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Program Type: 
Thesis
Course Code: 
COMM 580
Semester: 
Spring
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
0
ECTS: 
0
Course Language: 
English
Courses given by: 
Course Objectives: 

It aims at helping students become an expert with issues and ideas for manuscript submission and acquire the skills for engaging more comprehensively with the writing style.

Course Content: 

The course covers the ways to express ideas as complying with the rules for the preparation of a manuscript.

Teaching Methods: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion
Assessment Methods: 
A: Testing, C: Homework

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Course Learning Outcomes

1. Students demonstrate effective research skills and apply the convention of citation correctly.
2. Students gather relevant information that has been paraphrased from multiple sources.
3. Students revise and edit their own writing for appropriateness.

Course Flow

1 Selecting the Thesis Topic
2 Selecting the Thesis Topic
3 Selecting the Thesis Topic
4 Selecting the Thesis Topic
5 Initial Literature Revew and Identification of a Specific Research Question to Pursue
6 Initial Literature Revew and Identification of a Specific Research Question to Pursue
7 Initial Literature Revew and Identification of a Specific Research Question to Pursue
8 Initial Literature Revew and Identification of a Specific Research Question to Pursue
9 Writing a Formal Thesis Proposal: Establishing a Summary of Existing Research Related to the Question, a Statement of the Problem, and the Purpose of the Study
10 Writing a Formal Thesis Proposal continues: Outlining and Describing an Appropriate Research Design to Test the Hypothesis/Hypotheses
11 Writing a Formal Thesis Proposal continues: Outlining and Describing an Appropriate Research Design to Test the Hypothesis/Hypotheses
12 Writing a Formal Thesis Proposal continues: Outlining and Describing an Appropriate Research Design to Test the Hypothesis/Hypotheses
13 Discussion on Content Development and Fluency
14 Discussion on Content Development and Fluency
15 Discussion on Content Development and Fluency
16 Text Analysis and Redrafting/Editing Work

Recommended Sources

Textbook Day, Robert A. & Gastel, Barbara. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Greenwood, New York, 2011.
Additional Resources Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition, 2009. Silvia, Paul, How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing, APA, New York, 2007.

Assessment

Final Assignment 1 100
Total   100

Course’s Contribution to Program

No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5  
1 To gain the abilities of working with an interdisciplinary approach and adapting theories, methods and practices in different disciplines to the relevant concentration area         X  
2 To gain the abilities of data collection, literature review and analysis the concentration area of integrated marketing communications management         X  
3 To gain the ability of communicating within the national and international scientific environments         X  
4 To gain the knowledge and skills required for scientific research processes         X  
5 To gain the competence for making critical evaluations and syntheses         X  
6 To have conducted research at a sufficient level about one’s thesis topic       X    
7 To possess the behavioral and ethical sensitivity required for the academic life         X  
8 To possess the necessary computer skills for writing scientific papers and theses       X    
9 To gain the abilities of being receptive to innovations and novel ideas and  developing new ideas         X  
10 To comprehend fully and appropriately the meaning and significance of integrated marketing communications management in theoretical and practical terms         X  

ECTS

Activities Quantity Duration
(Hour)
Total
Workload
(Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 16      3 64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 25 5 125
Assignment 1 20 20
Total Work Load     209
Total Work Load / 25 (h)     8,32
ECTS Credit of the Course     8