DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History Non-Thesis (Evening)

General Description

History

Dokuz Eylül University the Institute of Principles of Ataturk and Turkish Revolution History, affiliated to rectorate of the mentioned university, was founded in 1983 by the date of 03.24.1983 and 2809 numbered law. When the Institute was founded, its old building was at Ikinci Kordon in Alsancak where is today the administration building of the university. A single-storey building added to the administration building was determined as the institute building. The institute firstly undertook the education of the Atatürks Principles and Revolution History lessons for the faculties and high schools of the university. One year later after its foundation, it also started the education of master of sciences and philosophy of doctorate.

Qualification Awarded

Principles of Ataturk and Turkish Revolution History, Non-thesis Master's Degree (M.Sc.) Project Based

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Interview, First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) diploma, Transcript

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students are not connected to the right for internal transfer, previously taken courses at another graduate programme by another university with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes after the letter of the students includes course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the head of the departments and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Second Cycle (Masters Degree) Non-Thesis Program is comprised of at least 14 courses, not being less than 42 national credits, non-credit semester project, in total 90 ECTS credits.
The completion time of Non-Thesis Master Programmes courses is two semesters. Project study must be completed until the end of third semester.

Profile of the Programme

Main objectives of this master degree program are to enable to students to gain fundamental values of Republic of Turkey that designed as a civilization project by Ataturk and represents a substantial change in the Turkish modernization process; to enable to students to gain the ability of understanding on and explaining for changes taken place in the social, political, legal, economic and cultural fields during the period of transition from Ottoman Empire to Republic of Modern Turkey and after the Republic period; to enable to students to gain the ability of evaluating Turkish Foreign Policy and International Relations before and after the World War I and World War II from the perspective of General World History; to enable to students to gain the ability of comparatively analyzing Western and Turkish modernizations and to enable to students to gain the ability of evaluating Ataturks Revolution from the perspective of Eastern and Western civilizations.
By the way of the completion of Non-Thesis Master Programme, students will have gained academic discipline.
Students can benefit from specialization library, Cumhuriyet archive, and thesis archive at extracurricular activities. In the programme there is no foreign language course.

Key Learning Outcomes

1   Being able to educate individuals who understand philosophy of the founder of Republic, Ataturk and internalize this.
2   Being able to interpret Turkish Revolution in terms of general revolution theories.
3   Being able to understand changes from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic in political, social, economic and cultural fields.
4   Being able to develop solution proposals intended for political, social, economic and cultural problems.
5   Being able to educate individuals who are opened to democratic participation and have citizenship awareness and responsibility.
6   Being able to educate individuals as transferring thoughts actively and expressing thoughts with writing by taking code of academic ethics into account.
7   Philosophy of History and Methodology course through objective , universal , analytical and dialectical thinking ability to learn to
8   Turkish Revolution ability interpreted theoretically in terms of general theories of revolution
9   Evaluate Ataturk 's revolution, the East-West civilization and modernization theory in terms of ability
10   To evaluate Turkey's Foreign Policy and International Relations of the world in terms of history
11   Interpret as compared to Western and Turkish Modernization
12   Democratic participation is open to people with civic awareness and responsibility to train

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Students, who graduate from doctorate programme, can work in diverse universities as an academicians, in Ministry of Education, Turkish Military Forces, Turkish History Association, in other public institutions related sections, in private sections history, education and archive parts.
The related masters degree enables the holder to exercise the profession.

Access to Further Studies

Alumni who complete doctorate programme can carry out their professions in public sector and private sector. These degree owners may apply to third cycle (doctorate degree) programs.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

The Department Educational Plan consists of compulsory and elective courses. In addition to this, it consists of research, seminar and thesis study.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 ATA 7001 HISTORY OF TURKISH MODERNIZATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4
G 2 ATA 7027 HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
G 3 ATA 7021 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS AND PUBLICATION ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
G 0 - SEMESTER ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 16
TOTAL:   30
 
1 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 ATA 7015 HISTORICAL ROOTS OF TURKISH REVOLUTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 2 ATA 7017 THE OTTOMAN TURKISH LANGUAGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 3 ATA 7025 TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 4 ATA 7023 DAILY LIFE IN TURKEY (20TH CENTURY) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 5 ATA 7019 HISTORY OF TURKISH EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
 
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 ATA 7004 POLITICAL CURRENTS AND KEMALISM IN 20TH CENTURY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4
B 2 ATA 7024 POLITICAL LIFE IN REPUBLICAN ERA COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
B 3 ATA 7008 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
B 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 16
TOTAL:   30
 
2 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 ATA 7014 HISTORIOGRAPHY OF REPUBLICAN ERA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 2 ATA 7016 THE OTTOMAN TURKISH LANGUAGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 3 ATA 7022 ECONOMIC POLICIES IN REPUBLICAN ERA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 4 ATA 7020 HISTORY OF TURKISH CULTURE (20TH CENTURY) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 5 ATA 7018 KEMALIST THOUGHT SYSTEM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
 
3 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 ATA 7099 TERM PROJECT COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
3 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
 

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Our education programme consisting of two semesters in a year and totally three semesters is given to students and in each semester a midterm exam and a final exam are done, different homework are given to students, and finally success measurement and evaluation are done in this direction. 40% of midterm exam and 60% of final exam are considered in the assessment and the student must gain 75 points out of 100.

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Masters Degree) Non-Thesis Program is comprised of at least 14 courses, not being less than 42 national credits, non-credit semester project, in total 90 ECTS credits. Also the student must be successful in the project study which must be done in third semester.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Director of Institute: Prof. Dr. Bülent ÇUKUROVA
(Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarih Enstitüsü /Buca- İzmir.) Tel:0 232 301 79 20 bulent.cukurovai@deu.edu.tr
Coordinator of AKTS/DS: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Emin ELMACI
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarih Enstitüsü /Buca- İzmir Tel:0 232 301 79 36 emin.elmaci@deu.edu.tr