MA Term Project (HIST 595)

2024 Fall
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
History(HIST)
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Abdurrahman Atçıl abdurrahman.atcil@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Doctoral, Master
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Programs\Type Required Core Elective Area Elective
History - Non Thesis

CONTENT

For students in the "MA by Examination" program, the institutional framework for guided research under the supervision of a Faculty member towards the completion of their required research project, on a topic to be submitted to and approved by the History Program Committee.

OBJECTIVE

To improve research skills and prepare a term project that may lead to the formulation of the student s thesis topic

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • At the end of this course, the student will be able to: 1) Demonstrate an understanding of the different approaches, concepts, and theoretical legacies and formulate a primary research question as well as possibly a number of secondary research questions in the particular field. 2) Identify interconnections of knowledge within and across different disciplines and gather relevant qualitative and quantitative evidence or data. 3) Demonstrate an understanding of the multiple methodologies used in analysis. 4) Cultivate a critical approach, be able to conduct original research and develop sound analysis of the particular study. 5) Develop and present advanced oral and written evaluations of one's research and arguments. 6) Establish solid connections between theoretical framework of a topic and practical issues in its relevant field. 7) Identify how real-life applications can advance theoretical understaning of a relevant issue, construct novel research questions.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

1. Develop the ability to use critical, analytical, and reflective thinking and reasoning

2. Reflect on social and ethical responsibilities in his/her professional life.

3. Gain experience and confidence in the dissemination of project/research outputs

4. Work responsibly and creatively as an individual or as a member or leader of a team and in multidisciplinary environments.

5. Communicate effectively by oral, written, graphical and technological means and have competency in English.

6. Independently reach and acquire information, and develop appreciation of the need for continuously learning and updating.

1. Develop a thorough knowledge of theories, concepts, and research methods in the field and apply them in research design and data analysis.

2. Assess the impact of the economic, social, and political environment from a global, national and regional level.

3. Know how to access written and visual, primary and secondary sources of information, interpret concepts and data from a variety of sources in developing disciplinary and interdisciplinary analyses.

1. Demonstrate command of comparative perspectives, which may include the ability to compare the histories of different societies, or cultures awareness of continuity and change over extended time spans.

2. Construct concepts and theories derived from the humanities and social sciences.

3. Analyze the evidence from the research to support a historical argument for an answer to a research question.

4. Apply a critical perspective to evaluating historical arguments, including the quality of the sources, the validity of the interpretations of those sources, and the soundness of the argument's use of evidence to support a historical interpretation.

5. Develop and sustain historical arguments in a variety of literary forms, formulating appropriate questions and utilizing evidence.