Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TAB628TECHNIQUES FOR WRITING SCIENTIFIC ARTICLESCompulsory126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
• to teach evaluation and presentation of the research results • to give the students information about writing a scientific article • to provide information on publication processes of scientific article
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Ş. Metin KARA
Learning Outcomes
1Bilimsel araştırma yapmanın ve bilimsel makale yazımın önemini ve gerekliliğini kavrar
2Bilimsel araştırma makalesi ve tez yazabilme becerisi kazanır
3Makale değerlendirme ve sunum tekniklerini öğrenir
4Understand the importance and necessity of doing scientific research and writing scientific papers
5Gain the ability to write scientific research articles and thesis
6Learn article evaluation and presentation techniques
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• characteristics of scientific writing • pre-writing preparations, literature survey • explanation of scientific article writing techniques • process of article publishing • article and poster presentation
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Historical development of scientific writing
2The importance of scientific writing and its properties
3Pre-writing preparations, literature survey
4Article title, author names, abstracts, abstract
5Introduction, materials and methods
6Results, Discussion and Conclusion
7References, tables and figures
8Midterm exam
9The principles of writing a review article and thesis
10The process of article publishing
11How to make article presentation
12Review and evaluation of sample articles
13Review and evaluation of sample articles
14The preparation of a scientific article
15Presentation of a scientific article
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Robert A. Day. 2000. Bilimsel makale nasıl yazılır, nasıl yayımlanır? Çeviri: Gülay Aşkar Altay,4. Basım, Tübitak Yayınları. Ankara Karasar, N. 2011. Araştırmalarda Rapor Hazırlama. Nobel yayınevi, Ankara.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14342
Self Study14798
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11515
Individual Study for Final Examination12424
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)183
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PO
1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
PO
5
PO
6
LO14 4  4
LO2 5  5 
LO3   4 5
LO4      
LO5      
LO6      
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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