Sosyoloji Lisans Diploması

ISCO-08: 2632 – Sociologists, Anthropologists and Related Professionals

ISCO-08: 2632 – Sociologists, Anthropologists and Related Professionals

The objectives of the program include conducting scientific research at national and international levels across the world, Turkey, and the Aegean Region, strengthening academic and sectoral collaborations, and disseminating these studies to a wide audience. On the basis of studentcentered education, the program aims to train individuals who adopt scientific, cultural, and ethical values, who research and evaluate the social structure of Turkey, and who, with the knowledge they have gained, seek solutions to social problems and contribute to social life.

The program also aims to present the sociological knowledge accumulated within the department for the benefit of society, and to cultivate a sociological identity that can critically approach and investigate social, cultural, and economic phenomena by designing them as research subjects.

In line with the missions of Ege University and the Faculty of Letters, the department strives to maintain its place among Turkey’s leading and qualified departments as both a responsive department with productive relationships with social institutions and an academic unit providing high-quality sociology education.

• Face-to-face and online education

• Classrooms, Computer Laboratories, Sociology Research Laboratory, Ege Ders (online platform)

Graduates of the program will be able to:

1) Acquire a systematic perspective on society through diverse conceptual frameworks.

2) Develop research designs addressing institutions, problems, and processes using different methodological approaches.

3) Produce solutions to social problems on the basis of ethical principles.

4) Understand and analyze local and global processes of social change.

5) Gain an interdisciplinary body of knowledge by integrating insights from different fields.

6) Apply theoretical knowledge and research skills in public and private institutions as well as NGOs.

7) Participate actively in teamwork with strong communication skills.

8) Use their mother tongue and at least one foreign language effectively to follow national and international sociological research and academic activities.

Possesses the following key competencies at an advanced level.

1. Literacy competence

2. Multilingual competence

3. Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology, and engineering

4. Digital competence

5. Personal, social, and learning-to-learn competence

6. Citizenship competence

7. Entrepreneurial competence

8. Cultural awareness and expression competence

1) In the process of measuring and evaluating the program outcomes, it is essential that the outcomes of the Sociology Program are achieved through the courses offered. In this context, it is important that each course contributes to the related program outcomes. In order to ensure that courses contribute to the Program Outcomes, the course curriculum is regularly reviewed and, when necessary, revised through meetings with the participation of internal and external stakeholders such as the department’s teaching staff and student representatives. In these meetings, in addition to the demands conveyed by student representatives as a result of their meetings with all students and among themselves, data obtained from departmental surveys are also discussed.

The processes, methods, and tools used to enable students to acquire the Sociology Program Outcomes and to measure and evaluate the extent to which they have been achieved are as follows:

Examinations in the Sociology Program are not conducted in a single uniform type. In some courses, methods such as practice and presentations that allow students to express themselves are also employed. The exam/assignment questions of all compulsory courses are aligned with the program outcomes in coordination with the Accreditation Course Measurement and Evaluation Method.

This method is evaluated, filed, and archived by the faculty members. It has been adopted as the course measurement and evaluation method as a result of discussions in the Department Council and the decision of the Department Accreditation Committee. Each item included in the measurement and evaluation tool (exam/assignment/presentation/report etc.) demonstrates its relation to the course learning outcomes and program outcomes, and to what extent it serves these purposes. Faculty members, while preparing their exams (and other assessment tools), pay maximum attention to ensuring that the questions cover the scope of the course learning objectives and that no learning objective remains unassessed.

Reports on grade entries for the measurement and evaluation tools of each course, prepared separately for the fall and spring semesters, are systematically archived in the evidence folders in the Sociology Department Archive Room for all compulsory courses. The documents included in these folders are listed below:

Midterm exam question-outcome matrix

Midterm exam question-program outcome matrix

Midterm exam student grade list

Midterm exam paper and answer key

Midterm exam sample paper (with full score of 100)

Midterm exam signed attendance sheet

All midterm exam papers

Final exam question-outcome matrix

Final exam question-program outcome matrix

Final exam student grade list Final exam answer key

Final exam sample paper (with full score of 100)

Final exam signed attendance sheet

All final exam papers

This method also includes the preparation and transparent presentation of “Achievement Level of Learning Outcomes” reports, which measure the extent to which the questions asked in each course are aligned with the Program Outcomes and course outcomes, in addition to the grade entry reports.

In some courses, assignments or presentations are given to students to ensure that they develop written and oral communication skills and the ability to work in teams. In Graduation Project I and II courses, students’ exams are carried out in the form of project-based applications.

In order to measure whether the teaching objectives of a given course and the program outcomes have been achieved, student evaluation surveys are conducted.

Letter Grade Equivalent:

• AA: 88–100

• BA: 81–87

• BB: 74–80

• CB: 67–73

• CC: 60–66

• DC: 53–59

• DD: 46–52

• FD: Fail

• FF: Fail (with attendance requirement)

To ensure the quality of higher education programs,

• The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) is responsible for planning, organizing, managing, and supervising the education, training, and other activities conducted at higher education institutions.
• The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) publishes "University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports" for higher education institutions annually, prepared within the framework of criteria determined by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK). Reports containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, prepared based on these reports, are shared with the public by the Council of Higher Education.
• The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) publishes the "Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report" annually, which contains academic, administrative, and financial data for foundation higher education institutions. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by the Council of Higher Education.

Quality assurance for undergraduate programs in higher education is provided in accordance with the "Procedures and Principles for Ensuring Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

1. Creation and Approval of Curriculum:

1.1. YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required for the establishment of undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions.

1.2. The curricula of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will provide to students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the fundamental principles established by YÖK on these matters.

1.3. The curricula of the National Core Curriculum are approved by the relevant Deans' Council and implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK.

2. Measurement and Evaluation: The measurement and evaluation of the learning outcomes that each undergraduate program will provide to students is carried out in accordance with the education, training, and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles established by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) on these matters.

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs receive a bachelor's degree upon successfully completing the course credits and other requirements determined by the higher education institutions.

4. Self-Assessment-External Evaluation: As part of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter the previous year's "Institutional Internal Evaluation Reports" into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. YÖKAK shares the "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared for the external evaluation of higher education institutions with the public. Furthermore, accreditation decisions made by accreditation institutions authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also demonstrate that quality assurance is provided for program qualifications. YÖKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with its regulations.

At the university, there are field-based quality assurance system definitions and internal quality assurance mechanisms such as university and unit quality commissions and representatives, regulations, directives, procedures and principles, PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycles and schedules, guidelines, survey forms, etc. In stakeholder satisfaction surveys, updated by the commission and included in EGE-PİK, reporting systems are presented in comparison with previous years. These reports are forwarded to the relevant faculty for evaluation. Surveys examined by the survey evaluation commissions established in the faculty, with representatives from each unit, are reported, and improvement measures are taken. In addition, the Survey Evaluation Commission, under the Quality Commission of our university, monitors and reports the EGE-PİK results comparatively for the university as a whole. The relevant reports are also shared with the faculty administrators. In addition to this university-wide system, detailed evaluations are carried out regarding the results of the surveys that are monitored in a multidimensional manner through the mechanisms mentioned above (via the EBYS system, meetings, and surveys created specifically for departments focused on particular disciplines). Commissions established within the department evaluate and report on the related surveys. There is also a Department Quality Representation practice. At the same time, a Student Quality Commission has been established among the students within the department. The student quality commission, together with the quality representative, the head of the department, and the research assistant, records the minutes of quality meetings, which are then shared with other faculty members at departmental meetings. Following these meetings, students record their demands in writing and submit them to the department.

Full Name of Accredited Organization: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Letters, Ege University (Undergraduate Program)

Accreditation Start-End Dates: April 11, 2025 – September 30, 2027

• High school diploma

• Successful completion of the central university entrance examination (regulated by YÖK)

Graduates of the program have a wide range of employment opportunities in both the public and private sectors.

In the public sector, they may work as specialists, project managers, and sociologists in institutions such as state banks, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), local governments, the Ministry of Justice (General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses), and various ministries.

In the private sector, they can be employed in private banks, industrial enterprises, public opinion research companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and similar institutions and organizations.

Another option available to graduates is to pursue postgraduate education (Master’s and PhD) in order to advance into academic life.

Higher Education Law No. 2547

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transfer Between Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor, and InterInstitutional Credit Transfer

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education for Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs

Higher Education Law No. 2547 (Additional Article 35)

2.1. Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and the Higher Education Quality Council

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