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Course Name	Turkish	Essentials of Res.Paper Writ.
	English	Essentials of Res.Paper Writ.
Course Code	ING 201A	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	2	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Suzan Arıman
Course Objectives		1. Improve students’ reading and writing skills 2. Improve students’ technical vocabulary 3. Enhance knowledge about a specific subject related to their department 4. Enable awareness and application of the research process conforming to the conventions of academic life
Course Description		English 201A is a course designed to teach the organizational and critical thinking skills necessary for logical written expression. The course teaches skills including library research, choice of topic, construction and defense of a thesis statement, citing sources, outlining, organizing a “References” page and note taking. Critical elements of the course are instruction in paraphrasing and summarizing techniques, use of quotations and the avoidance of plagiarism.
Course Outcomes		Students who successfully complete this course will be able to: 1. Do extensive library research to select suitable, relevant and reliable sources related to the topic they have chosen, develop an argument and construct an argumentative thesis statement. 2. Identify different kinds of sources and organize findings from a variety of well chosen sources in the form of an outline. 3. Document source information by correctly applying APA style citations & references. 4. Locate, evaluate, interpret and synthesize source information for the defense of the thesis. 5. Perform extensive note taking with the correct application of paraphrases, summaries & quotations. 6. Draw personal conclusions, make deductions and form comments based on the research findings. 7. Prepare an argumentative research paper in APA style and defend it orally.
Pre-requisite(s)		Passing the proficiency exam with a total score of at least 85 points
Required Facilities		ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE TYPE WRITTEN ON THE COMPUTER, PRINTOUTS SUBMITTED AND THERE IS EXTENSIVE USE OF THE INTERNET FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
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Textbook		Essentials of Research Paper Writing
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