• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Acquire the ability to review the literature on the scientific research process and research topic

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Continuously develop their knowledge and skills in order to adapt to a rapidly developing technological environment,
   2. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Term paper
2. Apply the terminology in accordance with academic writing techniques and principles.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Learning Competence
   2. Continuously develop their knowledge and skills in order to adapt to a rapidly developing technological environment,

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Term paper
3. Gain awareness about the ability to define the necessary ethical rules in scientific studies.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Demonstrate professional and ethical responsibility.
   2. Develop awareness for safe and healthy management of project, concern for workshop environment and related legal issues

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Term paper

Contents
Week 1:	Scientific thinking, what is work and the processes to be followed in scientific work.
Week 2:	What is academic writing, what are the differences between academic writing and other types of writing?
Week 3:	Ethical issues in scientific research, plagiarism, forgery, and other ethical violations
Week 4:	Types of scientific publications; article, paper, thesis, poster, book, and patent (Examination of sample scientific studies in the field of GeomaticsEngineering)
Week 5:	Literature review (online databases, arrangement of resources collected in libraries and archives) and determination of research problem, homework-1
Week 6:	Scientific writing information management system and tools; use of reference manager program
Week 7:	Elements of academic texts (title, abstract, keywords, introduction, method, finding, discussion, conclusion)
Week 8:	Basic rules of academic writing (title writing and considerations, writing summary section), homework-2
Week 9:	Basic rules in academic writing, summary writing, selection of keywords and case studies in the field of Geomatics Engineering)
Week 10:	Basic rules in academic writing (writing the introductory section, emphasizing the purpose and sub-purposes of the study), Homework-3
Week 11:	Basic rules in academic writing (how to write findings, discussion, and conclusion sections?)
Week 12:	Examining the physical structure of the report and the format of the sample report writing guide
Week 13:	Gebze Technical University Geomatics Engineering thesis proposal guide
Week 14:	Presentation, evaluation and discussion of term projects, , Term project
Week 15*:	-
Week 16*:	Final exam
Textbooks and materials:
Recommended readings:	- Robert A. Day, Çeviri: Gülay Aşkar Bilimsel Bir Makale Nasıl Yazılır ve yayımlanır, TÜBİTAK 1996 - Halil Seyidoğlu, Bilimsel Araştırma Ve Yazma El Kitabı, Güzem Can Yayınları, İstanbul; 2003 - Büyüköztürk, Ş., Çakmak, E.K., Akgün, Ö.K., Karadeniz, Ş., ve Demirel, Funda. 2010,Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:		0
Other in-term studies:		0
Project:	14	30
Homework:	5,8,10	30
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	40
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	14
Own studies outside class:	2	8
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	3	5
Term project:	3	3
Term project presentation:	5	1
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	0	0
Mid-term:	0	0
Personal studies for final exam:	3	3
Final exam:	4	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)