ECTS - Research Methodology and Communication Skills
Research Methodology and Communication Skills (MDES600) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Research Methodology and Communication Skills | MDES600 | 1. Semester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice, Observation Case Study, Problem Solving, Team/Group. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to improve the research and communication skills of students early in their graduate program to help them better plan, conduct and present their research and thesis work. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Rigorous, scholarly research, particularly theses or dissertations. Literature review, surveys, meta-analysis, empirical research design, formulating research questions, theory building, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods, validity, reliability, triangulation, building evidences, writing research proposal |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction; What is Research? Why to do research? | Lecture Notes |
| 2 | Identification of a research problem | Lecture Notes |
| 3 | Managing and Planning Research | Lecture Notes |
| 4 | Literature mining, taxonomy | Lecture Notes |
| 5 | Data gathering and data management | Lecture Notes |
| 6 | Technical Writing | Lecture Notes |
| 7 | Writing a research/thesis proposal | Lecture Notes |
| 8 | Ethics in Research | Lecture Notes |
| 9 | Communication Skills | Lecture Notes |
| 10 | Scientists must speak | Lecture Notes |
| 11 | How to present | Lecture Notes |
| 12 | Student Presentations | |
| 13 | Student Presentations | |
| 14 | Student Presentations | |
| 15 | Student Presentations | |
| 16 | Student Presentations |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. Robert L. Peters. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or Ph.D. (Revised Edition), 1997. |
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| 2. Zina O’Leary, The Essential Guide to Doing Research, Sage Publications, London, 2004. | |
| 3. Bruce A. Thyer, Preparing Research Articles, Oxford University Press, London, 2008. | |
| 4. Paul Oliver, The Student’s Guide to Research Ethics, Open University Press, Philadelphia, 2003. | |
| 5. James E. Mauch and Namgi Park, Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: A Handbook for Students and Faculty, 5th Ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 2003. | |
| 6. D. Eric Walters and Gale Climenson Walters, Scientists Must Speak, Rutledge, London, 2002. | |
| 7. Owen Hargie (Ed.), The Handbook of Communication Skills, 3rd Ed., Rutledge, London, 2006. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | 1 | 20 |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 30 |
| Presentation | 3 | 20 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | 1 | 30 |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | - | - |
| Toplam | 8 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 100 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 0 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Gains the ability to have in-depth knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering, and to use this knowledge in solving Civil Engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 2 | Gains the ability to design and produce Civil Engineering systems under economic, environmental sustainability, and manufacturability constraints. | X | ||||
| 3 | Gains the ability to identify, define, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems, and acquires the ability to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods for this purpose. | |||||
| 4 | Gains the ability to develop an approach to solve encountered engineering problems, and to design and conduct models and experiments. | |||||
| 5 | Gains the ability to effectively use modern engineering tools, techniques, and capabilities necessary for design and other engineering applications. | X | ||||
| 6 | Gains the ability to independently conduct fundamental research in the field, report research results effectively, and present them at scientific meetings. | X | ||||
| 7 | Acquires sufficient verbal and written English skills to follow scientific developments in the field and to communicate with colleagues. | X | ||||
| 8 | Gains the ability to effectively use the knowledge acquired in intra-disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams, and to take leadership roles in such teams. | X | ||||
| 9 | Gains awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning, personal development, and continuous self-renewal in the field; follows developments in science and technology; acquires awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation. | X | ||||
| 10 | Recognizes the importance of considering social, scientific, and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, disseminating, and applying data related to civil engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 11 | Gains the competence to critically examine, develop, and, when necessary, take action to change social relations and the norms that govern them. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | |||
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Special Course Internship | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | |||
| Total Workload | 178 | ||