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:	3
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. TAYYAR ARI
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. İbrahim CANBOLAT, Prof. Dr. Kamuran REÇBER, Prof. Dr. Göksel İŞYAR, Doç. Dr. Barış ÖZDAL, Yrd. Doç Dr. Ferhat PİRİNÇÇİ
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

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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 especially in IR discipline; 4 To be able to theoretically and analitically comprehend the developments in Turkey and abroad; 5 To be able make academic research in the future;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	How to make a narrative academic study
2	How to establish an academic study
3	How to write an academic paper
4	Referencing by footnote
5	Indirect Speech
6	Direct Speech
7	Plagiarsim
8	Faults in writing
9	page setup
10	writing footnote
11	writing endnote
12	bibliography
13	discussion and presentation of the papers
14	discussion and presentation of the papers

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	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	30
Final Exam	1	40
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		60
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		40
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

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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	0	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	30	30
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	10	10
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	15	15
Total WorkLoad			97
Total workload/ 30 hr			3,23
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 LO1 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 0 2 1 LO2 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 LO3 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 3 4 LO4 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 4 LO5 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 4

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High