GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES | Humanities and Social Sciences (in English)

Humanities and Social Sciences (in English)

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES MA PROGRAM (in English)

Academic Unit: Humanities and Social Sciences

Program Objectives: Humanities and Social Sciences program is an interdisciplinary program and is designed for BA degree holders of both Natural and Social Sciences. The aim of the program is to equip MA students with the essential academic tools to do research in any field related to humanity and society.

Medium of Instruction: English

International Student Quotas: International student quotas are announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

Admissions Calendar: Admissions calendar is announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

Application Link: https://lisansustu.yildiz.edu.tr/sbe/en/ (Applicants are advised to check the academic calendar first and send their applications only during the application period.)

Admission Requirements: Admissions requirements announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

Compulsory Courses:

Code	Course Title in Turkish	Course Title in English	Course Type	Number of Credits
ITB5101	Sosyal Bilimlerde Temel Kuramlar	Major Theories in Social Sciences	Required by the program	3
ITB5110	Sosyal Bilimlerde Metodolojiye Giriş	Introduction to Methodology in Social Sciences	Required by the program	3
ITB5001	Seminer	Seminar	Required by the Council of Higher Education	0
ITB5004	Araştırma Yöntemleri ve Bilimsel Etik	Research Methods and Scientific Ethics	Required by the Council of Higher Education	2

Elective Courses:

Code	Course Title in Turkish	Course Title in English	Number of Credits
ITB5100	Sosyal Bilimlerde Metot Tartışmaları	Methodological Discussions in Social Sciences	3
ITB5103	Türkiye’de Kalkınma: Kuramsal bir Yaklaşım	Development in Turkey: A Theoretical Approach	3
ITB5104	Kültürel Kuram ve Analiz	Cultural Theory and Analysis	3
ITB5105	Sosyal Bilimlerde Tarihsel Analizler	Historical Analysis in Social Sciences	3
ITB5106	Düşünce Tarihi: Kavramsal Çerçeve	Intellectual History: Conceptual Framework	3
ITB5107	Tarihe Yeni Yaklaşımlar	New Approaches to History	3
ITB5108	Modern Dünya Düzeninin Gelişimi: Toplum, Siyaset ve Ekonomide Dönüşümler	Development of the Modern World System: Transformations in Society, Politics and Economy	3
ITB5111	Osmanlı Kültürel Tarihi	Ottoman Cultural History	3
ITB5112	Milliyetçilik: Kökenleri, İdeolojileri, Biçimleri	Nationalism: Origins, Ideologies, Forms	3
ITB5113	Mekan, Yer ve Kimlik	Space, Place and Identity	3
ITB5114	Etnik ve Kültürel Çeşitlilik	Ethnic and Cultural Diversity	3
ITB5192	Sosyal ve Siyasal Hareketler	Social and Political Movements	3
ITB5197	Sosyal Bilimlerde Çağdaş Akımlar	Contemporary Movements in Social Theory	3

Academic Staff:

Prof. Dr. M. Sait Özervarlı
Prof. Dr. Ayşegül BAYKAN
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kerem KARAOSMANOĞLU
Asst. Prof. Dr. Setenay Nil DOĞAN
Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatma Tunç YAŞAR
Asst. Prof. Dr. A. Teyfur ERDOĞDU
Lect. Dr. Yusuf ÖZ

Who can apply?

Quotas

Bachelor degree holders of different fields can apply to Humanities and Social Sciences Program.

Graduation Requirements:

In order to graduate from the program, students are required;

to take at least 7 courses (21 local credits/ 120 ECTS), two of which are required by the department
to pass the “Seminar” and “Research Methods and Scientific Ethics” courses,
to pass all courses with at least CB grade and have at least 2.50/4.0 GPA,
to comply with the publication requirement,
to register to “Lecture on Specialized Field” and “MA Thesis” courses in order to write a thesis, after completing the required number of credits,
to pass the MA thesis defense successfully.

Publication Requirement: MA students are required to meet at least one of the following requirements which has to be related to their thesis and done in cooperation with their thesis supervisor(s):

An oral/ poster presentation at a national/ international refereed academic congress
An academic article published or accepted for publication at a national/ international refereed academic journal

Department Location: Davutpaşa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul, Turkey

Admissions Contact:

	E-mail Address	Website
Graduate School of Social Sciences	gsss@yildiz.edu.tr, sbemdr@yildiz.edu.tr	http://sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/

Department Contact:

Name- Surname	E-mail Address	Phone Number
Res. Asst. Ayçe KÖROĞLU	aycekoroglu@gmail.com	+90 212 383 4490