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Hacettepe University Department of Information Management
BBY 201 Principles of Information Retrieval (Fall 2003)
Time and place: Fridays 13:10-16:00 (Office)
Instructor: Yaşar Tonta (e-mail: tonta@hacettepe.edu.tr; tel: 297 82 04)
Course web site: http://http://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~tonta/courses/fall2003/bby201/
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Goals: To attain a deeper understanding of the problem of access to recorded knowledge. To become familiar with some of the basic design principles of information retrieval (IR) systems and the standard methods of testing them. To explore some future possibilities for attaining intellectual access.
Course Is Intended For: Future information system designers and evaluators. Future administrators of libraries and information centers responsible for IR system decisions. To a lesser extent, system users. Also the intellectually curious.
Requirements: Attend class meetings, participate in discussions. Read assigned articles. Do occasional homework exercises. Explore a special topic of your own choice, report on it orally (seminar style) near end of semester, summarize it in written report by end of semester. Two midterm exams.
Grades: Grades for this course
will be based on completion of the assignments, midterms, and participation in class discussions. Academic or scholastic dishonesty, such as plagiarism, cheating, or academic
fraud, will not be tolerated and will
incur the most severe penalties, including failure for the course. All individual work is assumed to be done individually and responsibly. If there is any
concern about behavior that may
be academically dishonest, please consult the instructor. Students are also encouraged
to refer to the Higher
Education Council’s “By-Law of the
Student Code of Conduct” (Yükseköğretim
Kurumları Öğrenci Disiplin Yönetmeliği), especially
clause 9/m, which states that students
attempting to cheat or plagiarize
shall be expelled from school for
one or two
academic semesters.
Yaşar Tonta
Last updated: 16 Oct 2003