DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

Divinity is a subject that explores religion in general and Islam in particular. The content of the divinity discipline covers wide variety of issues both historically and contemporarily related to Islam such as its belief system, practices, ethical codes and their application to daily-basis lives of Muslims. Furthermore, it also informs on the emergence of Holy Books throughout history, particularly the Holy Quran, which is the Holy Book of Muslims, and the life and teachings of Prophet Muhammad, which is the second major source of Islamic Sciences after the Quran. It has wide variety of study areas mainly divided into two categories: Islamic sciences such as tafseer, hadith, Islamic law, Sufism and the social sciences such as sociology of religion, psychology of religion, philosophy of religion and so on.
The divinity school has two major departments: Divinity and The Teacher Education Program in Religious Culture and Ethics. The former was established in 1980 and the latter in 1996. Both departments mission is to offer a high quality education to undergraduate and graduate students as well as to conduct world-class research in divinity and religious education. The departments therefore have three interrelated objectives:
The first objective is to provide well-equipped theoretical base on definitions, explanations and understandings of various fields in religious literature.
The second objective is to provide the process of the creation and development of literature pertaining to religious sciences; to determine the reflections of the literature on daily life and to provide knowledge and skills to put the reflections into practice in daily life.
The third objective is to provide a comprehensive insight on daily life by comprehending the religious sciences and literature.
In order to fulfill its objectives, the department is committed to carrying teaching and research by combining daily life and traditional religious knowledge. The structure of the course programme is designed to provide a broad based training in theory and practice. In addition, the academic staff and students have growing commitments for carrying out international collaboration with other universities in order to raise their international profile. In the context of elective courses, the small number of students allow for strong and frequent interaction between faculty and students. The academic staff is committed to both teaching and making contributions to the sciences of theology by theoretical and empirical research. The structure of the department covers three areas:
Major Islamic Sciences
Philosophy and Religious Sciences
Islamic History and Arts
The Department of Divinity defines its mission as to offer a highly innovative reseach-oriented academic education on universal standards. To this purpose, the Department gives full support to national and international research activities of its staff, and encourages the creation of a professional and competitive academic miliue. The Department of Divinity adopts the principles of tolerance, scientific work, self-reliance, rationality, scientific ethics and academic freedom. With its young and distinguished staff, the Department aims to acquaint its students with recent methods, approaches and theories in religion, and to train them as the future practitioners of the discipline.

Qualification Awarded

Divinity, Bachelor's Degree (B.Sc.)

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

High school diploma, placement through a nation-wide Student Selection Examination.

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

For students who intend to transfer to Dokuz Eylül University from universities in Turkey and in foreign countries, the articles of Regulation on the principles of student transfer between programs at associate and undergraduate degrees in higher education institutions, dual major and minor program standards and principles on credit transfers between institutions as well as the Evaluation Criteria on Student Transfer determined by Dokuz Eylül University Senate are implemented.
The vertical transfers of the graduates of Vocational Schools to undergraduate programs related to their completed programs are subject to the rules of Regulation on the continuation of the graduates of Vocational Schools and Distant Learning Programs to undergraduate programs.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The Faculty of Theology provides education in 30% Arabic. Therefore, the Arabic Prep class is mandatory. Those who are successful in the preparatory class start their undergraduate education.
For graduation, students must have 240 ECTS credits at the end of 4 years of undergraduate education, excluding the preparatory class.
The student must not fail any course.
Cumulative Average should be 2.00 out of 4.00.
For students enrolled in the Theology Undergraduate Program, it is optional to take the Teaching formation courses. At the beginning of the third semester, they are asked whether they will take the teaching formation courses on the course registration screen. Students who want to take it are given formation lessons in all subsequent education periods. Starting from the 5th semester, it is obligatory to take an additional elective course to the formation courses each semester. Those who do not want to take formation courses must enroll in other elective courses with the same credit value instead of formation courses.
Students have to prepare a graduation paper and be successful.

Profile of the Programme

The Divinity Undergraduate program aims to bring up theologians who possess the knowledge, skills and competencies required for success in public, private and non-governmental organizations at national and international levels; who have comprehended the fundamental principles of the discipline of theology and have the capabilities to follow and analyze different approaches by putting theory into application; who are able to solve problems and have adopted ethical and social values of responsibility; who can express their knowledge and experience and can interpret the interactions between different disciplines.

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Students who get their bachelor's degree in Faculty of Divinity conduct and perform worships, and ceremonies such as circumcision and engagement. They work as imams in the mosques affiliated to The Presidency of Religious Affairs and as teachers at elementary and secondary schools affiliated to Ministry of National Education.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates of the Department of Theology can apply to graduate programs.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

The measurement and evaluation methods applied for each course are defined in the Course Introduction Form prepared by the coordinator of the relevant course. Course introduction forms are included in the Dokuz Eylul University Information Package. Exams and course grades are determined according to "Dokuz Eylul University Associate Degree and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations".

Graduation Requirements

The Bachelor's Degree is awarded to students who have successfully completed all courses in the curriculum, cumulative grade point average of at least 2 on a 4 scale and have got no failing grades.

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

Full-time work is applied.

Ilahiyat Program courses are held between 08.30-17.00.
Ilahiyat (I.O.) Program courses are held between 17.00-22.30.

Exams can be held on Saturdays except public holidays.

Programme Director or Equivalent

CONTACT
Dokuz Eylul Universitesi- Ilahiyat Fakultesi

Tel: +90(232) 285 33 82
Fax: +90 (232) 224 18 90

E-Mail: divine@deu.edu.tr
Student Affairs E-Mail: ilh.ogr.isl@deu.edu.tr

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