | | | 3 | | LO2 | | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 3 | | | 4 | | | | 1 | | LO3 | | | | | | | 2 | 5 | | | | 2 | 4 | | | | |
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |