Sociology

Course Code	Course Name	Year	Period	Semester	T+A+L	Credit	ECTS
03270025	Graduation Thesis	4	Spring	8	1+0+0	13	13

Course Type	Compulsory
Course Cycle	Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language	Turkish
Methods and Techniques	-
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face
Prerequisites	-
Coordinator	-
Instructor(s)	Res. Asst. Berkay ÇETİN
Instructor Assistant(s)	-

Name and Surname	Room	E-Mail Address	Internal	Meeting Hours
Res. Asst. Berkay ÇETİN	C-131	[email protected]	7541

Basic Vocational Courses	X
Specialization / Field Courses	X
Support Courses
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Program Learning Outcomes	Level
P1	To gain sociological reasoning skills and to reveal and interpret social facts.	3
P2	Being knowledgeable about sociological concepts, theories, methods, and effectively using them in the research process and project development.	1
P3	Being able to relate sociology to other disciplines and having the ability to work with these disciplines.	4
P6	Having the ability to understand, analyze, and propose solutions for social developments.	3
P9	Analyzing and using information with a critical perspective and acting in accordance with societal values.	3

Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No	Learning Outcomes	Outcome Relationship	Measurement Method **
O1	Remembering basic sociological concepts and theories.	P.1.1	6
O2	Revealing social truths using sociological reasoning.	P.1.3	6
O3	Remembering basic sociological concepts, theories, methods and field applications.	P.2.1	6
O4	Understanding current sociological concepts and periodic changes.	P.5.2	6
O5	Remembering basic information and data.	P.9.1	6
O6	Ability to design innovative applications with current approaches.	P.10.6	6
** Written Exam: 1, Oral Exam: 2, Homework: 3, Lab./Exam: 4, Seminar/Presentation: 5, Term Paper: 6, Application: 7

Week	Topics
1	Determination of thesis titles and sub-titles. Informing about the main parts of the thesis study.
2	Information about research methods. Discussing how to choose between quantitative method, qualitative method and mixed method.
3	Discussion about techniques appropriate to research methods.
4	Discussion about techniques appropriate to research methods.
5	Transferring reference citation in thesis studies to students. Information about programs such as Zotero, Mendeley.
6	Informing students about automatic source assignment via Word and using Zotero.
7	Discussion about the "subject", "purpose", "research problems", "hypotheses", "scope", "limitations" sections of the thesis written by the students.
8	Discussion about the "subject", "purpose", "research problems", "hypotheses", "scope", "limitations" sections of the thesis written by the students.
9	Preparation before the data collection process of the students' thesis. Discussion about the determination of the questions and their suitability for the sample group.
10	Preparation before the data collection process of the students' thesis. Discussion about the determination of the questions and their suitability for the sample group.
11	Guidance to students on analyzing their data.
12	Guidance to students on analyzing their data.
13	Making final arrangements before the thesis submission process.
14	Making final arrangements before the thesis submission process.

Resources

Umberto Eco. 2017. Tez Nasıl Yazılır. Can Yayınları

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Attendance	14	70 (%)
Field Study	-	-
Homework	-	-
Presentation	-	-
Midterms	1	40 (%)
Final Exam	1	60 (%)
Total		170 (%)

	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time	14	5	70
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement)	14	7	98
Midterms	1	8	8
Quiz	1	20	20
Homework	1	20	20
Practice	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Project	0	0	0
Workshop	0	0	0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation	0	0	0
Fieldwork	1	14	14
Final Exam	0	0	0
Other	1	10	10
Total Work Load:			240
Total Work Load / 30			8
Course ECTS Credits:			8

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Learning Outcomes	P1	P2	P5	P9	P10
O1	Remembering basic sociological concepts and theories.	2	3	-	-	-
O2	Revealing social truths using sociological reasoning.	-	-	2	-	4
O3	Remembering basic sociological concepts, theories, methods and field applications.	-	-	-	3	-
O4	Understanding current sociological concepts and periodic changes.	2	-	-	-	-
O5	Remembering basic information and data.	-	-	2	-	-
O6	Ability to design innovative applications with current approaches.	-	-	-	-	3