COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0089 RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TOLGA AKCAN

Offered to

Catering Services Programme
Tourism and Hotel Management
Civil Aviation Management

Course Objective

The main aim of the course is to examine the research process of review major scientific research methods to enable students to learn and report writing techniques needed to carry out research on a specific topic.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to describe the basic steps and content of a research project
2   Students will be able to listed research resources (people, reference books, databases, internet, etc.)
3   Students will be able to calculate how to organize effectively and efficiently the resources in research
4   Students will be able to conduct research
5   Students will be able toprepare research report
6   Students will be able to present research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 To choose a research topic and to search for literature
2 To evaluate the results of the research
3 Transforming research results into a report
4 Preparation for the presentation and to perform a presentation
5 Project description and requirements
6 Project development process and tools
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 System approach in project development
9 System concepts
10 Planning projects
11 Managing projects
12 Managing projects
13 Responsibilities of project manager
14 Responsibilities of project manager

Recomended or Required Reading

Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Ş. BÜYÜKÖZTÜRK, Ankara; Geray, H. (2004)
Toplumsal araştırmalarda nicel ve nitel yöntemlere giriş. Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi;Duverger, M. (1964)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and getting prepared for the class

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced

Assessment Criteria

To be announced

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attendance is obligatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ceren.oksal@deu.edu.tr

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 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 12 1 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 68

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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