Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy Graduate Program was established in 2014. The Philosophy Doctorate Program aims to bring up researchers who are able to develop and deepen their knowledge in various philosophical theories to an expert level building on the competencies of the masters education; who are able to provide the knowledge and skills for high quality scientific research in Philosophy for a successful career in academia, the public and private sectors; who have an advanced level of knowledge and background to track developments and contribute to current debate in their fields of choice; who can apply advanced Philosophical theories and methods to articulate their research to national and international audiences both in writing and orally.

Qualification Awarded

Philosophy, Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.)

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines. 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 or second cycle (with thesis) cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. However, ALES requirement is waived for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs as well as for the admissions to the graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test. 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)

Transfer Students:
The transfer student candidates from Turkish or foreign universities are subject to the YOK Legislation "The transfer, double degree, minor degree and inter-institutional credit transfer" and to the evaluation conditions determined by Dokuz Eylul University Senate.
The transfer quotas are determined and announced by Turkish Higher Education Council (YOK). The evaluation of the candidates are done by the school evaluation commmisin and approved by the management

The Graduate Transfers:
The short cycle graduates are given the right to be admitted to the first cycle programs if they comply with the conditions set by the "The transfer of Short Cycle Program Graduates to First Cycle Programs" Legilation of Turkish Higher Education Council (YOK)
The universities inform YOK regarding the quotas and YOK announces the quotas and conditions in "Graduate Transfer Guide" and the placements are managed by YOK due to the results of nationwide graduate transfer exam.

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

4 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 240 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy program has seven academic members from different disciplines, one instructor and three research assistants. 4 year doctorate program of Department of Philosophy consists at least 8 semesters. The language of the courses that offered in the program is Turkish.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	Being able to comprehend how different disciplines of philosophy seperate from each other according to which criteria and concepts and to define questions and problems releated to it.
2	Being able to examine the solutions to the basic questions of philosophy put forward by the theories which are being introduced at the different stages of the development of philosophy.
3	Being able to evaluate the theories which presented by various philosophers in diverse areas of philosophy by establishing the relationship between them and to evaluate the solutions comparatively.
4	Being able to notice and comparatively evaluate the different solutions presented by the philosophers to the basic problems of philosophy.
5	Being able to transfer the basic and contemporary philosophical problems and the solutions proposed for those problems by major and contemporary philosophers, verbally and written.
6	Being able to evaluate the basic and contemporary philosophical questions and the theories which put forward as a solution to these questions in conjunction with the local and global problems.
7	Being able to discuss various philosophical problems and the current solutions to these problems by establishing a connection with practical and theoretical problems.
8	Being able to create new theories based on practical and theoretical philosophical questions with the help of new philosophical problems.
9	Being able to create new theories based on practical and theoretical philosophical questions with the help of new philosophical problems.
10	Being able to transfer others the solutions to the new philosophical questions that he/she found, both verbally and in a written form and in an academical competence.
11	Being able to compare the data which have been obtained from the history of philosophy in both local and global scale with the data which have been obtained from the existing substantial situation.
12	Being able to seek solution ways to the philosophical questions behind current situation that are both in a local and a global scale by adding current data to the current philosophical questions.
13	Being able to theorize the new philosophical questions in the light of the new data obtained from the analysis which are carried out locally and globally.
14	Being able to put forward different thesis for the revealed problems of current situation which includes the data obtained from the history of philosophy.
15	Being able to transfer the theories which includes his/her solutions to clarify the philosophical problems of the current situation to the others, verbally and in the written form.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The related doctorate degree enables the holder to exercise the profession at assistant or associate professor position. Besdies academic field, the speciality acquired by this doctorate degree provide employment in various public institutions such as Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of National Education, Social Services and etc., private educational institutions, Psychotechnic Evaluation Centres and industrial establishments.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates may apply to post doctorate studies.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Unit Type	T	P	L	ECTS
Third Cycle (Doctorate) Degree in Philosophy with thesis comprises 6 compulsory and 9 elective courses, adding up to 15 courses in total in three academic terms and 1 specialization course in seven academic terms. Students need to complete 30 ECTS from courses, 3 ECTS from specialization course and 141 ECTS from thesis, in total 240 ECTS. Students should be graduated with 3.2/4.00 or 80/100 GPA for a third cycle (Doctorate Degree).
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
ALL COURSES
Z	1	SBE 6000	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ETHICS	REQUIRED	3	0	0	5
G	2	FEL 6083	THE PROBLEM OF MEANING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	3	FEL 6085	PHILOSOPHY AND MORAL IN ADAM SMITH	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	4	FEL 6087	HEIDEGGER	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	5	FEL 6089	THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	6	FEL 6091	PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	7	FEL 6093	NATURE, HUMAN AND TECHNOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	8	FEL 6095	AGEISM, ETHICS AND CULTURE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	9	FEL 6099	HEGEL'S POLITICAL WRITINGS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	10	FEL 6299	THESIS	THESIS	0	1	0	162
G	11	FEL 6081	THE HERMENEUTIC TRADITION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	12	FEL 6398	FIELD STUDY	EXPERTNESS	3	0	0	18
G	13	FEL 6107	ECO-CRITICISM: LITERATURE, CULTURE AND NATURE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	14	FEL 6103	SOCIAL GENDER AND PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	15	FEL 6105	POSTHUMANISM AND TRANSHUMANISM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	16	FEL 6101	THE PROBLEMS OF 20TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	17	FEL 6097	THE QUESTION OF THE AUTONOMY OF POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	18	FEL 6030	HUMANISM AND CRITICAL APPROACHES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	19	FEL 6036	THE PROBLEMS OF AESTHETICS AND PHILOSOPHY OF ART	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	20	FEL 6038	CULTURE, IDEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	21	FEL 6040	QUEER THEORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	22	FEL 6196	SEMINAR	SEMINAR	0	3	0	3
B	23	FEL 6032	LANGUAGE AND MIND	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	24	FEL 6018	GADAMER	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	25	FEL 6028	PHILOSOPHY AND COSMOPOLITANISM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	26	FEL 6026	PHILOSOPHY OF LAW	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	27	FEL 6024	ETHICAL PROBLEMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	28	FEL 6022	MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM IN ART	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	29	FEL 6020	LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL REALITY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11
B	30	FEL 6034	THE MAIN CONCEPTS OF HEGEL?S ?SCIENCE OF LOGIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	11

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

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree) Program with thesis is comprised of courses (83 ECTS), a field study (4 ECTS), a seminar (3 ECTS) and thesis (150 ECTS), in total 240 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 Department: Prof. Dr. Levent Aysever
Phone: 0232 3017917
E-mail: levent.aysever@deu.edu.tr

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