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Week
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Topics
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Study Metarials
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1
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Introduction to graduate school. What is history? Being a historian. The purpose of history? What does historian do? Research question.
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S1- Chapter 1
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2
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The formulation of research question, exploring a researchable question. The use of history. Same sources, different results.
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S1- Chapter 2
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3
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The importance of research question. Finding a good research topic. Expanding the research question, research methods.
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S1- Chapter 3
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4
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To begin a new research project. The framework of research project
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S1- Chapter 4
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5
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The sources of historical research and the usage of these sources. Archival sources, jurnals and newspapers, oral sources and usage of quantitative data
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S1- Chapter 5
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6
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Electronic sources. Effective usage of e-library sources. Approaching sources cautiously. Writing a book review.
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S1- Chapter 6
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7
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Creating a narrative
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S1- Chapter 7
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8
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Conducting research in archives. How to approach to archival sources? The methods of techniques of interpreting archival sources. Having your own narrative through archival sources
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S1- Chapter 8
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9
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Conducting research in archives. How to approach to archival sources? The methods of techniques of interpreting archival sources. Having your own narrative through archival sources
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S1- Chapter 9
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10
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Critical thinking, interpreting historical data and writing history
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S1- Chapter 10
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11
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Historiography and historical disciple
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S1- Chapter 11
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12
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Historiography and historical disciple
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S1- Chapter 12
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13
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Interdisciplinary methods
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S1- Chapter 13
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14
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Submission and presentation of prospectuses
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S1- Chapter 14
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Prerequisites
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Language of Instruction
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Turkish
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Responsible
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Dr. Öğr. Ü. Ali Çapar
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Instructors
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Assistants
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Resources
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R1) Ertaş, Mehmet Yaşar. (2019). Tarih bilimi ve metodolojisi. İdeal Kültür Yayıncılık.
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Supplementary Book
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R 1) Arnold, Jhon. (2007). Tarih. Dost Kitapevi.
R 2) Barner,James. (2012). Being A Historian: An Introduction to the Professional World of History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
R 3) Ginzburg,Carlo. (2018). Peynir ve Kurtlar. Metis Yayınları.
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Goals
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This course teaches beginning history graduate students the art of historical research and writing. This class also aims to teach the basics of conducting historical research, interpretting of historical datas, critical thinking, source critism, information literacy, academic historical writing and research, and professional standarts of the disciple of history.
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Content
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What is history? Conducting historical research? Academic historical writing and research. Source criticism. professional standarts of the disciple of history. Historiography
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Program Learning Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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1
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They use research methods and techniques and theoretical information effectively on the basis of the knowledge they have gained in their areas.
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3
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2
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The education, teaching and experience they have gained in their fields are used to serve the community.
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3
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They have the proficiency of working as a member of a team or individually within a project in their fields.
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3
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4
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They evaluate the information and findings obtained in their fields analytically.
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3
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5
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They share quantitative and qualitative data they have obtained from their studies in their field through a various means of communication.
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6
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They take part in planning of different social, cultural and artistic activities.
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3
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7
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They follow theoretical and practical knowledge in other areas of sciences and humanities by using a foreign language and share this information with persons and organizations in related fields. (European Language Portfolio B1 General Level)
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4
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8
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They put ethical values into consideration in the process of sharing information in their fields.
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9
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They make inter-disciplinary research and investigation in the field of humanities.
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2
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