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| BIY2039 | Project | 0+2+0 | ECTS:2 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Sabriye ÇANAKÇI | | Co-Lecturer | Department Faculty Members | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to encourage students to write projects, to provide them with basic knowledge, skills and self-confidence in writing and managing projects, to prepare a project proposal on a determined subject under the supervision of an advisor that can be submitted to funding sources such as the university, TÜBİTAK, other institutions/organizations and the EU, and to develop entrepreneurship skills. It aims to provide students with the necessary equipment to establish their own business by improving their knowledge and qualifications. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | find an original idea and turn it into a project proposal
| 5 - 6 - 8 | 2,6, | | LO - 2 : | evaluate a project in accordance with the criteria | 5 - 6 - 8 | 2,6, | | LO - 3 : | have theoretical and practical knowledge about project preparation and project | 5 - 6 - 8 | 2,6, | | LO - 4 : | have theoretical and practical knowledge about starting one's own business | 5 - 6 - 8 | 2,6, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Project concept and project types; curricula and project-based learning; project sources (TUBITAK, EU and others); selection of topic for the project; literature review; logical framework in the project; planning and management of the project; application of the scientific method in the project; project report preparation and development; finalizing the project report; project evaluation and review of good examples; project presentations, poster and brochure design techniques |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to the project
Introduction of department faculty members, research areas and possible research topic suggestions | | | Week 2 | Project, R&D and Innovation Concepts, Components of R&D Project
What is the project?
What is Innovation?
What is R&D according to the Frascati Guide?
How does an idea turn into a project?
How to Determine the Project Topic?
Ethical rules to be considered in project writing
Announcement of project topics by the department chairmanship
| | | Week 3 | Problems Encountered While Preparing the Project?
What are the issues that need to be taken into consideration in order to prepare an effective project?
What are the components of the projects submitted to ARDEB?
How does ARDEB decide whether a project qualifies as R&D?
What kind of studies are not considered R&D by ARDEB?
Meeting with department faculty members
Finalization of project subject-faculty member-student pairings
Format announcement for projec | | | Week 4 | Intrinsic Value of the Project
How to write Unique Value effectively?
Does studying a subject for the first time mean that the project is original?
By what criteria is originality determined?
| | | Week 5 | Writing the Research Question or Hypothesis, Aims and Objectives of the Project
How to write the purpose and objectives of the project proposal in a way that is clear, measurable, realistic and achievable throughout the project?
Title, Abstract, Subject, Scope and Literature Summary Writing
| | | Week 6 | Method
Description of the Basic Components of the Method
Matters to be taken into consideration when writing the method
Selection of Methods and Patterns, Introduction of Data Collection Collection Techniques and Tools, How to Ensure Validity and Reliability, and Situations to be Considered in Writing the Issues Related to Data Analysis
Code of Ethics in Project Management
| | | Week 7 | Project management
Management order
Creation of the team
Business Packages
Task Distribution and Durations
Work-Timesheet
Detailed Definitions of Work Packages: matters regarding the work-timetable to be carried out by whom and in what period of time, planning the distribution of managers, researchers and personnel to work in the WPs.
Definition and writing of success criteria
Determination of Risks, Risk Management, Definition and Writing of B Plans
| | | Week 8 | Widespread Effect
Expected outcomes to be obtained from the project
Predicted effects, types of effects
Sharing and Dissemination of Outputs
Writing Activity(s), Product(s) and Service(s) for Dissemination of Outputs and Effects
Widespread Impact and Conversion into National Gain
Ethical rules to be considered when publishing the results | | | Week 9 | EXAM WEEK
| | | Week 10 | Budget and Justification
How to create a budget
What are the issues that need to be taken into consideration when creating a budget?
How to create a good budget
Writing Project Budget and Components
| | | Week 11 | Project Application Process and Evaluation Process
Introduction of National and International Funding Sources
Compatibility of Project Components
Evaluation Criteria
Required documents, Electronic Application Processes
Application Process
| | | Week 12 | entrepreneurship
Basic concepts of entrepreneurship, characteristics of the entrepreneur and necessary skills
Types of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial culture, motivation, family business
Entrepreneurship ethics in Turkey
Organizational culture, communication and entrepreneurship network, Entrepreneurship and franchise
| | | Week 13 | entrepreneurship
Local entrepreneurship, Management of change and Sustainable development
Entrepreneurship financing
Business plan concept and elements (market research, marketing plan, production plan, management plan, financial plan), Business plan examples
| | | Week 14 | Text Writing Principles
Project Text Writing Principles and practices
Thesis Text Writing Principles and Practices
Article Text Writing principles and practices
| | | Week 15 | Presentations
Project, Thesis and Article student presentations
Students' Submission of Project Proposals to the Departmental Office | | | Week 16 | Oral Exam (Presentation and evaluation of the project proposal presented in a selected format such as TÜBİTAK, KTÜ-BAPB etc. to the Project Advisor and the Project Evaluation Jury Members)
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| 1 | Blackman, R. (2009). Project Cycle Management. UK: Tearfund, Teddington | | | |
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Albayrak, Burhan (2009), Proje Yönetimi ve Analizi, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
Lewis, James P. (2001), Project Planning Scheduling & Control, Mc Graw Hill. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | End-of-term exam | 17 | 06/01/2026 | 1 | 100 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 7 | 14 | | Proje | 1 | 6 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 60 |
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