DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: Guidance and Psychological Counseling

General Description

History

The department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance has offered Master of Science Degree since 1998, and has offered the doctorate degree.

Qualification Awarded

Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Doctorate Degree

The Master's Degree in Psychological Counseling and Guidance is awarded to the graduates who successfully fullfilled all programme courses and who defend their thesis in front of an academic jury.

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements


For application to doctoral programs;
-Having a Post Graduate Diploma,
-Master's grade point average is at least 80 out of 100, at least 3.00 out of 4.00,
-To get at least 60 points from the Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam (ALES) conducted by OSYM, from the point type of the program applied,
-To have received at least 60 points out of 100 from the central foreign language exams accepted by YÖK or an equivalent score from the international foreign language exams whose equivalent is accepted,
Candidates applying for PhD Programs;
Written and oral evaluation scores and Interview Grade will be calculated for all candidates who took the written and oral evaluation exams.
Interview Note; It will consist of 60% of the written assessment score and 40% of the oral assessment score.
Interview Grade = 60% Written Assessment Score + 40% Oral Assessment Score
Candidates with an interview score of 70 and above are considered successful and the Evaluation Score consisting of ALES Score, Graduation Score and Interview Score will be calculated for these candidates.
Evaluation Score; 50% of the ALES score will consist of 25% of the Graduation Grade and 25% of the Interview Grade.
Evaluation Score = 50% ALES + 25% Graduation Score + 25% Interview Score
(Graduation Grade will be processed with its equivalent out of 100.)
Candidates are placed in the programs to which they applied by prioritizing, in order of their Evaluation Scores. As a result of the ranking, the candidate gets the right to enroll in the program to which he/she applied (taking into account the priority preference) starting from the highest score and as many as the quota. The same number of alternate candidates are announced. Candidates who have the right to register must register between the specified dates. Reserve candidates are given the right to register for the vacant quotas.

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

Successful students who have completed at least one semester in another institute within the university or in the graduate program of another higher education institution can apply for lateral transfer on the announced dates, if the quota is determined by the Board of Directors. Admission conditions through lateral transfer are determined by the institute board of directors.
Exemption requests from the courses of the program that the student has taken and succeeded while enrolled in a graduate program of another department/university are evaluated by the Institute Administrative Board, taking the opinion of the Department Head in accordance with the provisions of the Dokuz Eylul University Exemption and Adaptation Directive.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations


PhD program; It consists of at least seven courses, not less than 21 local credits, taken from the course groups specified in the curriculum, thesis proposal, specialization course, proficiency exam, seminar and thesis work.
The student workload for a semester is 30 ECTS, and the total workload required to complete the doctoral program is 240 ECTS.
In addition to midterm and final exams, learning activities such as reports, assignments, quizzes, seminar presentations and project work can be used in the performance evaluation of the student during the semester. In order for the student to be considered successful in the relevant course, this grade must be at least 75 out of 100 (at least 2.50 out of 4.00). Seminar, thesis work and specialization courses are evaluated as successful / unsuccessful.

Profile of the Programme

Objectives of the department are to provide the graduates with the specialized and advanced gains as the following: the understanding, assessment, helping, referring of the individual to the appropriate mental health institutes; using the statistics , psychological tests and non-test techniques, individual, group and family counseling and helping techniques; the theoretical and applicational knowledge related to development, learning and behavioral disorders and counseling.

Key Learning Outcomes

1   Diagnosing of student having deficiencies and superiority and referring them for support and treatment.
2   Students should use Turkish and English in statistics and computer using in scientific research
3   Diagnosing and counseling of adults and children who have developmental, interrelational problems, needs, behavioral and personality disorders.
4   Planning of group and individual counseling sessions and using communication and counseling skills (verbal and nonverbal) in application.
5   Planning and applying the educational, vocational, personal and social guidance and psychological counseling services.
6   Planning and applying psychological counseling and guidance and consultation studies for families, school staff and adults
7   The application, assessment, evaluation, report writing of psychological tests and non-test techniques for the purpose of understanding people.
8   Using of the developmental fields, theories, periods and the problems of adjustment, the social and philosophical base of behavior, the concept and principles of teaching, learning and management in the application of guidance and counseling.
9   The usage of the principles of vocational ethics and the theories of psychological counseling and guidance in the planning of psychological guidance services.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The related doctorate degree provides the rights and privileges to practice the profession.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates may apply to post doctorate studies.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

The doctorate program consists of a total of 240 ECTS including the thesis, compulsory and elective courses (77 ECTS), specialization course (4 ECTS), seminar (3 ECTS) and thesis work (156 ECTS). Students must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.50/4.00 and have successfully defended their thesis.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
ALL COURSES
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 EBE 6033 DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 2 PDR 6198 EXPERTISE FIELD EXPERTNESS 3 0 0 4
G 3 PDR 6185 MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 4 EBE 6039 ELICITING UNDERSTANDING IN EDUCATIONAL STUDIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
G 5 EBE 6037 DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LIFE: PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL PRACTICE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
G 6 EBE 6034 INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING AND EVALUATION ELECTIVE 3 2 0 6
G 7 PDR 6083 ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 8 PDR 6081 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 9 PDR 6087 POST TRAUMATIC COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 10 PDR 6089 CONTEMPORARY COGNITIVE THERAPY AND ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 11 PDR 6091 COUNSELING WITH ADOLESCENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 12 PDR 6093 CRISIS COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 13 PDR 6071 ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING REQUIRED 3 0 0 6
G 14 PDR 6069 PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES REQUIRED 3 0 0 6
G 15 PDR 6199 THESIS THESIS 0 0 0 156
G 16 EBE 6041 LEARNING STRATEGIES AND SKILLS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 17 PDR 6128 INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 18 PDR 6126 POST TRAUMA INTERVENTIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 19 PDR 6124 ADVANCED COUNSELING SKILLS AND INTERVIEWING STRATEGIES FACILITATING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 20 PDR 6122 POST-MODERN APPROACH IN CAREER COUNSELING REQUIRED 3 0 0 5
B 21 PDR 6120 WELL-BEING AND MENTAL HEALTH REQUIRED 3 0 0 5
B 22 PDR 6118 EMOTION FOCUSED APPROACHES IN COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 23 PDR 6112 CONSULTATION SERVICES FOR PARENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 24 PDR 6104 SUPERVISION IN PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 25 PDR 6102 CAREER COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 26 PDR 6100 ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPENDENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 27 PDR 6094 SOLUTION FOCUSED APPROACH IN GROUP COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 28 PDR 6196 SEMINAR SEMINAR 0 3 0 3
B 29 EBE 6036 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ETHICS REQUIRED 3 0 0 5
B 30 EBE 6030 ACADEMIC WRITING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 31 EBE 6016 ACTION RESEARCH IN TEACHER EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 32 PDR 6130 THE DYNAMICS OF PERSONALITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 33 EBE 6000 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND ITS APPLICATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 34 EBE 6012 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN RESEARCHES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading


In order for students to take the final exams, they must have attended 70% of the theoretical courses and 80% of the practice/laboratories.At least one midterm exam is given for a course in each semester. At the beginning of the semester, the Institute Directorate and the students are informed about how the midterm, mid-term studies and final exams will be reflected in the success grade of that course, and the content of the course for the whole semester, the course book and related literature, the mid-term exam and application dates on a weekly basis. According to the principles included in the course introduction information given to the students and the institute at the beginning of the semester by the faculty member, taking into account the end-of-term course grade, midterm exams, final exam, and/or the end-of-semester project work evaluation, as well as the course work and attendance at the end of the semester. is appreciated.Make-up exams are opened in graduate courses. With the decision of the Graduate School Administrative Board, students can repeat the courses they have been successful in in order to increase their grade point average.In order to be considered successful in a course, students must have received at least a CB grade from that course as a semester-end grade.
For detailed information, see DEU Graduate Education Regulations.

Graduation Requirements

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree) Program with thesis is comprised of compulsory and elective courses (77 ECTS), a field study (4 ECTS), a seminar (3 ECTS) and thesis (156 ECTS), in total 240 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50/4.00 and defensed the doctorate thesis successfully.

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

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Computer Education and Instructional Technologies 35150, Buca-Izmir-Turkey
Web Page: http://ebe.deu.edu.tr/ lang=1&menu_id=5
Head of Department:
Prof. Diğdem Müge Siyez
didem.siyez@deu.edu.tr
Head of Guidance and Psychological Counseling Program
Prof. Dr. DİĞDEM MÜGE SİYEZ
didem.siyez@deu.edu.tr