Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 2 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | FOOD ENGINEERING | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | NESİMİ AKTAŞ (naktas@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| To enable the student to show that he / she can carry out an independent piece of research on a theme in a scientifically sound manner and to demonstrate his/her ability to address a specific problem in a scientifically sound, ethical, thorough and precise manner in the course of a given period of time, and to help the student to communicate his or her findings convincingly. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Explain terminology, concept and methodoloyg for Msc thesis |
PO-2 Has the skills of designing, applying and evaluating scientific research PO-5 Has the skills of developing and applying new and original ideas in system and process designs PO-9 Effectively utilizes Information Technologies (presentation, word processing, statistics and graphic softwares) for his/her work PO-10 Has the required endowments to advice food sector on matters related to his/her specialization area PO-12 Takes responsibility in the solution of a problem related to his/her specialization area as group leader PO-13 Plays an active role in the solution of the problems of food industry |
Presentation |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| The Master Thesis consists of a report based on an independent piece of research to be completed following the completion of the thought courses. The thesis is based on a pre-defined set of problems and lead by a supervisor in the same academic unit. The supervision ensures that the student gets advice regarding literature, approaches towards solving the problems being dealt with, the acquisition and treatment of data, and ethical guidelines in research. The final exam consists of the thesis and an oral exam. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Understand the basics of the work area | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 2 | To follow the current operating issues related to the work area | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 3 | To review the recent studies related to the field | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 4 | Based on the literature, to determine a subject of thesis that will bring innovations in science | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 5 | Based on the literature, to determine a subject of thesis that will bring innovations in science | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 6 | Hypotheses based on the work plan development. | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 7 | To provide work plans and design it if necessary | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Observation, collection of data and materials. | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 10 | Experimental research planning, if necessary. | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 11 | The collected data evaluation, analysis. | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 12 | Summarize findings, tabulation. | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 13 | Comparison the findings with literature and discussion | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 14 | Finalize the findings. | Lecturing, question and answer |
| 15 | Writing thesis text and to control writing rules and presentation. | Presentation, question and answer |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | |||
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | 10 | 1 | 40 |
| 5.Report | 14 | 1 | 60 |
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | |||
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 0 | ||
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 0 | ||
| b) Search in internet/Library | 12 | 14 | 168 |
| c) Performance Project | 12 | 14 | 168 |
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 12 | 14 | 168 |
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 0 | ||
| mid-term exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for final exam | 15 | 14 | 210 |
| final exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 716 | ||