Week - 1 |
Meeting with Students, Informing Students about the Content of the Course, and Receiving Students' Expectations from the Course Conveyor |
Week - 2 |
Significance of Ethics in Scientific Research, Kantinian Ethics, Rules of Referencing and Their Significance |
Week - 3 |
Science and Research? What are the Alternatives to Social Research? Why Do We Research? |
Week - 4 |
Philosophy, Science and Society. Ontology, Epistemology in Social Research, Knowledge and Theory |
Week - 5 |
Foundational Methodologies in Scientific Research I: Positivizm |
Week - 6 |
Foundational Methodologies in Scientific Research II: Interpretive Social Science |
Week - 7 |
Foundational Methodologies in Scientific Knowledge III: Critical, Feminist and Post-Modern Social Science |
Week - 8 |
Mid-Term Exam |
Week - 9 |
Discussion and Summary Week: Discussion on Methodologies and Wrapping-Up Subjects before the Mid-Term Examination |
Week - 10 |
Qualitative and Quantitative Research, Their Characteristics and Distinctions |
Week - 11 |
Objective and Question Formation in Scientific Research and Limitations |
Week - 12 |
Choosing Research Methodologies and Methods and Taxonomy of Research Typologies |
Week - 13 |
Identification of the Research Population, Specification of Sample and Measurement/Assessment in Social Research |
Week - 14 |
Presentation about and Discussion on Research Design Assignments |