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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TUR 1020 RESEARCH METHODS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜLYA KURGUN

Offered to

Tourism Management

Course Objective

This course aims to provide students; the use of research methods for the social sciences, types and stages of scientific research to learn, transfer of technical knowledge required to perform scientific research and use of the scientific results, and reporting the results of his scientific research

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the basic concepts and principles of scientific research. 2   Prepare and conduct scientific research. 3   Perform analyzes of scientific research. 4   Interpret and make use of the results of scientific research. 5   Current developments in scientific research methods to monitor and implement.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Basic concepts of scientific research 2 Types of scientific research 3 Qualitative and Quantitative Researchs 4 Research Process: Problem, Purpose, Importance, Assumptions, Limitations, Variable Types 5 Population and sample, Sampling methods:Random sampling, Non-random sampling 6 Random and Non-random sampling 7 Mid-term Exam 8 Mid-term Exam 9 Basic Concepts, Confidence level, Measures of Central tendency and Spread 10 Measurement and Evaluation Tools, Scale types 11 Normal Distribution Curve, Normality tests 12 Reliability, Validity 13 Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Hypotheses 14 Parametric Tests: Independent Sample T Test, Dependent Sample T Test, One-Way Analysis of Variance 15 Final Exam 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Şener Büyüköztürk vd., Ankara, 2012, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık, 358 sf.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, group assignment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40+RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 3 36 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48 Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15 Preparation for final exam 1 18 18 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 5 LO.2 5 LO.3 5 LO.4 5 LO.5 5