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  Course Description
Course Name : Master´s Thesis

Course Code : FİZ-730

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : Second Cycle

Year of Study : 2

Course Semester : Fall and Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 25

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. SANLI SADİ KURDAK
Prof.Dr. AYŞE DOĞAN
Prof.Dr. ŞEREF ERDOĞAN
Asst.Prof.Dr. UĞUR SEÇİL BİNOKAY
Asst.Prof.Dr. BESİM ÖZAYKAN

Learning Outcomes of the Course : The student knows how to reach updated physiological science knowledge.
The student creates a new working area or physiological knowledge in basis of updated scientific information.
The student makes experiment to obtain new knowledge.
The student obtains reliable findings.
The student can evaluate the findings.
The student comments on the findings in scientific basis.
The student writes the results of the study in the form of a scientific text.
The student writes the results of the study in the form of a thesis independently.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : The aim of the lesson is to make the student gain the ability to design and perform a scientific research independently, and also the ability to evaluate the results of the research and form the research into a scientific text (writing a thesis).

Course Contents : The content of the lesson is the procedures to reach physiological updated knowledge, principle of scientific study, forming hypothesis, designing research, research ability in lab, obtaining reliable data, evaluation of the findings and writing a scientific text.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Medical Faculty, Seminar Hall of Physiology Department


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Search updated knowledge about physiological sciences Reading textbook about physiological sciences and searching literture Study
2 Search updated knowledge about physiological sciences Reading textbook about physiological sciences and searching literture Study
3 Hypothesis Reading textbook about physiological sciences and searching literture Study
4 Planing and writing thesis Investigation successfully thesis and research papers Search
5 Planing and writing thesis Investigation successfully thesis and research papers Search
6 Experiment Testing and using lab equipment Application and investigation
7 Experiment Testing and using lab equipment Application and investigation
8 Experiment Testing and using lab equipment Application and investigation
9 Experiment Testing and using lab equipment Application and investigation
10 Experiment Testing and using lab equipment Application and investigation
11 Experiment Testing and using lab equipment Application and investigation
12 Evatuating findings Examination statistical methods and application Investigation and application
13 Evatuating findings Examination statistical methods and application Investigation and application
14 Discussion of results Comparison with literature Search
15 Writing thesis Examination of scientific publication and samples of successfully thesis Investigation
16/17 Presentation and defense of thesis Review of general knowledge and results Review


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  All scientific sources and literature.
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 0 0
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 100
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 to get basic knowledge of the speciality 5
2 to get analytic notion mechanism related to the speciality 5
3 to be able to access to reliable knowledge 5
4 to get scientific consideration related to the speciality 5
5 to be able to transfer theoretical knowledge systematically to audience 5
6 to transfer acquired knowledge to public effectively 3
7 to be able to work and make experiment in laboratory 5
8 to make a scientific experiment by oneself 5
9 to be able to interpret the results of scientific experiment which is conducted 5
10 to be able to design and write a research project 5
11 to be able to report the results of the research 5
12 to work and research depending on ethical values 5
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 15 20 300
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 15 20 300
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 10 20
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 0 0 0
    Final Exam 1 10 10
Total Workload: 630
Total Workload / 25 (h): 25.2
ECTS Credit: 25