PSY514 Research Designs and Academic Writing in Psychology

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Course Code	Course Title					Weekly Hours*		ECTS		Weekly Class Schedule
						T	P
PSY514	Research Designs and Academic Writing in Psychology					3	0	6		Tuesday 17:00-19:50
Prerequisite	None				It is a prerequisite to	None
Lecturer	Orkun Aydin				Office Hours / Room / Phone	Monday: 13:00-15:00 Tuesday: 13:00-16:00 Wednesday: 13:00-15:00 Thursday: 13:00-16:00 B F2.23
E-mail	oaydin@ius.edu.ba
Assistant	None				Assistant E-mail	oaydin@ius.edu.ba
Course Objectives	This course is designed to develop and sharpen your academic and professional writing skills and strategies in clinical psychology field. Our global aims encompass cultivating selected print and digital literacies necessary for successful written communication in academic, professional, and workplace settings where you may interact with fellow experts in medicine and related scientific disciplines.
Textbook	Writing for Psychology: A guide for psychology concentrators, Shelley H. Carson, Harvard College Publications, 2020.
Additional Literature	The novel articles that will be retrieved from Clarivate Analytics Q1-2 journals.
Learning Outcomes	After successful  completion of the course, the student will be able to:
	Use top-down, bottom-up, and interactive reading strategies in selected scientific texts. Question and critique text content, rhetorical structure, and authors’ purposes Apply genre awareness by understanding texts, contexts, and the roles of readers and writers Gather reliable and useful information for writing by conducting effective searches. Summarize, paraphrase, and quote effectively from authoritative sources.
Teaching Methods	Class will entail lectures, discussions, and practice exercises for guided concept learning and for feedback on progress toward the mastery of class objectives. Course delivery is performed via online platform Microsoft Teams.
Teaching Method Delivery	Face-to-face			Teaching Method Delivery Notes
WEEK	TOPIC								REFERENCE
Week 1	Introduction, syllabus presentation, course presentation
Week 2	How to read sources critically?(Introduction)								Chapter 1
Week 3	How to read sources critically?(Method)								Chapter 1
Week 4	How to read sources critically?(Result)								Chapter 1
Week 5	How to read sources critically?(Discussion)&QUIZ-1								Chapter 1
Week 6	How to write introduction and method section?								Chapter 1
Week 7	Creating bibliography and reference writing								Chapter 2
Week 8	Midterm Exam
Week 9	How to write result section?								Chapter 2
Week 10	How to write discussion section?								Chapter 2
Week 11	Academic honesty&Finding the appropriate journal								Chapter 3
Week 12	Do's and Don'ts in academic writing&QUIZ-2								Chapter 3
Week 13	How to apply for IRB?								Supplementary paper
Week 14	How to apply for grant?								Supplementary paper
Week 15	Review of the previous chapters								Chapter 1&2&3

Assessment Methods and Criteria	Evaluation Tool	Quantity	Weight	Alignment with LOs
	Final Exam	1	40	1,2,3,4,5
	Semester Evaluation Components
	Midterm Exam	1	30	1,2,3,4,5
	Quiz-1	1	15	1,2
	Quiz-2	1	15	1,4,5
***     ECTS Credit Calculation     ***

Activity	Hours	Weeks	Student Workload Hours	Activity				Hours	Weeks	Student Workload Hours
Lecture Hours	3	14	42	Home study				2	5	10
Midterm exam	5	7	35	Final report				7	9	63
				Total Workload Hours =						150
*T= Teaching, P= Practice				ECTS Credit =						6
Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey									Last Update Date: 02/11/2022

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