Sosyoloji Lisans Diploması

To enable to gain an understanding of fundamental and classical sociology and harness this understanding in a comparative and open interpretation of the contemporary world. To enable to follow novel global trends and developments in social sciences, and critically engage with these thoughts. To enable to use Turkish and at least one other foreign language proficiently in interpersonal communication. To enable to express one´s ideas in written language, draft and develop a line of argument in written form and critically engage with other written texts. To enable mutual respect, understanding, tolerance, empathy, and resourcefulness amongst a wide array of social strata and global cultures. To engender an inquisitive mind that is capable of developing research questions and design and undertake a social research on account of her skills gained during undergraduate study. To enable skill sets necessary for engaging in team work, to communicate and respond to the needs of her fellow workers in harmony with the needs of the tasks required. To engender conducting archival research by dint of printed library resources as well as information society´s new tools. To engender an in-depth understanding of social relations, historical developments, social forces, and social questions both in national and international contexts. To raise an awareness of ethical issues surrounding sociological research and equip with necessary social responsibility both in terms of occupational requirements and civic duties. To enable an inquisitive mind that is self-reflective and conversant with the canonical texts of social sciences, philosophy, and world literature. To be able to work in secondary schools as teacher of philosophy group and to provide knowledge to improve education national and global scales.

For students to be in good academic standing and continue regular registration each semester at least 70% of class attendance is compulsory, and each student should enroll for classes at beginning of the semester. For all courses the department teaches, students will have a mid-term exam and a final exam each semester. The mid-term exam has a weight of 40% and the final exam has a weight of 60% to the final grade. All exams are graded on a 100 pts. basis. To get a passing grade, students have to get 35 pts. from the mid-term exam. AA, BA, BB, CB, and CC letter grades indicate passing grades. DC and DD letter grades are conditional passing grades: insofar as one?s Cumulative Grade Point Average passes 2.00 she/he is accepted as passing from these conditionally graded courses. Otherwise, in the case that her CGPA falls below 2.00, she will be accepted failed from these courses. In order to be able to successfully complete the program, students have to pass all curricular courses (equivalent to 240 ECTS), have 2.00 Cumulative Grade Point Average out of a possible 4.00, and write and defend a graduation thesis under the supervision of their professors.

Students must comply with the legal and academic requirements to attend our department according to the selection processes established by the ÖSYM (Higher Education Council Student Selection and Placement Centre) regulations. Students who have started studies in other universities within or outside of the country may apply for the recognition of their respective diplomas. The recognition of previous diplomas is done separately for each student and the procedure must be fulfilled out by YÖK (Board of Higher Education) accordingly before the start of each academic year. More information about general admission requirements can be found in the university and YÖK (Board of Higher Education) catalogues.

Our graduates can find employment as secondary grade school teachers in Philosophy in public and private schools, as professional social researchers, social consultants, human resources managers, copy writers and account specialists in advertisement, script writers and assistant producers in film-making, both in public and private sectors.

Qualification is continuous