ALTINBAŞ UNIVERSITY

2020-2021 Spring Semester

COURSE SYLLABUS FOR

GSS 596

Instructor: Dr. Ahad Ardabili

Email: ahad.ardabili@altinbas.edu.tr

Office hours: Wednesday 14:00-15:00

Class hours: Monday 14:00-16:00

Grading:
Final 70%
Plagiarism 10%
Certificate
Term Paper 20%

COURSE CONTENT

Week Topics
1 Introduction
Definition of Science, Its Nature, Historical Development, Scientific Paradigms
2
Scientific Research and Scientific Research Processes - Research Methodology-
Choosing the Subject- Identifying the Problem - Problem Selection, Purpose,
3
Significance - Limitations
Plagiarism, Publication Ethics and Basic Principles, Non-ethical Behaviours and
4
Ethical Violations in the Publication Process-Problems of Authorship
Indiana University Plagiarism, The Concept of Ethics and Profession - Theories of
5
Ethics
6 Scientific Reporting, Using references, Citation Methods, Bibliography
7 Literature Review I
 8 Literature Review II
9 Types of Scientific Publications (Thesis, Article Writing Techniques),
10 Presentation Preparation
11 Time Management & Focused, Effective Work I
12 Time Management & Focused, Effective Work II
13 Scientific Research Methods (Qualitative-Quantitative Research)
14 Final

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Textbook and Course notes and slides

Materials
“Scientific Research Methods” Ahmet Hamdi İSLAMOGLU, Beta,
Additional
2003. - "How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper" ROBERT A. DAY
Resources
, TUBİTAK 1996.

• Rules About Academic Misconduct: Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated
and will be severely punished. Note that according to the rules of the Higher
Education Council of Turkey (YÖK) the punishment for such serious offenses is one
semester suspension from the school.