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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | 9105025452016 | Scientific Research and Publication Ethics in Environmental Sciences | Compulsory | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | Second Cycle | | Language of Instruction | | | Objectives of the Course | | The aim of this lecture is to supply information about scientific research methods and evaluation of scientific ethics in respect of individual, social and regulatory components and in particular, discussing these components for environmental sciences. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Prof. Dr. Aynur GÜREL; Doç. Dr. Sayıt SARGIN | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | Ability to understand principles of scientific ethics | | 2 | Ability to specify behaviours against scientific ethics | | 3 | To have a kwowledge about regulations on scientific ethics | | 4 | Ability to have a knowledge principles of ethics in environmental sciences. |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Face to Face | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | Introduction to ethics in environmental sciences and scientific research methods, Ethics and ethical principles on scientific research, Behaviours against scientific ethics, Ethical education on scientist training, Ethical responsibilities of scientists, Science, society and ethic relations, Ethical principles in scientific publications, Ethic on scientific knowledge generation, Plagiarism and ethics, Ethics in terms of environmental sciences,Ethics for field surveys, Legal regulations on ethics for some institutions and organizations.
| | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Introduction to ethics in environmental sciences and scientific research methods, | | | | 2 | Ethics and ethical principles on scientific research, | | | | 3 | Behaviours against scientific ethics, | | | | 4 | Ethical education on scientist training, | | | | 5 | Ethical responsibilities of scientists, | | | | 6 | Science, society and ethic relations, | | | | 7 | Midterm Exam, | | | | 8 | Ethical principles in scientific publications, | | | | 9 | Ethic on scientific knowledge generation, | | | | 10 | Plagiarism and ethics, | | | | 11 | Ethics in terms of environmental sciences, | | | | 12 | Ethics for field surveys, | | | | 13 | Legal regulations on ethics for some institutions and organizations, | | | | 14 | Final Exam. | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | 1.Baskent University: Regulations concerning ethical committee on animal experiments, 2003, Baskent University Press.
2.Bilimsel Arastirmalarda Etik ve Sorunlari, 2002 Turkiye Bilimler Akademisi Yayinlari.
3.Biyoloji Budur-Canlı Dünyanın Bilimi. Ernst Mayr, TÜBİTAK, ISBN 978-975-403-481-3, 2008. 4.Engineering Ethics: An Industrial perspective (Hardcover) by Gail Dawn Baura, 2006, Elsevier Inc. 5.NanoEthics, Springer Netherlands, ISSN 1871-4757 (Print) 1871-4765 (Online).
6.National Institute of Health. Public Health Service: Do We Care About Research Animals. NIH Publications 79-355.
7.Practical Ethics, Singer, P., Cambridge University Pres, (1993).
8.The Social Implications of Bioengineering, Beck-Gernsheim, E. Mazzarins, L., Humanities Press, (1995). 9.Türk Mühendis ve Mimar Odaları Birliği Disiplin Yönetmeliği 11.Türkiye Biyoetik Derneği, Klinik Araştırma Etik Kurulları Üzerine Görüş ve Öneriler, www.biyoetik.org.tr, 2007.
10.Williams J.R., Dünya Hekimler Birliği Tıp Etiği Elkitabı, 2005.
12.Resnik, D.B., The Ethics of Science: An Introduction, Bilim Etiği: Giriş (çeviren: Vicdan Mutlu), Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000, ISBN 975-539-402-8.
| | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | Activities are given in detail in the sections of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation". | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 74 | 74 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 74 | 74 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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