College of Arts and Social Sciences
[Department of Information Studies]
Course Portfolio
INFO4130
Graduation Project
Period: [Semester1, spring -2015]
[25-04-2015]
Course File
I. COURSE FILE SUMMARY
1. COURSE INFORMATION
College/Institute/Centre
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Department
Information Studies
Program Title
BA
Semester\Year
Semester 1 (spring), 2015
Program Code
Course Title
English
Arabic
Course Code
Graduation Project
INFO4130
Course Type
Major Requirements
Pre Requisites
INFO4150
Teaching Language
Arabic
Credit Hours
3 Hours
Lecture
Teaching Hours
Teaching Weeks
3 (Weekly)
‫مشروع التخرج‬
Total
3
30
Number of students
Lecture
Practical/Fieldwork
Number of Student dropped
30
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2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENGLISH COURSE DESCRIPTION
ARABIC COURSE
DESCRIPTION
In this course, students choose a project subject and define
the objectives of the project under the supervision of a
faculty member. Students will prepare the proposal of their
Graduation Project based on what they have learned in
Research methods Course (Pre Requisites). This will
includes: defining the statement of the problem, problem
definition, development of an approach to the problem,
research design formulation, data collection, data
preparation and analysis, and report preparation and
presentation. Students should present the project at the end
of the semester, grading will be obtained by oral
examination to be held by a committee from faculty
members. Students will be allowed to work individually or
in groups. The graduate project normally is conducted after
completion of all core, specialization, and elective
coursework.
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3. COURSE AIM
This unit helps students to plan, implement, and evaluate a project consistent with the student’s
academic and/or career goals and acceptable to the student’s advisor.
4. COURSE OBJECTIVES
 Enable students to choose subjects and areas to be researchable
 Enable students to formulate a study problem
 Enable students to select the appropriate research methods that suitable to
their research
 Enable students to collect and analyze research data
 Enable students to design data collection tools
5. COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this course, the student will have skills to:
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Deal with a real life project.
Define the statement of the problem.
Define research requirements.
Perform a study.
Learn how to make a time table, and follow up strictly its content.
Develop skills in oral presentation.
Prepare research paper
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6. LECTURES SCHEDULE
WEEK
1-3
4-7
8-10
11-12
13-14
15
Students Tasks
Phase 1: Initiating and planning
Phase 2:Literature Review
Phase 3:Research Design
Phase4: Finding/analysis
Phase5: Discussion
Phase6:Final writing and presentation
7. TEACHING STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION
Teaching Method
Teaching Media
 PowerPoint
Meeting ( weekly)
8. GRADING AND ASSESSMENT
Points
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Project Form
Project quality
Oral
Presentation
Organization and Structure
 Language use
 clarity of the report
 References, Sources and style
 Introduction and study background
 Research Problem Statement, objectives and
significance
 Review of the literature
 Data Analysis and Interpretation
 Conclusion and Recommendation
 Handing and clarity
 Use of voice and Communication skills
 Ability to answer any question
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60
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9. COURSE RULES
Attendance
Attendance at class is mandatory. Course Instructors should keep attendance records. An
"absentee warning notice" will be issued if a student is absent for:
• More than 10% in courses with less than 75 total contact hours.
• More than 5% in courses with 75 or more total contact hours.
An "absentee withdrawal notice" will be issued and the student will be deemed to have
withdrawn from the course with an 'FW' grade if a student is absent for:
• More than 20% in courses with less than 75 total contact hours.
• More than 15% in courses with 75 to 150 total contact hours.
• More than 10% of total contact hours for courses with more than 150 total
contact hours.
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10. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Berg, B. L., Lune, H., & Lune, H. (2004). Qualitative research methods for the social sciences
(Vol. 5). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Bernard, H. R., & Bernard, H. R. (2012). Social research methods: Qualitative and quantitative
approaches. Sage.
Blanche, M. J. T., Blanche, M. T., Durrheim, K., & Painter, D. (Eds.). (2006). Research in
practice: Applied methods for the social sciences. Juta and Company Ltd
Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (2009). Qualitative research. Yogyakarta: PustakaPelajar.
Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (Eds.). (2008). Collecting and interpreting qualitative materials
(Vol. 3). Sage.
Lee, M. H. (2002). Recent trends in research methods in library and information science: Content
analysis of the journal articles. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information
Science, 36(3), 287-310.
Padgett, D. K. (2008). Qualitative methods in social work research (Vol. 36). Sage.
Tashakkori, A., & Teddlie, C. (Eds.). (2010). Sage handbook of mixed methods in social &
behavioral research. Sage.
Taylor, S. J., & Bogdan, R. (1998). Introduction to qualitative research methods: A guidebook
and resource . John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Zikmund, W., Babin, B., Carr, J., & Griffin, M. (2012). Business research methods. Cengage
Learning.
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