Ä°NB800 - RESEARCH STUDIES ON THESIS I
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH STUDIES ON THESIS I | Ä°NB800 | Any Semester/Year | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Observation Brain Storming | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Advisor | |||||
| Course objective | Transferring special knowledge and experience from advisor to PhD students in the scientific field of the advisor, defining problems on thesis or thesis related subjects by PhD student. PhD student will master the literature on the subject and prepare a literature review that will capture the definition and significance of the problem for at least one of the selected research topics | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | PhD student determines research subjects with his/her advisor, conducts detailed reading and discussions on those subjects and complies them. | |||||
| References | Scientific search engines | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Advisor and student determines the research subjects |
| Week 2 | Advisor and student determines the research subjects |
| Week 3 | Advisor and student determines the research subjects |
| Week 4 | Literature search in selected subjects |
| Week 5 | Literature search in selected subjects |
| Week 6 | Literature search in selected subjects |
| Week 7 | Revisiting the determined research topics in the light of literature data |
| Week 8 | Repetition of literature search if improvement/change is needed in research subjects, if not, summarizing the collected information |
| Week 9 | Selecting one of the research subjects in the light of collected information |
| Week 10 | Preparing a scientific literature review based on the performed literature search |
| Week 11 | Preparing a scientific literature review based on the performed literature search |
| Week 12 | Preparing a scientific literature review based on the performed literature search |
| Week 13 | Preparing a scientific literature review based on the performed literature search |
| Week 14 | Preparing a scientific literature review based on the performed literature search |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 14 | 40 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 7 | 98 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 86 | 86 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Workload | 43 | 97 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Students will be able to follow the international level scientific publications, apply this information in their study, highly capable of understanding the scientific basics and follow the latest developments very well. | X | ||||
| 2. They could reach out to all the resources concerning the study, aware of all recent developments.Have a scientific critical look at the work done in neuroscience field(could examine national/international journal papers at the level of a scientific referee and write a scientific report with their ideas clearly stated). These skills are assessed in the literature research and seminar courses. Also they are able to asking quesitons and making suggestions at the international scientific meetings. | X | ||||
| 3. They could find solutions with original methods and ideas to the scientific problem. Thesis progress reports and thesis dissertation will be used to assess these skills. | X | ||||
| 4. At the end, the PhD will acquire scientific leadership features in neuroscience field. Could produce a joint project with other researchers in the field of advanced neurological sciences or other scientific areas, conduct a project from beginning to end, establish their own scientific group and transfer knowledge and skills to the beginners. | X | ||||
| 5. Based on knowledge on literature and technics, could apply for national and international supports. Have an excellent ability to access to information and resources, could evaluate the resulting data critically. | X | ||||
| 6. Could develop notable laboratory applications in advanced neurological sciences. PhD, will acquire skills and features to be an independent researcher and a qualified educator. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest