Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
IEF1002	1	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	3/0/0	CC	ENGLISH	6

Course Goals	This course will introduce the students basic concepts and relevant methods for conducting a research in Social Sciences. The ultimate aim of this course is to develop analytical and critical thinking of students; at the same time to provide them an opportunity for reasoning on real matters especially in daily business life. Furthermore, developing the skills of questioning, understanding, diagnosing, thinking, expressing (both verbally and in a written from) are another objective of this course. Besides all of these goals,this course aims to closely approach the scientific research process ranging from designing aresearch proposal to conducting the field work and to transfering  course experiences to students' theses.
Prerequisite(s)	-
Corequisite(s)	-
Special Requisite(s)	-
Instructor(s)	Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Tuğçe Ezgi Soyaltın
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule	Friday, 18:00-21:00 / CATS
Office Hour(s)	Monday, 11:00-13:00 or by an appointment
Teaching Methods and Techniques	Lecture, reading, individual/group presentations, discussion.
Principle Sources	1. W. Lawrence Neuman (2014) “Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches”. Pearson New International Edition (7th ed.). Pearson. 2. Uma Sekaran and Roger  Bougie (2016) “Research Methods  for Business: A Skill Building Approach” (7th ed.) Wiley. ISBN: 9781119165552 (pbk) ISBN: 9781119266846 (ebk) 3. William G. Zikmund, Barry J. Babin, Jon C. Carr and Mitch Griffin (2012) “Business Research Methods”. (9th ed.) South-Western Cengage Learning. 4.  Hair Jr, J. F., Page, M., & Brunsveld, N. (2019). Essentials of business research methods. Routledge.
Other Sources	1- Scientific articles based on each week's topic.

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Introduction and orientation to the course	Lecture and Discussion
2. Week	Why do we need a research?	Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
3. Week	What are the major types of social research?	Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
4. Week	Theory and Research	Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
5. Week	What is the meaning of literature? How to approach literature review?	Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion.
6. Week	Strategies and elements of research design: How to design a research?	Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion.
7. Week	Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement	Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
8. Week	Midterm exam	Exam
9. Week	Midterm exam	Exam
10. Week	Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling	Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
11. Week	Data collection and Data Analysis	Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
12. Week	Principles of scientific research proposal	Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
13. Week	Designing project/thesis proposal and important notes	Discussion
14. Week	Students presentations on research proposals	Presentation and discussion
15. Week	Presentations	Assessment and evaluation
16. Week	Presentations	Assessment and evaluation
17. Week	Final	Assessment and evaluation

Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Midterm(s)	1	0
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations	1	55

Program Outcomes PO-1 Extend and deepen the international economics and finance knowledge acquired at the level of expertise. PO-2 Be able to use the knowledge gained in the field of International Economics and Finance theoretically and practically. PO-3 Evaluate the information on International Economics and Finance from a critical perspective and study independently. PO-4 Understand and examine the interaction between different disciplines and fields related to International Economics and Finance. PO-5 Have sufficient social responsibility and awareness about social needs and gain the experience and competence to organize activities that may affect social dynamics when necessary. PO-6 Gain skills in model development, technical analysis and policy making in the field of economics and finance. PO-7 Understand and evaluate any problem in the field of International Economics and Finance independently, generate solutions to these problems. PO-8 Analyze the problems related to the field of International Economics and Finance analytically, propose economic and financial policies suitable for the solution of the problems. PO-9 Adapt the theoretical knowledge to the professional business career. PO-10 Develop original approaches and take responsibility in critical situations encountered in the fields of International Economics and Finance. PO-11 In the process of collecting, interpreting and announcing the data related to the field of International Economics and Finance, be able to supervise and transfer them by considering social, rational, scientific and ethical values.

Learning Outcomes LO-1 Will be able to understand why there is a need to do a research. LO-2 Will be able to identify circumstances in which research is necessary or valuable. LO-3 Will be able to prepare a structured and comprehensible research proposal based on research interest. LO-4 Will be able to frame several research questions and generate hypotheses. LO-5 Will be able to determine distinguishing characteristics of qualitative and quantitative researches. LO-6 Will be able to select and apply appropriate research design based on the Research Question(s). LO-7 Will be able to decide an appropriate data analysis technique, conduct the analysis and interpret the results. LO-8 Will be able to decide an appropriate data analysis technique, conduct the analysis and interpret the results. LO-9 Will be able to learn how to represent the results both in textual and verbal (spoken) form. LO-10 Will be able to critically evaluate other researches reported by other people.

Course Assessment Matrix:

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11