Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

The institution opened the classes to the students for undergraduate studies in the name of Izmir Institute of Education Music Department in 1974 and then the institution continued to the education as the School of Higher Teachers(1978) and Buca Education Faculty Music Department(1986). In the frame of the accreditation of Education Faculties, the institution has been called as the Fine Arts Education Music Education Department since 1999. In the department of music education, some of the important courses are about music teaching, musical instrument training, voice training and music theory etc. There are masters program since the academic year of 1992-1993 and postgrade program since the academic year of 2001-2002.

Qualification Awarded

Music Education, Master's Degree

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)

Successful students who have completed at least one semester in the graduate program of another institute within the university or another higher education institution may apply for a transfer in the announced dates if the quota is determined by the Board of Directors. The conditions for admission of the transfer are determined by the institute board.

Exemption requests of students for the courses taken at graduate program of another department/university with a successful grade are evaluated by the Administrative Board of the Institute by the recommendation of the head of the departments according to the provisions of Dokuz Eylül University Exemption and Adaptation Directives.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The program consists of a minimum of seven courses, a seminar course and a thesis study, but not less than 21 local credits. The program contains compulsory and elective courses. The student workload for a semester is 30 ECTS, the total workload required to complete the master's program with thesis is 120 ECTS.

In addition to midterm and final exams, learning activities such as reports, assignments, quizzes, seminar presentations and project studies can be used in the performance evaluation of the student during the semester. In order for the student to be successful in this 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

The aim of these program is to contribute the academical structuring of the department and the other departments as well. The language of instruction is Turkish.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	To be able to use the knowledge, understanding, or the opportunity by broadening and intensifying the knowledge gained in the bachelors degree to develope and apply original ideas in music education.
2	To be able to apply the skills of knowledge, comprehending and problem solving in a wide (or interdisciplinary) context related to music education.
3	To transmit clearly the results, knowledge and the arguments acquired from research activities in music education area to the people who are specialist or not.
4	To have learning skills of studying independently in music education area
5	To have learning skills of studying independently in relation to main branches
6	To have learning skills of performing national or international musical works.
7	To represent proficiency in skills and methods concerning main branches.
8	To follow and apply new technologies related to the music education.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The graduates of Music Education program enjoy productive careers in public and private schools run by the Ministry of National Education as teachers. The graduates should work as an academician in universities.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates who successfully completed the Masters Degree may apply to doctorate (third cycle) programmes in the same or in related disciplines.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
Academic Plan consists of 8 compulsory and 17 elective courses. There is a total of 17 elective courses included in the department elective courses pool; 9 courses in fall and 8 courses in the spring semester. The ratio of compulsory courses to elective courses in the curriculum is 52 / 123 ECTS.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
G	1	EBE 5039	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
G	2	GSM 5051	MUSIC, SOCIETY AND CULTURAL ANALYZE	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	6
G	3	GSM 5007	ADVANCED MUSIC ANALYSIS EDUCATION I	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	7
G	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	12
TOTAL:								30

1 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	EBE 5003	STATISTICAL METHODS AND APPLICATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
G	2	GSM 5063	VOCAL TRAINING THEORY AND APPLICATIONS IN THE ART OF VERBAL EXPRESSION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	3	GSM 5037	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION I (VIOLIN)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	4	GSM 5039	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION I (VIOLA)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	5	GSM 5041	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION I (VIOLINCELLO)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	6	GSM 5043	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION I (PIANO)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	7	GSM 5045	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION I (VOICE)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	8	GSM 5047	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION I (FLUTE)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	9	GSM 5049	CURRENT APPROACHES IN MUSIC EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	10	GSM 5053	ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS IN MUSIC RESEARCHES I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	11	GSM 5055	CHAMBER MUSIC EDUCATION AND PRACTICES I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	12	GSM 5057	ADVANCED ACCOMPANIMENT EDUCATION I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	13	GSM 5059	ADVANCED MAIN BRANCH I (CONTRBASS)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	14	GSM 5061	ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES IN THE 21'ST CENTURY MUSIC TEACHING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	15	GSM 5033	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION I (MUSIC THEORY)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

2 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	GSM 5096	SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	3
B	2	GSM 5028	PHILOSOPHICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CREATIVITY IN MUSIC EDUCATION	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	8
B	3	GSM 5010	ADVANCED MUSIC ANALYSIS EDUCATION II	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	7
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	12
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	EBE 5000	USING OF COMPUTER IN ACCESING AND REPORTING THE KNOWLEDGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
B	2	GSM 5060	INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN MUSIC EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	3	GSM 5034	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION II (KEMAN)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	4	GSM 5036	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION II (VIOLA)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	5	GSM 5038	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION II (VIOLINCELLO)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	6	GSM 5040	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION II (PIANO)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	7	GSM 5042	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION II (VOICE)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	8	GSM 5044	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION II (FLUTE)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	9	GSM 5046	ACCOMPANIMET REPERTOIRE IN PIANO	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	10	GSM 5048	ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS IN MUSIC RESEARCHES II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	11	GSM 5050	CHAMBER MUSIC EDUCATION AND PRACTICES II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	12	GSM 5052	ADVANCED ACCOMPANIMENT EDUCATION II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	13	GSM 5054	PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT IN MUSIC TEACHING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	14	GSM 5056	ADVANCED MAIN BRANCH I (CONTRBASS)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	15	GSM 5058	STRING PEDAGOGY (VIOLIN-VIOLA)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	16	GSM 5032	ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION II (MUSIC THEORY)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

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

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Students must attend classes, practices and examinations. In order for students to qualify for midterms they should attend 70% of the theoretical classes and 80% of the application/lab classes. Students attendance is followed by their Instructor. For almost all required and elective courses there are two written examinations: One midterm examination (given during each semester and dates of which are announced by the Department in the first month of the semester) and one final exam. The instructor announces the weekly course content, the course book and how students will be evaluated and the dates of the exams to the students and the Institute at the beginning of the semester. The instructor evaluated the students depending on their midterm and final grades, attendance to the class, their additional work such as projects, presentations and assignments which were presented at the beginning of the semester.
A make up exam is offered for graduate classes. Upon the approval of the Institute Board students can take the exam from the lessons that they have already passed in order to increase their GPA.
To be able to pass a lesson a graduate student must have minimum CB.

Graduation Requirements

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses delivered within the graduate programme of the department and in related fields, one seminar course, and thesis, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme is 120 ECTS. Graduation requirements in detail are explained in the section Qualification Requirements and Regulations.

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

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Music Education 35150, Buca-Izmir-Turkey
Web Page: http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=150
Head of Department:
Prof. Dr. Tuba GÜLTEKİN
tuba.gultekin@deu.edu.tr
AKTS/DS Coordinator:
Doç. Dr. Çınla ŞEKER (cinla.seker@deu.edu.tr)

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