SOCIOLOGY | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
COP4408 | OBASE Business Intelligence | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. ADEM KARAHOCA |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. ADEM KARAHOCA |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The course provides the student with an introduction to the basic and more advanced concepts of Business Intelligence and discusses the architectures of possible solutions. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Define basic concepts and categories of business intelligence and business intelligence market 2. Describe data warehouse architectures 3. Define relational models, construct normalized data models and identify queries to data sources with SQL. 4. Discuss case studies in terms of business intelligence concepts 5. Specify data mining and clustering methods 6. Describe neural networks 7. Define decision trees 8. Identify business intelligence front end applications 9. Prepare project presentations |
Concepts of business intelligence, data warehousing, rdbms concepts, modeling the dimensions and creating the aggregations, panel - case studies, introduction to data mining unsupervised methods, supervised methods, business intelligence front end |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to Business Intelligence | |
2) | Data Warehousing | |
3) | RDBMS Concepts I | |
4) | RDBMS Concepts II | |
5) | Modeling the Dimensions and Creating the Aggregations | |
6) | Modeling the Dimensions and Creating the Aggregations | |
7) | Panel - Case Study: Migros | |
8) | Introduction to Data Mining Unsupervised Methods | |
9) | Introduction to Data Mining Unsupervised Methods | |
10) | Supervised Methods | |
11) | Supervised Methods | |
12) | Business Intelligence Front End | |
13) | Project Presentations | |
14) | Panel – Case Study: Turkcell |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Corporate Information Factory, W. H. Inmon, Claudia Imhoff, Ryan Sousa, 2001, 0471399612 Business intelligence : a managerial approach, E. Turban, R. Sharda, J.E. Arnsson, D. King, 2007, 013234761X The Data Warehouse Toolkit, R. Kimball, M. Ross, 1996, 0471153370 |
References: | Yok |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 35 |
Midterms | 1 | % 15 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 25 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 75 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 3 | 5 | 15 |
Project | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Midterms | 1 | 18 | 18 |
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 115 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. | |
2) | To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels | |
3) | To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. | |
4) | To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes | |
5) | To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills | |
6) | To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields. | |
7) | To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. | |
8) | To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective | |
9) | To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge | |
10) | To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects | |
11) | To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. | |
12) | To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |