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| Code | ILT225 |
| Name | Research Methods in Social Sciences I |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 3. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 5 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. AYŞE ASLI SEZGİN BÜYÜKALACA |
| Course Instructor |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ESENGÜL AYYILDIZ
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
This course aims to teach qualitative and quantative research methods and techniques and reporting the results of researches for students of communication faculty.
Course Content
The basis of theoretical background for social researches, qualitative and quantitative research planning, sampling theory, data collection, measurement and evaluation, report writing.
Course Precondition
None
Resources
ıldırım, A., & Şimşek, H. (2008). Nitel araştırma yöntemleri [Qualitative research methods]. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
Notes
ıldırım, A., & Şimşek, H. (2008). Nitel araştırma yöntemleri [Qualitative research methods]. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Acquires an objective thinking and attitude on different communication areas |
| LO02 | Acquires accurate information when they need to reach the original source of information |
| LO03 | Tests and avaluates correct and incorrect the obtained information |
| LO04 | Obtains skill of accessing objective information in the text |
| LO05 | Knows the philosophy of science and history of social science researches and its importance |
| LO06 | Explains theory-methodology, hypotheses and assumptions |
| LO07 | Applies research techniques, experiment, observation, questionnaires, interviews, etc.. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies. | 4 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. | |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). | 4 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. | |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. | 5 |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. | 4 |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. | |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. | |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. | |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work | |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions. | |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning | |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. | 5 |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad. | |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors. | 5 |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy, | |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media) | |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 2 | Philosophy of science and history of social science researches and its importance | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 3 | Theory-methodology, hypotheses and assumptions | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Research design and types of research | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 5 | Studies of quantitative and qualitative research in communication | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 6 | Quantitative and qualitative sampling methods | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 7 | Qualitative research: Examples and evaluation | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Reading | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Qualitative research and techniques data collection and sampling | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 10 | Writing of research report | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 11 | Qualitative research design: phenomenological approaches, ethnography, embedded (grounded theory), case studies | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 12 | Evaluation and interpretation techniques of qualitative research | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 13 | Examples of content analysis and its interpretation | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 14 | Combination of quantitative and qualitative research, where the major research projects and activities | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 15 | Design of research projects | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 16 | Term Exams | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 17 | Term Exams | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 114 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,56 | ||
| ECTS | 5 ECTS | ||