Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

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, Master's Degree (M.Sc.)

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

Second Cycle (Masters Degree) Program with thesis is comprised of at least 7 courses, not being less than 21 national credits, a seminar and specialization courses and thesis studies, in total 120 ECTS credits.
The completion time of Master Programme is two semesters. If a student cannot takes thesis exam because of not completing his/her thesis until the end of four semesters, maximum two semesters additional time are given this student to defend his/her thesis in front of jury.

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 the 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 Master Thesis, 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	Republic of the Ottoman Empire political , social , to understand the changes taking place in economic and cultural fields.
8	Turkish modernization to be able to compare with Western modernization.
9	Political , social, economic , cultural issues and develop solution proposals.
10	As with social science training ; social , political, cultural and economic development to bring reviews.
11	Social sciences as having the basic logic ; To be able to front the vision about the social and political goings on.
12	Democratic participation is open to the citizenship and to train people who have a responsibility.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Students, who graduate from doctorate programme, can work in diverse universities as 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 master 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

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
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:
G	1	ATA 5019	HISTORY OF THE TURKISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	4
G	2	ATA 5045	OTTOMAN PALEOGRAPHY I	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
G	3	ATA 5039	TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
G	0	-	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 5027	CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENTS IN TURKEY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4
G	2	ATA 5029	HISTORY OF TURKISH EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4
G	3	ATA 5043	SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN TURKEY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4
G	4	ATA 5035	TURKISH HISTORIOGRAPHY OF REPUBLICAN ERA	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4
G	5	ATA 5041	TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4
G	6	ATA 5031	HISTORY OF TURKISH MODERNIZATION	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 5096	SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	2
B	2	ATA 5098	AREA OF EXPERTISE	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	2
B	3	ATA 5044	PRINCIPAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	3
B	4	ATA 5042	POLITICAL LIFE IN REPUBLICAN ERA	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	3
B	5	ATA 5038	OTTOMAN PALEOGRAPHY II	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	4
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 5046	TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4
B	2	ATA 5040	FISCAL RESOURSES OF TURKISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4
B	3	ATA 5054	CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS IN WORLD HISTORIOGRAPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4
B	4	ATA 5050	CONTEMPORARY INDUSTRY IN REPUBLICAN ERA	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4
B	5	ATA 5052	DAILY LIFE IN TURKEY (20TH CENTURY)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4
B	6	ATA 5048	INDEPENDENCE WAR IN TURKISH LITERATURE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4

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

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Annually our education programme is given to students in two semester and in each semester a midterm exam and 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) Program with thesis is comprised of at least 14 courses, not being less than 42 national credits, a seminar and specialization courses and thesis studies, in total 120 ECTS credits. To consider the student as successful in the related courses, his/her grade for this course must be at least 75 points out of 100. For graduation the student must advocate his/her thesis in front of jury which consists of three permanent members and must be successful at the end.

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

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Director of Institute: Prof. Dr.Kemal ARI
(Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarih Enstitüsü /Buca- İzmir.) Tel:0 232 301 79 20 kemal.ari@deu.edu.tr
Coordinator of AKTS/DS: Assoc. Prof. Fevzi ÇAKMAK
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarih Enstitüsü /Buca- İzmir Tel:0 232 301 79 36 fevzi.cakmak@deu.edu.tr

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