COURSE UNIT TITLE

: M.SC. SEMINAR

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5096 M.SC. SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 3

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MÜMTAZ ÇOLAK

Offered to

Applied Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

The aim of the seminar is to enable and encourage the students to do literature search on a given or selected topic, to give them the opportunity to learn synthesising the information gathered from the searched literature, to analyse, interpret and discuss the findings in the light of available literature, to compile the results in the form of a report and to submit them before an audience.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Make a detailed research on a given literature.
2   Compile, synthesize and interpret the results of research literature in the relavant area.
3   Prepare a detailed report about researched literature and present the results to listener.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Trying to selected problem.
2 Research articles or books about the problem
3 Research articles or books about the problem
4 Read articles and books
5 Read articles and books
6 Read articles and books
7 Read articles and books
8 Monitoring the progress
9 Preparation and discussion about the topic being studied
10 Evaluation of results
11 Evaluation of results
12 Report writing
13 The completion of the report
14 Presentation of the report in front of the listener

Recomended or Required Reading

Books and papers related to the subject being studied

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research and presentation

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Evaluated according to the report, and presentation activities.

Assessment Criteria

LO1, 2 and 3 evaluated by the report and presentation.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be taken into account.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mumtaz.colak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 7 and 8 lesson hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 2 2
Reading 2 20 40
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.154425
LO.25455
LO.355