DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

The Turkish Traditional Art department began its undergraduate program in 1982, and in a few years time it started the post graduate education with Carpet Rug and Old Fabric Patterns, Tiling and Old Tile Restoration and Illumination Departments belonging to Social Science Institution. From 2002 onwards the name of the department going on to give education in Fine Arts Faculty has been changed as Turkish Traditional Art Department.

Qualification Awarded

Master of Art in Turkish Traditional Art (MA)

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish

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)

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, 15 weeks per semester, 120 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

Master s Degree in Turkish Traditional Arts is intended for an educational program whose primary aim is to lead for the development of the society in terms of art and culture and the preserving of social and cultural values. All the courses are optional, except the thesis and specialty courses. The applicants can be specialized on Carpet-rug and Old Fabric Patterns , Tiling and Old Tile Restorations and Illumination together with the optional courses and these course can be enclosed to their diplomas. There are 11 academic members in this Department. Erasmus, Macaristan Mohor Nagi Faculty of Fine Arts

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

After graduating from this program, the students work as academic personnel in state and private universities.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Courses can be completed with assessment methods such as work of art and/or design and/or project and performance studies, in addition to methods such as written exam and report presentation, as required by postgraduate education in the field of art education. Exams, assessments and evaluations and their grading may differ for each course. Detailed information on this subject can be found in the lessons section of the curriculum.
The program consists of at least 7 courses, a seminar course, a specialization course and a thesis, with a total of not less than 21 local credits. The master s degree program consists of compulsory courses and elective courses. The total ECTS credits of the program is 120.
In addition to the midterm and final exams, evaluation methods such as reports, homework, quizzes, seminar presentations, art and design projects and performance studies can be used to evaluate the student's work performance during the semester. In order for a student to be considered successful in a course, his/her grade must be at least 75 out of 100.
The student has to retake the compulsory courses that he/she has failed. If he fails in the elective courses, he can take another elective course instead of that course with the approval of his advisor.
The courses to be taken by the student can be selected from the courses offered in other higher education institutions with the recommendation of the advisor and/or the head of the related institute's main art/department and the approval of the Institute Administrative Board, or they can be selected from the doctoral program courses if the advisor deems it appropriate and necessary. The Institute determines how much of the courses taken from other higher education institutions can be counted as a minimum course load, provided that it does not exceed 9 credits. At most two of the courses to be taken by the student can be selected from the undergraduate courses, provided that they were not taken during the undergraduate education.
Seminar course, specialization and thesis work do not have credits according to the local credit system and are evaluated as successful or unsuccessful.
The thesis advisor is assigned to the student at the end of the first semester. In the third semester, the thesis study starts and the thesis work appears as 30 ECTS in the course load.
A student in a master's program with thesis has to write the results of his thesis in accordance with the thesis writing rules of the Fine Arts Institute and defend his thesis orally in front of the jury.
In the major branches where the graduation thesis is completed both in written form and in the form of an art/design project or performance evaluation, the student s works are evaluated separately from both studies.
After the thesis exam is completed, the jury decides to accept, reject or correct the thesis with absolute majority. The student, whose written and/or art/design project or performance evaluation parts of the thesis are decided to be corrected, defends his/her thesis again in front of the same jury by doing the necessary corrections within three months at the latest. If the student's thesis is rejected, a new thesis title is determined.

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Programme 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.

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

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of Department
Assoc. Prof.. Gonca KARAVAR
E-mail: gonca.karavar@deu.edu.tr
ECTS/DS/Erasmus Coordinators
Assoc. Prof. Gonca KARAVAR (ECTS)
E-mail: gonca.karavar@deu.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof. Serap IŞIKHAN (DS)
E-mail: serap.isikhan@deu.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof. Filiz ADIGÜZEL (Erasmus)
E-mail: filiz.adiguzel@deu.edu.tr