MEB800 - RESEARCH STUDIES ON THESIS I
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH STUDIES ON THESIS I | MEB800 | 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 Brain Storming Other: Literature review | |||||
| 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 | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 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. Learn and process the information in the field of cell biology at an academic level (KNOWLEDGE). | X | ||||
| 2. Learn and process the information in the field of molecular biology and genetics at an academic level (KNOWLEDGE). | X | ||||
| 3. Learn and process the information in the field of inheritance at an academic level (KNOWLEDGE). | X | ||||
| 4. Learn and process the information in the field of genomics and functional genomics at an academic level (KNOWLEDGE). | X | ||||
| 5. Have theoretical/ practical skills for preparing and carrying out an independent research project (SKILLS). | |||||
| 6. Follow and discuss national/international publications (SKILLS). | X | ||||
| 7. Apply ethical and legal rules at the institutional, national and international level (SKILLS). | |||||
| 8. Design and implement studies efficiently related to genomics technologies (SKILLS). | |||||
| 9. Use information technologies and bioinformatics tools effectively (SKILLS). | |||||
| 10. Take responsibility in a team and/or carry out independent research (QUALIFICATION). | |||||
| 11. Gain critical thinking and solve scientific problems in accordance with ethical reflection (QUALIFICATION). | |||||
| 12. Prepare scientific publications for national/international-refereed journals (QUALIFICATION). | X | ||||
| 13. Apply biosafety rules and follow good laboratory practices (QUALIFICATION). | |||||
| 14. Have competence in setting up a new laboratory infrastructure in the field of genomics and manage a working team (QUALIFICATION). | |||||
| 15. Make scientific presentations at the national/international meetings (QUALIFICATION). | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest