Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

Dokuz Eylül University Institute for Social Science Department of History was founded in 1998. There are 11 Professors, 5 Lecturers and 4 Research Assistants in the Department of History. Masters Degree Program with Thesis In History is still active as an interdisciplinary program in the Department of History. The Program is designed to focus on History in order to educate Masters in History on the basis of scientific and historiographical methodologies. The mode of education is Turkish.

Qualification Awarded

Master's Degree in History (MA.)

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) diploma; a minimum score of 55 from the Academic Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related field or GRE/GMAT equivalent; a minimum score of 50 from the Foreign Language Exams (ÜDS/KPDS/YDS/e-YDS/YÖKDİL) or from equivalent foreign language proficiency exam approved by OSYM or a minimum score of 55 from DEU School of Foreign Languages English Proficiency Test. Transcript; a minimum score of 65 from the graduate school academic proficiency exam.

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

Transfer Students:
The transfer student candidates from Turkish or foreign universities are subject to the YOK Legislation "The transfer, double degree, minor degree and inter-institutional credit transfer" and to the evaluation conditions determined by Dokuz Eylul University Senate.
The transfer quotas are determined and announced by Turkish Higher Education Council (YOK). The evaluation of the candidates are done by the school evaluation commmisin and approved by the management

The Graduate Transfers:
The short cycle graduates are given the right to be admitted to the first cycle programs if they comply with the conditions set by the "The transfer of Short Cycle Program Graduates to First Cycle Programs" Legilation of Turkish Higher Education Council (YOK)
The universities inform YOK regarding the quotas and YOK announces the quotas and conditions in "Graduate Transfer Guide" and the placements are managed by YOK due to the results of nationwide graduate transfer exam.

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

2 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 120 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

The aim of the program is to grow up historians who are expected to follow events and developments in Turkey and all over the World closely and to know historical background of happenings, to engage and build upon the work of their colleagues and predecessors and they are expected to be "original" at the same time, to be a keen observer on national and global events, to internalize critical approach to objective knowledge, to have the ability to evaluate historical sources rightly and to deal with major novelties in the world historiography.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	To have an interdisciplinary approach
2	Ability to know basic and current sources and literature of discipline of History
3	Ability to analyze and evaluate properly progresses and stages of West and East from antiquity to present according to comparative methodology
4	Ability to know and to analyze political, social, economic and cultural aspects of history of Turkey and World History
5	Ability to know all historical steps and points of transformation and modernization in a given society
6	Acquisition of skills required to know Ottoman paleography to read archive documents and periodical literature of time
7	Acquisition of skills required to prepare a proper text on basis of academic learning norms and scientific writting style and to be confident to deliver a lecture
8	Ability to make comparative historical analysis and assessment on fields of individual, social, urbanistic and similar structures

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The related master's degree enables the holder to exercise the profession. They may specifically apply to academic and scientific associations such as Turkish Historical Association as a researcher or master in a field; public and private universities as research assistant and lecturer or master in a field; state and private schools as teachers; and, press and mass-media companies.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
History M.A. Program offers variety of selective courses that students require to fulfil 3 Compulsory, and 9 elective courses that corresponds to 120 ECTS.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
G	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	30
TOTAL:								30

1 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	TAR 5001	PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	2	TAR 5079	BORDERLANDS OF EURASIA: FROM THE RISE OF EARLY MODERN EMPIRES TO THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	3	TAR 5007	POLITICAL THEORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	4	TAR 5009	SOURCE AND METHODS IN RESEARCHES OF HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	5	TAR 5015	SOURCES OF OTTOMAN RECORDS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	6	TAR 5017	BYZANTINES, WESTERNER AND THE TURKS IN THE MIDDLE AGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	7	TAR 5019	COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	8	TAR 5021	HISTORY OF TURKISH CULTURE I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	9	TAR 5023	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN HISTORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	10	TAR 5025	INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN GRAMMAR I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	11	TAR 5027	HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE DEMOCRACY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	12	TAR 5029	INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE HISTORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	13	TAR 5031	HISTORY TEXTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE(ENGLISH)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	14	TAR 5033	EAST AND WEST IN THE MIDDLE AGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	15	TAR 5035	SOURCES FOR THE OTTOMAN HISTORY IN THE EARLY MODERN AGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	16	TAR 5037	GREEK EPIGRAMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	17	TAR 5039	GREAT POWERS SINCE OTTOMANS TO MODERN ERA AND TURKEY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	18	TAR 5041	TURKEY AND TURKISH CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	19	TAR 5043	HISTORY OF ANCIENT ASIA I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	20	TAR 5049	ORIENTAL STUDIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	21	TAR 5051	GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION IN ROME DATE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	22	TAR 5053	MODERN OTTOMAN DIPLOMACY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	23	TAR 5057	A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TURKISH-SOVIET RELATIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	24	TAR 5059	SOCIAL MEMORY AND ORAL HISTORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	25	TAR 5061	CULTURAL HISTORY OF US	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	26	TAR 5063	BIOGRAPHIES AS HISTORICAL SOURCES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	27	TAR 5065	METHODS AND SOURCES OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY RESEARCH	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	28	TAR 5067	UNIONS RESEARCHES ON HISTORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	29	TAR 5069	OTTOMAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	30	TAR 5071	THE CLASSICAL AGE OF URBANIZATION AND THE GRECO-ROMAN CITIES IN ANATOLIA	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	31	TAR 5073	THE SOCIOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL VIEW OF İZMIR IN THE CONTEMPORARY AGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	32	TAR 5075	FROM II. CONCTITUTIONALISM TO REPUBLIC IDEAS, FORMATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	33	TAR 5003	ANALYSIS OF WORLD SYSTEMS AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD SYSTEMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

2 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	TAR 5098	FIELD STUDY	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	4
B	2	TAR 5196	SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	3
B	3	SBE 5000	TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	18
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	TAR 5002	ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	2	TAR 5068	ECONOMIC HISTORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	3	TAR 5006	COMPARATIVE HISTORY INVESTIGATIONS ON ARMENIAN ISSUE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	4	TAR 5008	STRATEGY ANALYSIS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	5	TAR 5014	HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	6	TAR 5016	HISTORY OF MIDDLE AGE TURKISH-ISLAMIC STATES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	7	TAR 5018	COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	8	TAR 5020	HISTORY OF TURKISH CULTURE II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	9	TAR 5022	SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS OF TURKEY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	10	TAR 5026	INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN GRAMMAR II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	11	TAR 5028	COMPARATIVE REVOLUTIONS AND MODERNIZATION MOVEMENTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	12	TAR 5030	SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE OTTOMAN SOCIETY IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	13	TAR 5032	SOURCES OF THE HISTORY OF MODERN AGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	14	TAR 5034	LATIN EPIGRAMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	15	TAR 5036	TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING ATATüRK ERA	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	16	TAR 5038	ECONOMIC HISTORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	17	TAR 5040	ISSUES IN MODERN TURKISH HISTORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	18	TAR 5042	HISTORY TEXTS IN OTTOMAN TURKISH	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	19	TAR 5044	HISTORY OF ANCIENT ASIA II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	20	TAR 5046	IN THE ANCIENT GREEK CITY OF MANAGEMENT AND URBAN HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	21	TAR 5048	TURKISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN THE 20TH CENTURY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	22	TAR 5058	ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF MEDIEVAL TURKISH STATE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	23	TAR 5060	SOCIO-ECONOMIC HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN EUROPE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	24	TAR 5062	THE HISTORICAL PORTRAITS OF CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC PERIODS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	25	TAR 5064	GENDER AND HISTORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	26	TAR 5066	PRINCIPLES OF ATATüRK HISTORY OF TURKISH REVOLUTION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	27	TAR 5004	RELIGION AND STATE RELATIONS IN THE WEST AND TURKEY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

3.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	TAR 5099	THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	30
TOTAL:								30

4.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	TAR 5099	THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	30
TOTAL:								30

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Evaluation and assessment methods for each course is defined in the the Course Description Form which is prepared by related faculty member / s and included in the information package. Exams and course success notes is subject to the relevant articles of the DEU Regulation on Graduate Education.
Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate Education Regulation web address: http://www.sbe.deu.edu.tr/sbe/mevzuat

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Masters Degree) Program with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 53 ECTS), a seminar (3 ECTS) and field study (4 ECTS) and thesis (60 ECTS), in total 120 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50/4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB/S/TP grades.

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

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of the Department: Prof. Dr. Hakkı UYAR
Phone: +90 232 301 87 43
E-mail: hakki.uyar@deu.edu.tr

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