CHEM510 RESEARCH METHODS AND ETHICS IN CHEMISTRY
| Course Code: | 2340510 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 0 (0.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 10.0 |
| Department: | Chemistry |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. SERHAN TÜRKYILMAZ |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The objectives of this course are to discuss with students what science is, the relationship between science and scientific literature, methods of literature search, principles of writing scientific articles and theses, software employed in writing articles and theses, and the basic principles of ethics involved in scientific research and publications.
Course Content
The course is designed and planned for graduate students requiring philosophical and ethical background knowledge. The course content is strongly related to the students daily research activity: the process of research, literature review, experimentation, ethical issues in academic research and writing.
Course Learning Outcomes
Course outcomes:
- Appreciation of the difficulties in defining what science is
- Having a better understanding of how to differentiate between science and nonscience (or pseudoscience)
- Grasping the relationship between science and scientific literature
- Learning methods of literature search
- Understanding the principles of writing scientific articles and theses
- Information on software employed in writing articles and theses
- Firm understanding of the basic principles of ethics involved in scientific research and publications.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Graduates of the Chemistry master program can follow scientific literature as well as developments in technology. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Our graduates have critical, analytical and independent thinking abilities. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | They have the ability of working independently. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | They have ability to analyze and solve problems. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | They scientifically contribute to the areas that they have expertise on. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | They have the background to pursue their PhD in both national and international universities. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | They can perform team work. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | They can have active roles in interdisciplinary studies with researchers from different backgrounds. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | They have the ability to interpret the data obtained from interdisciplinary studies and contribute to the existing knowledge. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | They have the leadership ability to solve challenges that are faced during the projects. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | They have the ability to present their work orally and in a written text as scientific papers or reports. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | They can speak and write English which is the scientific language. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | They can use the communication technologies to transfer their results. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | They are aware of the ethical values during their studies and transfer their results to scientific society. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution