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Course Name	Turkish	Bilimsel Araştırma, Etik ve Seminer
	English	Scien.Rese., Ethic&Seminar
Course Code	STD 696E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	-	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Gürcan Koçan
Course Objectives		1) To learn what is science, scientific research methods, 2) To learn scientific methodology, research design and data gathering, 3) To learn types of scientific publications (thesis, scientific article, report etc.), 4) To learn ethical principles that need to be carried out in scientific researches and publications, 5) Evaluating outstanding presentation techniques, systematically transferring the current developments in the area or one’s own work to other groups in and out of the area; in written, oral and visual forms
Course Description		Definition and development of science, scientific research approach, literature survey, research design, quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, data gathering, writing techniques for thesis, project, and scientific article, ethical principles to be followed when conducting research, ethical principles to be followed when publishing, citation ethics, tips for a successful presentation, students presentations within the scope of their thesis topics/own engineering field.
Course Outcomes		Students who successfully pass this course gain knowledge, skill and competency in the following subjects; 1. To learn what science, scientific knowledge, and historical development of science are. 2. To learn scientific research methods and to be able to apply them. 3. To be able to carry on a literature survey and analysis. 4. To learn about various types of scientific publications and their basic properties. 5. To learn, to anticipate and to follow ethics while pursuing a scientific work 6. To prepare presentations about technical or non-technical subjects. 7. To learn how to address the audience orally and audio-visually. 8. To appreciate the importance of communication during presentation, to acquire the skill to perform presentations in front of communities
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Textbook		Alley M. (2013) The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid, Springer. Trochim, W.M.K. (2016) Research Methods Essential Knowledge Base. Cornell University. Barbara MacKinnon and Andrew Fiala, Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues, 8th ed., (Stanford, CT: Cengage Learning, 2015). Mark Timmons Moral Theory: An Introduction (New York: Rowman Littlefield, 2002) Russ Shafer Landau, Living Ethics: An Introduction with Readings (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018). Russ Shafer Landau, The Ethical Life” (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). Russ Shafer Landau, The Fundamentals of Ethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). Steven M. Cahn & Peter Mackie Ethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)
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