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RESEARCH AND PROJECT DESIGN COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
SOS379	RESEARCH AND PROJECT DESIGN	5	3	3	8

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	-	Basic concepts: relations between term and concept. Research, design, project concepts and mutual relations.	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
2	Preparing the assignment over examples faced in the daily life	Design, project bases: What, Why, How/ (Scope, Objective, Method). Transformation of design into a project.	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
3	Preparing the assignment over examples faced in the daily life	General overview to the components of the project: 5N + 3K. Project totalitarian/ holistic thinking and systematic comprehension	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
4	Reading	Main components of the project -1: Project Scope (main research question / problem) How they are determined and limited; systemic analysis of relations between research question and the objectives of the project	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
5	Daily Life Examples	Main components of the project -2: Relations between original value, added-value, objectives, intermediate objectives, outputs	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
6	Assignment Preparation	Main components of the project -3: Choosing the right method and applying the research question	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
7	Reading	Main components of the project -4: Research who, for whom and with whom?; ethic in project preparation.	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	Reading	Main components of the project -5: Project team, work schedule and budget	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
10	Assignment Preparation	The shaping project-1: Preparing a project over a daily life example	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
11	Assignment Preparation	Common project form analysis: TUBITAK, ULUSAL AJANS, KALKINMA AJANSI. GU BAPB project forms	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
12	Assignment Preparation	The shaping project -2: Creating a research question over social world literature support and projects	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
13	Assignment Preparation	The shaping project -3: Creating a research question over the social world and projects	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
14	Assignment Preparation	Points to be considered in the project writing: Short abstract, literature, outputs, method, work schedule, budget	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
15	Assignment Preparation	General Evaluation of term	Lecture Question and Answer Discussion
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-