
Course Title : Research Methods in Social Sciences | ||||||||
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Code | Course Type |
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Credits | ECTS | |
ISC 402-1 | A | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 | |
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Language | English, Turkish, Arabic | |||||||
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Description | Methods and techniques of scientific research in general; ethics of scientific research; libraries; Internet as a source of knowledge and a tool of research; manuscript: the working on it and the use of it; edition critique; the use of semantic and hermeneutic methods in research; transcription methods; the sources of general references in Islamic Studies: those relating with the Qur’an and hadith, encyclopaedias, article bibliographies and data-bases, bio-bibliographic references, geographic dictionaries, the lists of calender conversion; the catalogues of early works (fahâris); Islamic measures and weights, ext. | |||||||
Objectives | Information about the techniques and methods of data collection To achieve understanding of the importance of research Development of a scientific topic in accordance with the methods of scientific research. Stages of the scientific method. | |||||||
Course Outline | ||||||||
Week | Topics | |||||||
1 | The explanation of the fundamental function of the science | |||||||
2 | Two methods according to the peculiarities of the science and their representatives | |||||||
3 | Empirical generalisation theories-observations- hipothesis. Deductive and inductive process according to above mentioned elements | |||||||
4 | The explanation of the theory of prevention and sealing | |||||||
5 | The information about the types of research in social sciences | |||||||
6 | General information about the structural and positivists paradigms | |||||||
7 | The creation of a theoretical model that involves the multitude | |||||||
8 | Midterm Exam | |||||||
9 | Hypothesis, limitation and definitions | |||||||
10 | The explanation of the research types | |||||||
11 | What is the hypothesis and the peculiarities | |||||||
12 | General information about the ideographic an homothetic explanation | |||||||
13 | The mistakes made during the explanation of the facts | |||||||
14 | General information about the type of the assessment of data | |||||||
15 | What is the preparatory stage of research and which are its composing elements | |||||||
16 | Final Exam | |||||||
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Laboratory Work | ||||||||
Computer Usage | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes and Competences | ||||||||
1 | The students learn to explain the definition of the terms such as; propounding, sentence of propounding, sub problems, hypothesis, assumption, limitation and example. | |||||||
2 | The students learn to explain and determine the works and authors | |||||||
3 | They learn to explain write the necessary qualities that a hypothesis should contain | |||||||
Course Evaluation Methods | ||||||||
In-term studies | Quantity | Percentage | ||||||
Midterms | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Projects | 1 | 50 | ||||||
Term Projects | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Attendance | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 50 | |||||||
Contribution of final examination to overall grade | 50 | |||||||
Total | 100 | |||||||
ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload | ||||||||
Activities | Quantity | Duration (hours) |
Total Workload (hours) |
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Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 | |||||
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 4 | 56 | |||||
Assignments | 1 | 8 | 8 | |||||
Midterms | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Final examination | 1 | 30 | 30 | |||||
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total Work Load | 142 | |||||||
Total Work Load / 25 (hours) | 5.68 | |||||||
ECTS | 6 |
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