Ph.D  PROGRAM

IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

AND SPORT

 

 

 

 

 

STUDENT HANDBOOK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT DEPARTMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

JANUARY, 2005

 

Importance of Student Handbook

This Student Handbook contains information that is useful to all Ph.D students in the Physical Education and Sport Department (PESD) throughout their program of study. Students should refer to this handbook first whenever they have a question about their program’s requirements, PESD policies, educational and research opportunities, or PESD resources, among a variety of other things.

Contents

A-    Introduction

B-    Program Information

C-    Program Regulations and Procedures

D-    Examinations and Departmental Requirements

-Qualifying Exam

-Doctoral Proposal Defense

-Ph.D. Thesis Defense

E-    Writing Thesis

 

Appendices

 

1. Graduate Student Information Form

2. Social Sciences Institute Student Information Form

3. Guidelines for Writing a Master’s or Doctoral Thesis Proposal

4. Guidelines for Writing a Master’s or Doctoral Thesis 

5. Guidelines in Conducting a Review of Literature

 

 

 

 

 

 

A- Introduction

The purpose of Ph.D students’ guide is to assist Ph.D students in the Physical Education and Sport Department and completion of Ph.D program of study as efficiently and satisfactorily as possible. Hopefully much of the information needed to accomplish this task can be found herein.

Students may pursue a Ph.D degree in four areas of study in the Department of Physical Education and Sport:

1.      Exercise Physiology

2.      Sport Management

3.      Curriculum and Instruction

4.      Motor Learning

B. Program information

As a graduate student, most of your academic experience will focus upon your department. You should know some basic things about being a graduate student:

 

1.Graduate Coordinator: (Assist Prof. Dr. Sadettin Kirazcı, room no 413). Graduate program at PES has a graduate coordinator who is your main first contact point for information and advice on your program, your department, your faculty, and your university. Graduate coordinator is there to help and advise you. He does not know everything, but he can point you in the right direction. Make sure you find out who your graduate coordinator is and introduce yourself to him or her so you are known as well.

 

2. Advisor:

2.a. Appointment of an Advisor: Each doctorate degree student is assigned an individual faculty advisor, based on his/her areas of study in Ph.D program by the Executive Committee of the Graduate School following mutual consent of the Department and the student. All Ph.D. students must initiate the procedure for the assignment of a thesis subject and an advisor within two semesters after her or his first enrolment at METU.

2.b. Role of the Advisor: A continuing relationship between the student and faculty advisor is considered to be an integral part of the educational experience of PES. Advisors are there primarily to provide direction in your courses, thesis and research, but they are also very helpful for advice and information.

3. Faculty of Social Sciences Institute (SSI): For certain aspects of your life as a graduate student you will need to contact. SSI is located in on the 2nd floor  of the Main Engineering Building, tel: (extensions) 2094-2095, (direct) 2101114, email:----. The staff is available to address your inquires and concerns from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

 

 

C. Regulations & Procedures

1.Course Loads

·        Doctor of Philosophy in PES (PESD graduates) requires students successfully complete a minimum of 7 credit courses and 1 seminar courses , qualifying examination, thesis proposal and thesis work in total no less than 21 credit hours,Students may be required to take additional courses by their advisors.

·        All Ph.D students should have taken EDS 502 Research Methods in Education and EDS 504 Educational Statistics 1 or their equivalent. If they did not take these two courses in Master’s programs, they must take them in addition to the regular required number of courses in Ph.D program. All students in the Ph.D program are required to take

·        Courses in which grades below CB are not accepted for the Ph.D. program.

·        Maximum period to complete course work is 4 semesters. The overall program must be completed within 8 semesters.

Must Courses

EDS 508               Educational Statistics II                                                 (2-2) 3

PES 600               Research Seminar in Physical Education                   (3-0) 3

PES 699               Ph. D. Disertation                                                           NC

PES 900-999       Special Studies                                                              NC

                       

PES 600 Research Seminar in Physical Education is taken in the last semester of student’s coursework. This course aims to give the student an opportunity to develop a research proposal for the doctoral thesis.


 Elective Courses

PES 610              Analysis of Instruction in Physical Education                  (3-0) 3

PES 622               Contemporary Issues in Motor Learning & Control                   (2-2)  3

PES 626               Directed Readings in Motor Behavior                                        (3-0)  3

PES 640               Exercise Physiology Specialization                                            (3-0)  3

PES 642               Exercise in Life Time Achievement                                            (3-0)  3

PES 646               Designing Training Programs in Competitive Sports               (3-0)  3

PES 650               Sports Injuries, Preventive Measures and Rehabilitation         (3-0)  3

PES 660               Program and Event Management                                               (3-0)  3

PES 664               Public Relations and Fund Raising in Sport Setting                 (3-0)  3

EDS 540               Fundamentals of Curriculum Development                                (3-0)  3

EDS 544               Theories of Instruction                                                                  (3-0)  3

EDS 547               Curriculum Evaluation                                                                   (3-0)  3

EDS 572               Advances in Psychological Foundations of Education             (3-0)  3

EDS 601               Qualitative Research Methods in Education                              (3-0)  3 EDS 649    A Comparative Study of Teacher Education                                                                (3-0)  3

At the beginning of each semester the courses offered by the departments are announced in the departments and in the Social Sciences Institute. Students should follow these announcements and determine possible courses they may take during the relevant semester.

2. Scientific Preparation Program  

All students who are graduated from outside the Physical Education and Sport Master’s Programs should completed scientific preparation program before starting regular Ph.D program. The Scientific Preparation Program is administered for adaptation of the successful students to the program being applied. Students in the scientific preparation program must take at least three elective master courses from the department. These courses cannot be substituted for the courses necessary for completion of the concerned Ph.D program. Students and student’s advisor will determine possible courses they may take during the relevant semester.

The time spent at the Scientific Preparation Program could not exceed one year. This period could not be extended except for the leave of absence periods. Duration of the Scientific Preparation Program could not be included by duration of the Graduate Program.

 

3. Student responsibilities

As a graduate student it is your responsibility to ensure that you fulfill all of the registration and fee requirements of METU and your graduate program. METU Graduate Education Regulations can be found in appendix of this handbook or http://www.metu.edu.tr/home/wwwsbe/sbeinfo/broc.html.

 

3.a. Information forms

New students need to fill out PESD information form (Appendix 1) when they first register in the program. In addition, the SSI requires new students to fill out an information form (Appendix 2). Student information is important to keep track of student’s progress and to contact the student when necessary. Students should inform the PESD and SSI if any changes happen in their addresses and telephone information.

 

3.b. Course registration

·        All new students should first see PESD Graduate Coordinator for selection of the courses to register and with the forms they need to fill out. PESD Graduate Coordinator serves as temporary advisor for all students until they determine an advisor for themselves.

·        As soon as students register for courses they should inform their advisor, so that their registration can be approved through internet. It is very important for the students to make sure their registration is approved by their advisors, otherwise their registration will not be valid resulting in problems during the semester with regard to student’s status in courses.

·        During add-drop period, students may add new courses and drop the courses they previously registered with the permission of their advisors. Again students need to make sure that their advisors approve added or dropped courses, otherwise the previous registration will be valid automatically.

·        After an advisor is appointed to the students, he or she must register (along with other courses they are taking) for his or her advisor’s section of PES 699 Doctoral Dissertation course and his or her advisor’s PES 900-999 Special Studies course. In the same way, students who complete their coursework are required to register for her or his advisor’s section of PES 699 Doctoral Dissertation course and her or his advisor’s PES 900-999 Special Studies course until they graduate.

 

4. Grading

 

·        Graduate student’s grades in all courses counting toward an advance degree are reported as: AA (4.0), BA (3.5), BB (3.0), CB (2.5), CC (2.0), DC (1.5), DD (1.0), FD (0.5), FF (0).

·        For PES 900-999 Special Studies, the letter “S” (satisfactory), and “U” (unsatisfactory) are used.

·        For PES 699 Ph.D. Disertation, the letter “P” (satisfactory progress) to be replaced by “S” in the last semester, indicating the successful completion of the thesis work, and “U” are used for unsatisfactory work.

·        Master’s students must maintain the following CPGA in order to remain in good standing: 1st semester:1.50, 2nd and any of the following semester: 2.00, 4th semester: 3.00.

·        Master student whose CPGA falls the level specified above will be dismissed from the University. A master student who takes the grade “U” from the PES 699 Ph.D. Disertation in any three semesters or in two consecutive semesters is dismissed from the university.

 

5.Examinations and departmental requirements

 

 

 

 

5.1 Qualifying Exam

 

All Ph.D students must take the qualifying examination after they complete all the coursework required. Qualifying exam is given by the department in May and November. Qualifying exam is composed of written and oral exam parts.

 

All Ph.D students must have a minimum score of 60 in KPDS exam  and summit a copy of their KPDS scores to the department prior to the qualifying examination.

 

All Ph.D students must present at least one research paper at the national or an international conferences or submit a paper for publication at the national or an international journals before qualifying exam.

 

 

D. Dissertation Proposal Defense

 

A doctoral thesis committee (advisor of the student and two other faculty from the department) is appointed by the department in a month after for dissertation proposal defense for the Ph.D students who pass the qualifying exam.  Ph.D. students must defend their doctoral thesis proposal within six month after qualifying exam. Ph.D. students are advised to use the proposal guideline prepared by Assoc Prof Ali Yıldırım (Appendix 3, printed by permission of an author)

 

 

E. Writing a Doctoral Thesis

 

Social Science Institute published a guidelines for writing a Master’s and Ph.D thesis (Thesis Manual) and it refers essentially the lay out and format of the thesis. Students should comply with the SSI guideline to make sure the thesis they produce meet requirements of SIS. You can obtain a hardcopy of this manual from the Graduate School or it can found in the following web address http://www.metu.edu.tr/home/wwwfbe/thesis/thman/thmanind.htm

Two other guidelines prepared by Assoc. Prof Dr. Ali Yıldırım (Appendices 4 and 5, printed by permission of author) and refer to headings, subheadings, and how these parts should be organized and conducting review of literature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPENDICES

 

Appendix 1

Middle East Technical University

Physical Education and Sport Department

 

Graduate Students Information Form

Name:

 

 

Surname:

 

 

Student ID Number:

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

Telephone:

Home:

Work:

Mobile:

E-mail:

 

 

 

 

 

Date of Starting to Graduate Program:

 

Year:                            Semester:

Graduated University and Department:

Undergarduate:

 

Master’s:

CGPA:

Undergarduate:

 

Master’s:

LES Score:

 

 

Language Score:

 

 

 

 


 
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Appendix 5