DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: Comparative History

General Description

History

Dokuz Eylül University Institute for Social Science Department of History was founded in 1998. There are 10 Professors, 5 Lecturers and 2 Research Assistants in the Department of History. Masters Degree Program with Thesis in Comparative History is still active as an interdisciplinary program in the Department of History. The Program is designed to focus on comparative History in order to educate Masters in History on the basis of scientific and historiographical methodologies. The mode of education is Turkish

Qualification Awarded

Master's Degree in Comperative History (MA.)

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle (Bachelor' s Degree) diploma; minimum score of 55 from the National Central Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related fields; a minimum score of 65 from the graduate school entrance exam.

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

The aim of the program is to grow up historians who are expected to follow events and developments in Turkey and all over the World closely and to know historical background of happenings, to engage and build upon the work of their colleagues and predecessors and they are expected to be original at the same time, to be a keen observer on national and global events, to internalize critical approach to objective knowledge, to have the ability to evaluate historical sources rightly and to deal with major novelties in the world historiography.

Key Learning Outcomes

1   Ability to know methodology of comparative history
2   Ability to know basic and current sources and literature of discipline of History
3   Ability to analyze and evaluate properly progresses and stages of West and East from antiquity to present according to comparative methodology
4   Ability to know and to analyze political, social, economic and cultural aspects of history of Turkey and World History
5   Ability to know all historical steps and points of transformation and modernization in a given society
6   Acquisition of skills required to know Ottoman paleography to read archive documents and periodical literature of time
7   Ability to evaluate local, regional, national and global developments from comparative and critical point of view
8   Acquisition of skills required to prepare a proper text on basis of academic learning norms and scientific writting style and to be confident to deliver a lecture
9   Ability to make comparative historical analysis and assessment on fields of individual, social, urbanistic and similar structures

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The related master's degree enables the holder to exercise the profession.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits


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 TKT 5033 HISTORY TEXTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE (FRENCH) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 2 TKT 5031 HISTORY TEXTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE(ENGLISH) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 3 TKT 5007 POLITICAL THEORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 4 TKT 5055 HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT ASIA MINOR I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 5 TKT 5009 SOURCE AND METHODS IN RESEARCHES OF HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 6 TKT 5019 HISTORY OF TURKISH CULTURE I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 7 TKT 5023 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 8 TKT 5017 COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 9 TKT 5001 PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 10 TKT 5015 BYZANTINES, WESTERNER AND THE TURKS IN THE MIDDLE AGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 11 TKT 5013 SOURCES OF OTTOMAN RECORDS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 12 TKT 5025 INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN GRAMMAR I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 13 TKT 5047 SOURCES FOR THE OTTOMAN HISTORY IN THE EARLY MODERN AGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 14 TKT 5049 GREEK EPIGRAMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 15 TKT 5053 ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 16 TKT 5035 HISTORY TEXTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE (GERMAN) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 17 TKT 5003 ANALYSIS OF WORLD SYSTEMS AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 18 TKT 5051 GREAT POWERS SINCE OTTOMANS TO MODERN ERA AND TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 19 TKT 5027 HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE DEMOCRACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 20 TKT 5045 EAST AND WEST IN THE MIDDLE AGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 21 TKT 5029 INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
 
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 TKT 5096 SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 2
B 2 TKT 5098 FIELD STUDY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4
B 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 24
TOTAL:   30
 
2 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 TKT 5020 HISTORY OF TURKISH CULTURE II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 2 TKT 5043 TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DURING ATATÜRK ERA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 3 TKT 5038 ECONOMIC HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 4 TKT 5012 BIOGRAPHIES AS HISTORICAL SOURCES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 5 TKT 5016 HISTORY OF MIDDLE AGE TURKISH-ISLAMIC STATES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 6 TKT 5050 HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT ASIA MINOR II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 7 TKT 5002 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 8 TKT 5022 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS OF TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 9 TKT 5004 RELIGION AND STATE RELATIONS IN THE WEST AND TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 10 TKT 5014 HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 11 TKT 5040 SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE OTTOMAN SOCIETY IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 12 TKT 5042 LATIN EPIGRAMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 13 TKT 5046 ISSUES IN MODERN TURKISH HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 14 TKT 5026 INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN GRAMMAR II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 15 TKT 5018 COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 16 TKT 5006 COMPARATIVE HISTORY INVESTIGATIONS ON ARMENIAN ISSUE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 17 TKT 5008 STRATEGY ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 18 TKT 5039 COMPARATIVE REVOLUTIONS AND MODERNIZATION MOVEMENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 19 TKT 5044 COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 20 TKT 5041 SOURCES OF THE HISTORY OF MODERN AGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
B 21 TKT 5048 HISTORY TEXTS IN OTTOMAN TURKISH ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
 
3.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 TKT 5099 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
4.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 TKT 5099 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 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/icerik.php id=0028

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Program with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 54 ECTS), a seminar (2 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

Program Director: Anabilim Dalı Başkanı: Prof. Dr. Mustafa DAŞ
Tel: 0232 412 87 48
e-mail: mustafa.das@deu.edu.tr. Department webpage: http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=537