Information Package / Course Catalogue
Large Language Models and Their Use
Course Code: YZO108
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 1
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to explain what LLMs are, how they work, the different types of LLMs with examples, and their advantages.

Course Content

History of large language models, their origins, advancements in machine learning, their uses and advantages

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Learning Outcomes
1.Knows the origin of large language models (LLM).
2.Understands the types of major language models.
3.Knows how major language models work.
4.Understands the usage areas of different LLMs.
5.Understands the impact of artificial intelligence on language and creativity.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Generative Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models (LLM) Murat Topaloğlu CRITERIA PRINTING PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTION
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Generative AI
Week 2 - Theoretical
A Brief History of Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Week 3 - Theoretical
Transformer Models and Large Language Models
Week 4 - Theoretical
Large Language Model (LLM)
Week 5 - Theoretical
The Origin of Large Language Models
Week 6 - Theoretical
Language models
Week 7 - Theoretical
Word semantics and relations
Week 8 - Theoretical
The working logic of the Large Language Model (LLM)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Types of Large Language Models (LLMs)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Task-oriented, General-purpose, Domain-oriented, Multilingual, Few-model-learning LLMs
Week 11 - Theoretical
Areas of Use of Large Language Models (LLMs)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Advantages of Large Language Models (LLMs)
Week 13 - Theoretical
PaLM, BERT, LLaMa 2
Week 14 - Theoretical
ChatGPT
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%10
Quiz1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140114
Lecture - Practice140114
Assignment116117
Quiz116117
Midterm Examination116117
Final Examination120121
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026