Thesis (KAM699) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Thesis KAM699 1. Semester 0 0 0 0 150
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Compulsory Departmental Courses
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. Tuğba Gürçel Akdemir
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Korhan Mühürcüoğlu
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Asuman Özgür Keysan
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Eda Bektaş
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Aslı Yiğit
Course Assistants
Course Objectives In consultation with a Ph.D. advisor and in accordance with the feedbacks of the Dissertation Monitoring Committee, writing a comprehensive and original research thesis on a topic in the general field of Political Science. Publishing at least one article in a national or international academic journal.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Develop the competence of designing and processing a scientific project.
  • Develop the conceptual and practical skills necessary to collect and analyze original data using scientific methods.
  • Produce original knowledge in the field of Political Science and defend it by developing effective communication skills.
Course Content Ph.D. Thesis.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Meeting with the advisor
2 Meeting with advisor to finalize thesis topic, research question, analytical methodology, and data requirements
3 Meeting with advisor to finalize thesis topic, analytical methodology, data requirements
4 Literature review
5 Literature review
6 Literature review
7 Literature review
8 Meeting with the Dissertation Monitoring Committee about literature review
9 Methodology and dataset analysis
10 Methodology and dataset analysis
11 Methodology and dataset analysis
12 Metodoloji and dataset analysis
13 Meeting with the Dissertation Monitoring Committee about data analysis
14 Presentation and discussion of thesis findings
15 Presentation and discussion of thesis findings

Sources

Course Book 1. Kaynaklar, tez danışmanı ve doktora adayı tarafından 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
Percentage of Final Work 100
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 It ensures that conceptual and theoretical knowledge and understanding of political science and public administration disciplines and methodological capacity are developed to produce new information in these disciplines. X
2 Develops an interdisciplinary perspective by mastering comprehensive knowledge and understanding in disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, history, etc. parallel to the disciplines of political science and public administration. X
3 It provides knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods and the development of a capacity to use this knowledge in thesis writing and other research. X
4 Develops a critical understanding of the acquired theoretical, methodological and interdisciplinary knowledge to follow and interpret debates in the field and to identify and eliminate existing problems and deficiencies in the literature. X
5 It enables the development of academic writing principles and skills required to write and publish a thesis that will contribute to the literature. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 40 1 40
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 40 70 2800
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 6 60 360
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 6 60 360
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 6 25 150
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 60 60
Total Workload 3770