GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Philosophy

PHILOSOPHY MA Program

Academic Unit: Humanities and Social Sciences

Program Objectives: Philosophy MA program is offered with a wide range of courses at Yıldız Technical University and the aim of the program is to train students who have rational and critical thinking skills and to bring Philosophy to a higher level in Turkey. Courses offered within the program help students to acquire the ability to access, to evaluate and to interpret data by doing scientific research.

Medium of Instruction: 30% 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.

Who can apply?

In-Field Quotas	Bachelor degree holders of *Philosophy* program should apply to in-field applicant quotas.
Out-of-Field Quotas	Others should apply to out-of-field applicant quotas.

Compulsory Courses:

Code	Course Title in Turkish	Course Title in English	Course Type	Number of Credits
FEL5101	Bilgi Felsefesinin Sorunları	Issues in Philosophy of Knowledge	Required by the program	3
FEL5125	Özgürlük Sorunu	The Problem of Freedom	Required by the program	3
FEL5001	Seminer	Seminar	Required by the Council of Higher Education	0
FEL5004	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
FEL5100	Büyük Osmanlı Filozofları	Major Ottoman Philosophers	3
FEL5101	Bilgi Felsefesinin Sorunları	Issues in Philosophy of Knowledge	3
FEL5102	Çağdaş Felsefe Teorileri	Contemporary Philosophical Theories	3
FEL5103	Modern Siyaset Felsefesi	Modern Political Philosophy	3
FEL5104	Hukuk Felsefesinin Temel Problemleri	Major Problems of Philosophy of Law	3
FEL5105	Modern Dönem Bilim Felsefesi Metinleri	Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings	3
FEL5106	Modern Dönem Din Felsefesi	Contemporary Philosophy of Religion	3
FEL5107	Tarih-Felsefe İlişkisinin Temel Metinleri	The main texts on the relation between history and philosophy	3
FEL5108	Kavramlar Tarihi	Conceptual history (History of concept)	3
FEL5109	Osmanlı Dünyası'nda Estetik	Aesthetics in the Ottoman World	3
FEL5110	Modern Türk Düşüncesi	Modern Turkish Thought	3
FEL5111	Çağdaş Felsefe Akımları	Contemporary Philosophical Movements	3
FEL5112	Klasik Siyaset Felsefeleri	Classical Political Philosophy	3
FEL5113	İslam Felsefesi Ekolleri	Schools of Thought in Islamic Philosophy	3
FEL5114	Alman İdealizmi	German Idealism	3
FEL5115	Bilim Sosyolojisi	Sociology of Science	3
FEL5116	Bilim Felsefesinin Sorunları	The Problems of Philosophy of Science	3
FEL5117	Din Felsefesinin Sorunları	The Problems of Philosophy of Religion	3
FEL5118	Tarih Felsefe İlişkisi	The relation between history and philosophy	3
FEL5119	Osmanlı Zihniyet Dünyasının Temel Kavramları: Din, Dil, Devlet ve Siyaset	Main Concepts in the World of Ottoman Mentality: Religion, Language, State and Politics	3
FEL5120	Mimarlık Felsefesi	Philosophy of architecture	3
FEL5121	Max Horkheimer/Theodor W. Adorno: Aydınlanmanın Diyalektiği	Max Horkheimer / Theodor W. Adorno: Dialectic Enlightenment	3
FEL5122	Kültür Felsefesi	Philosophy of Culture	3
FEL5123	Osmanlı Düşünce Tarihi	Ottoman Intellectual History	3
FEL5124	19. Yüzyıl Avrupa Düşünce Tarihi	19th Century European Intellectual History	3
FEL5125	Özgürlük Sorunu	The Problem of Freedom	3

Academic Staff:

Prof. Dr. Caner TASLAMAN
Prof. Dr. Neşet TOKU
Prof. Dr. Niyazi KAHVECİ
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali ÇAKSU
Asst. Prof. Dr. Songül DEMİR

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. Çağrı TAŞGETİREN	cagritasgetiren@gmail.com	+90 212 383 44 80