Thesis Proposal (KAM697) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Thesis Proposal KAM697 0 0 0 0 20
Pre-requisite Course(s)
Finalizing course load and KAM690
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Funda Gençoğlu
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Aslı Yiğit
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Tuğba Gürçel Akdemir
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Korhan Mühürcüoğlu
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Eda Bektaş
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Asuman Özgür Keysan
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Developing a PhD Dissertation Proposal in consultation with the PhD advisor on a topic in the field of Political Science. Design and plan a research project in a timely manner.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Design and plan a scientific research that could have an impact in the field.
Course Content Thesis proposals are submitted to determine the thesis' methodical structure, its compass, aim, and importance within the literature in question.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Meeting with the advisor
2 Research question, literature survey and review
3 Research question, literature survey and review
4 Research question, literature survey and review
5 Research question, literature survey and review
6 Meeting with the advisor for feedback
7 Methodology, datasets survey
8 Methodology, datasets survey
9 Methodology, datasets survey
10 Methodology, datasets survey
11 Meeting with the advisor for feedback
12 Meeting with the advisor for feedback
13 Developing thesis proposal
14 Developing thesis proposal
15 Meeting with the advisor for feedback
16 Defending thesis proposal

Sources

Course Book 1. Danışmanın tavsiyesi ile tez konusuna göre belirlenir.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 100
Toplam 1 100
Percentage of Semester Work 1
Percentage of Final Work 99
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
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 Improving knowledge and understanding of the disciplines political science and public administration so as to enable the Ph. D. candidates to produce new knowledge on these disciplines. X
2 Improving knowledge and understanding in the parallel disciplines of sociology, anthropology, history etc. to create a multi-disciplinary perspective of the field of study. X
3 Introducing and improving knowledge and skills of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods so as to create a capacity to utilize them in researches in the field of political science and public administration. X
4 Enabling the Ph. D. candidates to utilize their thoretical, methodological, and multi-disciplinary knowledge so as to critically understand the discussions in those fields, and to understand the gaps in the literature concerned. X
5 Improving academic writing skills so as to enable the Ph. D. candidates to write their dissertations or research papers in a suitable manner. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 1 16
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship 1 30 30
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 25 400
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 4 10 40
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 20 20
Total Workload 506