Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	English III
	English	Research Paper Writing
Course Code	ING 201	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Sezen Bayhan Gür Sezen Bayhan Gür
Course Objectives		1. Improve students’ reading and writing skills as well as evaluating and interpreting written information 2. Improve students’ technical vocabulary 3. Create awareness of sound, scholarly sources 4. Enhance knowledge about a specific subject related to their department 5. Enable awareness and application of the research process by conforming to the conventions of academic life and adhering to the norms of research ethics
Course Description		The course focuses on writing a research paper of at least 1500 words based on sound scholarly sources on a topic of interest related to a student’s field by conforming to the APA standards of writing without committing plagiarism. In this course the whole research process is taught step by step through skillsincluding research, source selection, choice of topic, construction and defense of a thesis statement, citingsources, outlining, organizing a “References” page and note taking.
Course Outcomes
Pre-requisite(s)		ING 101 and ING 102
Required Facilities		Projector, Library password (essential for students)
Other
Textbook		Essentials of Research Paper Writing
Other References		https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/