SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
SOC1001	Methodology of Social Sciences	Fall	3	0	3	8

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Hybrid
Course Coordinator :	Assoc. Prof. PINAR MELİS YELSALI PARMAKSIZ
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. ULAŞ SUNATA ÖZDEMİR Prof. Dr. AYŞE NİLÜFER NARLI Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYŞEGÜL AKDEMİR
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Course Objectives:	This course aims to explain the scientific approaches in Social Sciences. The meaning of science, scientific approaches, methodologies of research and issues of ethics are among the main subjects of this course.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
By the end of the course, students will be able to;

1. Recognise main methodological approaches.
2. Understand the relationship between theory and methodology.
3. Understand a variety of methods of social research.
4. Understand ethical issues in social research.
5. Start designing a research project.

Course Content

This course discusses different ways of doing research in social sciences, defines research and analyses methods and teaches the practical use of research methods.

This course also aims to provide the students basic tenets of methodology in social sciences and to assist them using them in reading the existing sociological research and by using those in designing and conducting their own research projects.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction and course outline
2)	Science and Research	Weekly readings
3)	Major Types of Social Research	Weekly readings
4)	Theory and Research & Meaning of Methodology	Weekly readings
5)	Quiz
6)	The Ethics of Social Research & Literature Review	Weekly readings
7)	Qualitative and Quantitative Research Design	Weekly readings
8)	Qualitative and Quantitative Measurements	Weekly readings
9)	Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement	Weekly readings
10)	Quiz
11)	Review of subjects
12)	Research Proposal Final Project Presentations
13)	Research Proposal Final Project Presentations
14)	Research Proposal Final Project Presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Reading materials will be given weekly
References:	Bailey, Kenneth D.. Methods of Social Research. Neuman, Lawrence W.. Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Quizzes	2	% 40
Presentation	1	% 20
Final	1	% 30
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 30
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	6	84
Presentations / Seminar	1	25	25
Project	1	35	35
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2)	Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3)	Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4)	Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5)	Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6)	Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7)	Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8)	Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9)	Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10)	Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11)	Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12)	Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13)	Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.