Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

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 (Bachelor's Degree) diploma; a minimum score of 55 from the Academic Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related field or GRE/GMAT equivalent; a minimum score of 50 from the Foreign Language Exams (UDS/KPDS/YDS) or TOEFL IBT/PEARSON PTE/Goethe-Zertifikat/TestDaF/DELF&DALF equivalent or a minimum score of 55 from DEU School of Foreign Languages English Proficiency Test. Transcript; a minimum score of 65 from the graduate school academic proficiency 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

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

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
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:
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 5077	RESEARCH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	2	FDB 5167	WOMEN 'S POSITION IN RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	3	FDB 5081	MAIN ISSSUES AND PROBLEMS OF LOGIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	4	FDB 5085	COMMON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	5	FDB 5087	PURPOSES OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	6	FDB 5089	HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL RELIGION EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	7	FDB 5093	ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	8	FDB 5095	ISSUES OF CLASSICAL ISLAM PHILOSOPHY I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	9	FDB 5097	PHILOSOPHY TEXTS IN THE ANCIENT ERA	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	10	FDB 5101	TEXTS OF CLASSICAL RELIGIOUS PHIOLOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	11	FDB 5103	SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	12	FDB 5105	RELIGIOUS PHENOMENOLOGY I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	13	FDB 5107	PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	14	FDB 5109	INVESTIGATION OF HOLY TEXTS: RELIGIOUS OF HINT ORIGIN	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	15	FDB 5111	CLASSICAL ISSUES OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	16	FDB 5113	COMPERATIVE RELIGIOUS HISTORY I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	17	FDB 5115	RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOG-I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	18	FDB 5117	CLASSICAL TEXTS OF LOGIC-I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	19	FDB 5121	SOCIAL CHANGE AND RELIGIOUS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	20	FDB 5123	SCIENCE-RELIGION RELATION IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	21	FDB 5125	SKILLS OF PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTX READING AND WRITING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	22	FDB 5127	HUMAN PROBLEM IN ANTIQUITY AS ETHIC AND POLITIC BEING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	23	FDB 5079	PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS SCINECED I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	24	FDB 5133	COMPERATIVE MYTOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	25	FDB 5135	ANALYTICAL RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY AND ITS CRITIQUES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	26	FDB 5131	EPISTEMOLOGY IN ISLAM PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	27	FDB 5137	SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	28	FDB 5139	ISLAM IS THE SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	29	FDB 5141	TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	30	FDB 5143	ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	31	FDB 5145	BASICS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	32	FDB 5147	WORLD RELIGIONS AND MYSTICISM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	33	FDB 5149	İŞRAKILIK IN ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	34	FDB 5153	PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	35	FDB 5155	RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN FAMILY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	36	FDB 5157	THEORIES OF SOCIOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	37	FDB 5159	THEORIES OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	38	FDB 5161	PSIKIANALIZ , RELIGION AND MYSTICISM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	39	FDB 5163	HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	40	FDB 5165	WORSHIP AND HOLIDAYS IN THE INDIAN RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	41	FDB 5129	ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	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 5196	SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	3
B	3	FDB 5098	SPECIAL FIELD COURSE	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	4
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	18
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	FDB 5078	RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR ADULTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	2	FDB 5168	BASIC PROBLEMS OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	3	FDB 5082	FALLACIES-II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	4	FDB 5084	HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE RELIGION-II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	5	FDB 5086	MODERN PROBLEMS OF ETHICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	6	FDB 5088	RELIGION AND AESTHETIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	7	FDB 5092	MAIN PROBLEMS OF CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY-II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	8	FDB 5094	ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	9	FDB 5102	SOCIOLOGY OF DURKHEIM AND ITS EFFECTS ON TURKEY-II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	10	FDB 5104	CONTEMPORARY TEXTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION -II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	11	FDB 5106	SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	12	FDB 5108	PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	13	FDB 5110	PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION-II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	14	FDB 5114	EXAMINATIONS OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS:SEMITIC RELIGIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	15	FDB 5112	ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	16	FDB 5116	HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN MODERN PERIOD	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	17	FDB 5118	17TH CENTURY WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	18	FDB 5120	EPISTEMOLOGICAL VALUE OF MYSTICISM AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE-II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	19	FDB 5122	SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	20	FDB 5124	MENTAL HEALTH AND RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	21	FDB 5126	CLASSICAL TEXTS OF LOGIC-II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	22	FDB 5132	SCIENCE-RELIGION RELATIONS IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	23	FDB 5134	NATURE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	24	FDB 5136	MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	25	FDB 5138	TURKISH RELIGIOUS HISTORY AND FOLK BELIEFS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	26	FDB 5140	THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ETHICS AND ESTHETICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	27	FDB 5142	QUR'AN AND ETHICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	28	FDB 5076	PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS SCIENCES-II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	29	FDB 5144	EXISTENTIAL SOCIOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	30	FDB 5146	SOCIOLOGY OF MAX WEBER	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	31	FDB 5148	REPUBLICAN RELIGION EDUCATION POLICIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	32	FDB 5150	HISTORY OF THE PAPACY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	33	FDB 5152	RELATIONSHIP OF PHILOSOPHY IN ISLAMIC CULTURE KALAM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	34	FBD 5154	İŞRAKILIK IN ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	35	FDB 5154	PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	36	FDB 5156	RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT STAGES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	37	FDB 5158	CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	38	FDB 5160	INTERPRETIVE SOCIOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	39	FDB 5162	RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	40	FDB 5164	SEMITIC RELIGION IN WORSHIP AND HOLIDAYS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	41	FDB 5166	YOGA AND MEDITATION :THEORY AND PRACTICE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	42	FDB 5080	RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOG-II	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 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	FDB 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/sbe/mevzuat

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

Head of the Department : Prof. Dr. Adil ÇİFTÇİ
Phone: 0232 412 00 28
Fax: 0232 224 18 90
e-mail: adil.ciftci@deu.edu.tr

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