DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: Philosophy and Religious Sciences

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

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:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
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 5223 CINEMA AND PHILOSOPHY 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 TüRKIYE 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 5221 MAIN ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 40 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 5220 RELATIONSHIP OF RELIGION, LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY 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 5178 CONTEMPORARY TEXTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 39 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