COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ENG 401	E	1	3	0	0	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Timothy Hagen , Thursdays, 9:00-12:30 and 13:30-14:30 at E203
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:	E313 Mondays 18:00-20:45
Course Description:	The course is designed to prepare master’s level students to read critically and efficiently and equip them with the writing skills for academic literature reviews and articles. Towards this goal, students read and critically discuss scholarly articles and books, analyzing the structure, ideas, and language of each. Proper use of sources is emphasized in this course. Students review writing norms in the social sciences, and work on developing appropriate vocabulary, sentence structures, paragraphs, and the language for an academic article, including titles, abstracts, introductions, literature reviews, methods, results, discussion, and reference sections. Spoken English is practiced in discussions and presentations.
Course Objectives:	Students are equipped with reading strategies and writing skills to succeed in their graduate studies.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introductions; course overview; review of prior learning
2	An approach to academic writing; discuss Eco; choose paper topic
3	Constructing a research paper I; share article analyses; identify 3 articles
4	Constructing a research paper 2; share article analyses; identify 6 articles
5	General-specific and specific-general texts; share article analyses; write introduction
6	Problems, process, and solution; share articles; write methods
7	Data commentary; share articles; write literature review in list form
8	Writing summaries; review for exam; write literature review as analysis of concepts
9	Midterm Exam
10	Writing critiques; write conclusion and abstract; draft 1
11	In-class peer editing; write review of classmate's paper
12	Presentation of articles; revisions; draft 2
13	Presentation of articles
14	Presentation of articles; final draft

Prerequisite(s):	Intermediate or higher English skills.
Textbook:	Umberto Eco (2015) How to Write a T hesis John Swales and Christine Feak (2012) Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd Edition
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	For research, writing, and presentations
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Students will read efficiently and critically
2	Students will use academic vocabulary and style
3	Students will critically review peer work
4	Students will critically engage with academic litearture
5	Students will write and revise academic papers
6	Students will present academic work to a critical audience

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Political Science and International Relations (Old) Program
1	Having and using advanced knowledge and comprehension supported by textbooks including actual knowledge in political sciences and international relations literature, materials and the other scientific resources	3
2	Analyzing data, ideas and concepts of current political issues and international relations, determining complex events and topics, making discussions and developing new suggestions in accordance with researches	3
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.	1
4	Introducing those who are interested in politics and international events with the topics of Political Science and IR and teaching clearly the problems and the types of solutions	1
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations	3
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently	5
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.	4
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones	1
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles	4
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge	5
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments	5
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment	3
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	2	5
Midterm Exam(s)	1	20
Presentation	1	10
Project	1	5
Final Exam	1	30
Other	1	25
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	15	15
Assignments	1	15	15
Final examination	1	25	25
Other	1	15	15
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6