[] About Program

Turkish Music is a four-year undergraduate programme which aims training artists and academicians who appreciate our national music culture, have full knowladge of technology and esthetics awareness, able to collaborate interdisciplinary, value ethics, have sense of justice, be polyphonic, searching and questioning as responsible art producers and competent staff. Training programme includes various compulsory and elective subjects. Grad-students may work as instrument players or vocal artists in orchestras of various government agencies and private organisations; programme producers; academicians in national and international institutions; performers; researchers, critics and writers in comprehensive studies about national and international communities and may be active in national and international musical environments. Grad-students are certified with “Music Programme Baccalaureate” and they have the opportunity to continue their postgraduate education. 

[] Goals

Training artists and academicians who appreciate our national music culture (Folk Music, Classical Turkish Music), comprehend our cultural values as modern life requirements, think creatively and intentively, have full knowladge of technology and esthetics awareness, able to collaborate interdisciplinary, value ethics, have sense of justice, be polyphonic, innovator, emencipatory, searching, questioning and respectful to society.


[] Objectives
Our training programme is designed due to balanced consistence of tradition and modernity about music. Our goal is to train qualified artists with experienced academicians and become a locally and internationally preferred instution.
[] Education Language
Turkish
[] Degree to Be Won
Bachelor's Degree in MUSIC
[] Earned Level of Qualification
It is a programme that provides undergraduate (first cycle) education.
[] Admission Requirements
The Music Department accepts students with special talent exam. The "Special Talent Exam Guidelines" of the Senate of Duzce University are applied for the registration and admission conditions.
[] Course's Contrubution To Program
To complete the available courses in the program (a total of 240 ECTS) successfully, the students have to get at least 50 points out of 100 and required to achieve 2.50 on a 4.00 weighted grade point average. To graduate from the programs students should get at least DD in all of the courses provided.
[] Recognition of Prior Learning
Students enrolled in DU might be exempted from certain courses within the framework of certain regulations. A student can be exempted from a certain course provided related course content previously received from another institution complies with that of DU, which is subject to approval and verification by the Board of faculty/graduate school/school.

Recognition of Education Abroad

DU recognises academic terms and courses studied by a student that has been involved in an exchange programme for one or two terms at the universities with which a partnership was established.

Students that are selected to avail themselves of Student Mobility for Studies under ERASMUS are obliged to draw up an education agreement with relevant ERASMUS Unit Coordination prior to the mobility term. The education agreement demonstrates the courses to be studied at the partner university the student intends to go, as well as appropriate ECTS credits.

In addition to this, students shall be asked to issue a Recognition Sheet, which refers to the equivalent of foreign courses in DU, so that the credit transfer is planned and approved.

At the end of the exchange term, the courses studied abroad are recorded and demonstrated in the transcript, together with the original course codes and names and ECTS credits. Pursuant to ERASMUS Programme and Collaboration Agreements concluded thereunto, official transcripts will quote, an abbreviation signal of ET, European Transfer, for the courses studied abroad.
[] Description of Program

Turkish Music Programme is an undergraduate programme in Art Designing and Architecture Faculty Music Department. We have compulsory and elective courses with theoretical and tutorial contents. Students continue their education in one of the “Turkish Folk Music” or “Classical Turkish Music” majors from 5th semester.


[] Program Requirements
No Program Requirements
1 Acquire professional level art knowladge.
2 Students own the values of their culture, have knowladge about all fields of traditional music and present this knowladge in national and international platforms.
3 Students give priority to academic researches and modern information and have ability to present their studies nationally or internationally.
4 Follow the national and international developments in their fields, and pratice contemporarily due to these developments.
5 Learn and use technical information and skills in studies parallel to the development of the tecnologies in their field.
6 Artist candidates can observe, analyze and think multidimensionally.
7 Student become competent about artistic, technical and vocational subjects.
8 Students realize themselves and transform their social environment.
9 Students become active about artistic creativity in terms of esthetic awareness.
10 Students become qualified artist candidates which can think intentively. They are trained as participant, sharing, sensitive about cultural differences, enlightened individuals.
[] TYYÇ - Based on the Adequacy-Relationship Adequacy of Program
[] Professional Profile of Graduates

Gradstudents may work as

*Instrument players, vocal artists and producers in orchestras of government agencies established under Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, Ministry of Culture and private radio and television corporations.

*Performers in national and international academic institutions’ artist positions.

*Researchers, critics and writers who studies mutually with disciplines researching national and international societies.

[] The Upper Stage of a Transition
The students graduating from this program may apply to graduate programs.
[] Program Structure

Turkish Music is a four-year undergraduate programme which aims training artists and academicians who appreciate our national music culture, have full knowladge of technology and esthetics awareness, able to collaborate interdisciplinary, value ethics, have sense of justice, be polyphonic, searching and questioning as responsible art producers and competent staff. Training programme includes various compulsory and elective subjects. Grad-students may work as instrument players or vocal artists in orchestras of various government agencies and private organisations; programme producers; academicians in national and international institutions; performers; researchers, critics and writers in comprehensive studies about national and international communities and may be active in national and international musical environments.

[] Examinations, Assessment and Grading

Provisions of the Duzce University "Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulation" are applied in Exams, Assessment and Grading.

Letter grades and their scores are determined as follows or according to the relative score assessment system:



                   
Success Rate            Letter Grade              Score                    Success Level
             

 90-100                     AA                            4.00                     Good
 85-89                      BA                             3.50                     Very Good- Very Good
 80-84                      BB                             3.25                     Good
 70-79                      CB                             3.00                     Good- Good Medium
 60-69                      CC                             2.50                     Medium
 55-59                      DC                             2.25                     Pass- Medium 
 50-54                      DD                             2.00                     Pass
 40-49                      FD                             1.50                     Fail
 39 ve aşağısı             FF                              0                         Fail
         
                               EKS                            0/Incomplete
                               DVZ                            0/Absent
                               MEKS                          0/Excused Absent
                               MUAF                          0/Adequate

Grades not included in the Average
 YT                                                          Adequate
 YZ                                                          Inadequate 

[] Graduation Requirements

Students have to complete 184 national credits to graduate and 44 of these credits are elective courses.

ECTS credit amount is 240 (30 per semester). Music Programme period of study is four years. Every semester lasts 14 weeks and there are mid-term examinations, assignaments, projects, eveluation acitivities and final examinations. Additionally students are obligated to write a dissertation as a result of a project. Attendance to classes is compulsory and students have to be successful in all courses to graduate. Cumulative grade point average of a student must be higher than 2.50 and all additional studies must be completed to graduate.

[] Type of Training
Full time
[] Dean and Assistant Deans
Acting Dean
Prof. Dr. Kazım Özkan ERTÜRK
E-Mail:ozkanerturk@duzce.edu.tr


Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem SALLI BİDECİ
E-Mail:ozlembideci@duzce.edu.tr


Assist. Prof. Dr. Erdem YEDEKCİ
E-Mail:

[] Programme Director
Prof. Dr. Haluk YÜCEL
E-Mail:halukyucel@duzce.edu.tr
[] ECTS Coordinator
Assist. Prof. Dr. Eda NAZLIMOĞLU
E-Mail:edanazlimoglu@duzce.edu.tr
[] Academic Staff
  • Head of Department
       Prof. Dr. Haluk YÜCEL
       halukyucel@duzce.edu.tr

  • Faculty Member
       Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe KAPTAN AYKAL
       aysekaptan@duzce.edu.tr

  • Faculty Member
       Assist. Prof. Dr. Nurcan BAHADIR
       nurcanbahadir@duzce.edu.tr

  • Faculty Member
       Assist. Prof. Dr. Pelin GÜRDER
       pelingurder@duzce.edu.tr

  • Lecturer
       Assist. Prof. Dr. Eda NAZLIMOĞLU
       edanazlimoglu@duzce.edu.tr

  • ECTS Coordinator
       Assist. Prof. Dr. Eda NAZLIMOĞLU
       edanazlimoglu@duzce.edu.tr

  • Lecturer
       Lect. Eren Can YILDIZ
       erencanyildiz@duzce.edu.tr

  • Lecturer
       Lect. Berat Talat KARAKOÇ
       berattalatkarakoc@duzce.edu.tr

  • Lecturer
       Lect. Hande TAŞÇEŞME
       handetascesme.dgh@duzce.edu.tr

  • Lecturer
       Lect. Fatih ADALI
       fatihadali@duzce.edu.tr

  • Lecturer
       Lecturer Aykut BÜYÜKKÖSE
       aykutbuyukkose@duzce.edu.tr