Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
ENG20720211310	ACADEMIC RESEARCH, WRITING AND ETHICS-I	Compulsory	2	3	6

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to teach the skills and techniques required in academic writing such as conducting academic research, bringing together ideas and arguments by using auxiliary sources, quoting, summarizing, using auxiliary sources without plagiarism. This course also aims to provide students with a critical perspective.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Yard. Doç. Dr. Nilüfer AYBİRDİ TANRIVERDİ

Learning Outcomes

1	Students who complete this course successfully have a good understanding of the steps to conduct academic research within a properly organized program.
2	Students know the skills that are essential for conducting academic research.
3	Students know how to benefit from libraries and e-libraries.
4	Upon completion of the course the students should be able to write a research article, review article, thesis chapter and other related academic research text.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

While evaluating any work, phenomenon, idea, or situation, which questions should be approached, the ways that will lead to the right results, and the methods and principles of thinking will be examined in this course. Students will be provided with the opportunity to practice writing from a different perspective than the ordinary one. In this course, it is hoped that the students will transfer the theoretical knowledge they have learned into practice by writing academic papers. The aim of this course is to provide students with academic research and writing skills. To ensure that this knowledge can be used in graduation studies, master's theses, and academic articles. By informing them about plagiarism and enabling them to learn systems such as MLA and APA.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to writing: main idea, paragraph
2	Overview of article types
3	Theoretical knowledge on cause and effect article
4	Applying a cause-and-effect article
5	Theoretical knowledge on the descriptive article
6	Descriptive article
7	Article types: compare and contrast, editing schemes
8	Midterm examination
9	Comparative Composition (similarities) analysis and applications
10	Comparative Composition (contrasts) analysis and applications
11	Reviewing Abstract
12	Writing abstract
13	Theoretical knowledge about plagiarism
14	Methods to avoid plagiarism
15	Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

Swales, J. M., and Feak, C. B. (2012). Academic Writing for Graduate Students. Third edition. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (415 pages). Graff, G, and Birkenstein, C. They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing 4th edition, Norton, 2018.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Self Study	14	3	42
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	8	3	24
Individual Study for Final Examination	14	3	42
	10	3	30
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			182

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15	PO 16	PO 17	PO 18
LO1	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High