1	Course Title:	CURRENT ISSUES
2	Course Code:	ULU4001
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Cafer Tayyar Arı
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Tayyar Arı, Doç. Dr. Çiğdem Aydın Koyuncu, Doç. Dr. Kader Özlem
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-posta: atayyar@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 02242941052 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi İ.İ.B.F Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Aim of this course is to make the students familiar to make literature reviews and write academically.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	This course enables students to conduct analytical scientific studies using scientific research methods.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To be able to use IR discourse efficiently ; 2 To be able to learn how to follow the developments in IR; 3 To be able make academic research especialyy in IR discipline; 4 To be able to theoretically and analitically compreherend the developments in Turkey and abroad ; 5 To be able make akademic research in the future;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	How to make a narrative academic study
2	how to establish and acadademic study
3	how to write an academic paper
4	referencing by foodnote
5	Indirect speech
6	direct speech
7	Plagiarsim
8	faults in writing
9	page setup
10	writing foodnote
11	writing endnote
12	bibliography
13	discussion and presentation of the paper
14	discussion and presentation of the paper

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	SEYİDOĞLU Halil : Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yazma El Kitabı 8. Baskı Güzem Yayınları İstanbul 2000. DİNLER Zeynel : Bilimsel Araştırma ve İnternete Bağlı Bilgi Merkezleri 2. Basım Ekin Kitabevi Bursa 2000
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Written Exam
Information	Open-ended questions are asked to students.

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	3	42
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	30	30
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	40	40
Total WorkLoad			184
Total workload/ 30 hr			5,13
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 LO1 5 0 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 LO3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High