DEGREE PROGRAMMES

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

It is necessary to have a Bachelor's Degree, Transcript, Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) or equivalent GRE, GMAT acceptable score in the same or related disciplines, and an acceptable weighted score according to the GPA earned in the undergraduate degree and ALES score. . Final acceptance depends on the evaluation of the relevant academic unit commission. Admission conditions for international students are decided by the Institute Board of Directors.

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

The program consists of at least fourteen courses, a seminar course and thesis work, with a total of not less than 42 national credits. The master's degree program consists of compulsory and elective courses. The total ECTS credits of the program is 120. The duration of completion of the Thesis Master's program courses is two semesters. A student who cannot take the thesis exam because he cannot complete his thesis work by the end of the fourth semester is given a maximum of two semesters of additional time to defend his thesis in front of the jury.

Profile of the Programme

Main objectives of this master degree program are to enable to students to gain fundamental values of Republic of Türkiye 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 Türkiye 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

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

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