Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

Philosophy and Religious Studies Masters Degree Program aims to educate high level researchers in the field Philosophy and Religious Studies who are able to get and produce academic information within scientific criteria; able to research and analyze in national and international levels; able to share the information with the shareholders and whose ability of analysis are developed. Consists of History of Philosophy, Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Religious Education departments. Postgraduate education is given in every department. Language of education and instruction is Turkish.

Qualification Awarded

Master's Degree in Philosophy and Religion Sciences (MSc.)

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

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

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

Profile of the Programme

Dokuz Eylul University Graduate School of Social Philosophy and Religious Studies Masters Degree Program has 16 professors and 15 research assistants. There is a library that can facilitate the researches and thesis studies of the students and also wireless internet opportunity. The language of education and instruction is Turkish.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	They improve their knowledge and competency to an expert level in the area of Philosophy and Religious Sciences based on their background from the undergraduate degree.
2	They gain ability and proficiency to conduct interdisciplinary research.
3	They learn research techniques and methods.
4	They develop a scientific attitude to conduct a scientific research with ethical canon and principles.
5	They grasp the formal ways to reason correctly and consistently.
6	They have knowledge on the history and philosophy of science.
7	They learn systematic and philosophical approaches on subjects such as existence, knowledge, nature, arts, ethics, human, God, prophecy, politics, science and so on in both the history of humankind and the Islamic thought.
8	They understand problematic and questionable areas in God, relationships between God-universe, religion-science, religion-arts, and religion-ethics, and different approaches towards those areas.
9	They study the classical subjects and modern issues in philosophy of ethics such as happines, competency, virtue and so on; environment, occupation, job, politics, poverty, meaning of life and so forth, and they develop ethical conscience.
10	They investigate various religions in history and contemporary times in chronological and phenomenological approaches and question the nature of interfaith dialogue.
11	They learn classical and modern sociological approaches on subjects such as religion, religion-society relations, religious institutions and so on, and they develop to examine the religion-society phenomena with the sociological imagination.
12	They analyze subjects such as individual-religion relations, religious life, religious experience and so on based upon philosophical approaches.
13	They have the opportunity to work efficiently in formal and common religious education and to comprehend positive communication techniques and approaches.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduates, awarded the degree of MA in Philosophy and Religious Studies are able to perform their jobs more professionally and they can assigned as research assistant or lecturer in the faculties of Science and Literature, Education, Human Sciences and especially in the faculties of theology.

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
All courses in Masters Degree Program in Philosophy and Religious Studies are elective. There are no pre-requisite courses in the program. The students who pass all the courses in 2 semesters are required to prepare a seminar study. Right after the study, they prepare and defend their MA thesis.
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	FDB 5081	MAIN ISSSUES AND PROBLEMS OF LOGIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	2	FDB 5221	MAIN ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	3	FDB 5097	PHILOSOPHY TEXTS IN THE ANCIENT ERA	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	4	FDB 5103	SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	5	FDB 5111	CLASSICAL ISSUES OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	6	FDB 5123	SCIENCE-RELIGION RELATION IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	7	FDB 5127	HUMAN PROBLEM IN ANTIQUITY AS ETHIC AND POLITIC BEING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	8	FDB 5137	SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	9	FDB 5145	BASICS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	10	FDB 5147	WORLD RELIGIONS AND MYSTICISM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	11	FDB 5155	RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN FAMILY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	12	FDB 5163	HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	13	FDB 5169	THEORIES OF SOCIOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	14	FDB 5173	THE RELATION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION: CLASSICAL ERA	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	15	FDB 5171	CLASSICAL TEXTS IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	16	FDB 5151	DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHICAL POSITIONS IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	17	FDB 5181	MAIN ISSUES OF CLASSICAL ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	18	FDB 5183	ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	19	FDB 5185	EPISTEMOLOGY IN ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	20	FDB 5187	ISLAMIC MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND SUFISM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	21	FDB 5189	CATEGORIES THEORY IN MASHAI PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	22	FDB 5191	ISHRAQI TRADITION IN ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	23	FDB 5193	CLASSICAL TEXTS OF LOGIC (ARISTOTLE)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	24	FDB 5195	THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION: ITS EMERGENCE AND PIONEERS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	25	FDB 5197	SCRITURE STUDIES: SEMITIC RELIGIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	26	FDB 5201	COMPARATIVE RELIGION: BELIEFS, WORSHIPS, AND PRACTICES IN SEMITIC AND INDIAN-ORIGIN RELIGIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	27	FDB 5203	INTERRELIGIOUS RELATIONS, MISSIONARY AND DIALOGUE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	28	FDB 5205	THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS: PROBLEMS, INTERACTIONS, SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	29	FDB 5207	RELIGION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN TURKEY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	30	FDB 5209	RELIGION, SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN CLASSICAL TURKISH INTELLECTUALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	31	FDB 5175	SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	32	FDB 5177	THEORIES OF UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	33	FDB 5211	NON-FORMAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	34	FDB 5213	METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	35	FDB 5215	HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	36	FDB 5217	PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	37	FDB 5219	PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	38	FDB 5179	PSYCHOANALYSIS, RELIGION AND MYSTICISM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	39	FDB 5087	PURPOSES OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

2 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	SBE 5000	TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
B	2	FDB 5296	SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	3
B	3	FDB 5198	SPECIAL FIELD COURSE	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	19
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	FDB 5086	MODERN PROBLEMS OF ETHICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	2	FDB 5178	CONTEMPORARY TEXTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	3	FDB 5094	ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	4	FDB 5106	SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	5	FDB 5112	ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	6	FDB 5116	HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN MODERN PERIOD	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	7	FDB 5118	17TH CENTURY WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	8	FDB 5122	SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	9	FDB 5124	MENTAL HEALTH AND RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	10	FDB 5132	SCIENCE-RELIGION RELATIONS IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	11	FDB 5134	NATURE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	12	FDB 5142	QUR'AN AND ETHICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	13	FDB 5156	RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT STAGES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	14	FDB 5162	RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	15	FDB 5166	YOGA AND MEDITATION :THEORY AND PRACTICE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	16	FDB 5168	BASIC PROBLEMS OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	17	FDB 5172	LOGICAL FALLACIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	18	FDB 5174	INTERPRETIVE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	19	FDB 5176	CONTEMPORARY THEORIES IN SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	20	FDB 5070	VALUE THEORY: THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ETHICS AND AESTHETICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	21	FDB 5182	MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	22	FDB 5184	ISHRAQI TEXTS IN ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	23	FDB 5186	PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS AFTER GHAZALI	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	24	FDB 5188	CAUSALITY AND ITS PROBLEMS IN ISLAMIC THOUGHTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	25	FDB 5192	CLASSICAL TEXTS OF LOGIC (ISLAM)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	26	FDB 5190	THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION: BASIC TOPICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	27	FDB 5202	SCRIPTURE STUDIES: INDIAN-ORIGIN RELIGIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	28	FDB 5204	FOLK BELIEFS: CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS OF OLD TURKIC AND ANATOLIAN BELIEFS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	29	FDB 5206	RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	30	FDB 5208	RELIGION, SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN MODERN TURKISH INTELLECTUALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	31	FDB 5210	SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE CURRENT RELIGIOUS ISSUES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	32	FDB 5212	CONSUMPTION SOCIETY AND RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	33	FDB 5214	RELIGIOUS EDUCATION POLICIES IN REPUBLICAN PERIOD	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	34	FDB 5216	PHILOSOPHICAL APROACHES TO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	35	FDB 5218	THEORIES AND SISTEMS IN PSYCHOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	36	FDB 5180	THE RELATION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION: MODERN PERIOD	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	37	FDB 5194	APPLIED LOGIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	38	FDB 5088	RELIGION AND AESTHETIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

3.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	FDB 5199	THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	1	0	30
TOTAL:								30

4.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	FDB 5199	THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	1	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. Osman Bilen
Phone: 0232 412 00 25
e-mail: osman.bilen@deu.edu.tr

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