The purpose of Turkish Language
and Literature Master's Degree Program is to graduate specialists who
will be successful not only in Turkey but also abroad, can follow new
developments, understand the structure and development of Turkish
language from the beginning to these days and have knowledge about
Turkish culture. It is also aimed to collect and interpret the data
necessary for the scientific research of the language and cultural
characteristics of the Düzce region.
The students who graduate from
the program can conduct academic studies by receiving doctorate
education at the department of Turkish Language and Literature of other
universities or a related department, can be academician, can also be
employed in the relevant areas of the state instutions. Turkish Language
and Literature Master's Degree Program aims to enable students to
transfer their education in the field of Turkish language and literature
in the most effective way to future generations by using the
opportunities of the date and the advanced technology.
The purpose of the department of Turkish language and literature in the framework of the Turkish Higher education is to train language and literature researchers who know structure and historical development of the Turkish language, Turkish was introduced by the authors of the works and the works which are periods of Turkish literature, types, form and content characteristic; grasp culturel, political and social concepts of Turkish literature; compare properties of Turkish language and literature with other language and literature features, use research, analysis and comparison methods moreover reflect all these gainslike between national culture and universal culture by creative mind.
The goal of the Department of Turkish Language and Literatere is to contribute to the scientific study which is located national and international level. With this contrubition which provides; is to achieve a leading position at the gradute level.
The Master’s Degree in Turkish Language and Literature awarded to the graduates who have successfully full filled all programme requirements.
Second Cycle
In order to admit to graduate program,
ALES %,50
Science Exam %20,
GPA, %10,
Oral Exam %10,
YDS, % 10
Total: 100
The total number of credits required for graduation is 30. Each course has 3 credits and all courses are theoretical. Only the Scientific Research Methods I and the Scientific Research Methods II courses are compulsory. Other courses are elective.
Students enrolled in Düzce University
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 Düzce University, which is subject to approval and
verification by the Board of faculty/graduate school/school.
Recognition of Education Abroad
Düzce University 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
Düzce University, 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.
The purpose of Turkish Language and Literature Master's Degree Program is to graduate specialists who will be successful not only in Turkey but also abroad, can follow new developments, understand the structure and development of Turkish language from the beginning to these days and have knowledge about Turkish culture. The thesis topics of our students who successfully complete the Master program will help to achieve this aim.
| No | Program Requirements |
|---|---|
| 1 | Obtains the basic knowledge and skill of studying and researching at the academic level in Turkish Language and Literature |
| 2 | Gets information about prosody, rhyme and poetry forms of Old Turkish Literature. Knows this literature's periods, poets and these poet’s works. Tries to read and understand the texts written with Arabic script. |
| 3 | Determines the basic properties of the Modern Turkish Literature periods; knows the new forms and themes that play a role in the period, the new literary language, and imagism, reveals the relationships of the new author, text and reader; compares with the old and determines the effects to the next. |
| 4 | Knows the classical and modern literary movements from the past to the present. Evaluates the impacts of the literary movements upon the expression forms |
| 5 | Develops the ability of perception, criticising and expressing an opinion about how to analyze a text. |
| 6 | Obtains information about the expression-based types in Turkish Folk Literature. |
| 7 | Examines the Turkish language and literature texts from beginning to present. Finds the opportunity of comparison with the texts of western literature. |
| 8 | Obtains the ability of gathering, transmitting, editing, storing and presenting of information in the field of Turkish language and literature by using the Information and Internet technologies. |
| 9 | Uses the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of Turkish language and literature at the shared studies of other areas of social sciences. |
| 10 | Acquires the consciousness of the necessity of lifelong learning. |
| 11 | Acquires the scientific ethics and sense of responsibility. |
| 12 | Earns the trust of critical thoughts explanation in a constructive way. |
Please click the link below to see the file showing the relationship among Field of Education Qualifications-Learning Outcomes-National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education in Turkey for the Turkish Language and Literature Programme.
Graduate students have opportunities for working in different kinds of academic fields in universities as "Turkic Language Lecturer", "Research Assistant" and " Turkic Language Specialist".also, they can find opportunity of working in government foundations like ministry of public education, Ministry of Culture and TRT as well as private institutions in the area of publication and advertisement
Graduates who successfully completed the Master's Degree may apply to doctorate (third cycle) programmes in the same or in related disciplines.
The total number of ECTS credits required for graduation is 120. And all courses are theoretical. Only the Scientific Research Methods I and the Scientific Research Methods II courses are compulsory. Other courses are elective.
For each course, the method of assessment and grading is defined "Course Information Form" in details.
Click for more information about regulations...
In order to be able to graduate from the Turkish Language and Literature Graduate Program, students are required to complete 21 credits including 7 courses and 1 seminar. The total amount of ECTS credits is 120; 30 credits for each semester course. The duration of the Turkish Language and Literature Master's program is 2 years. There are midterm exams, projects and similar evaluation activities during the semester and final exams at the end of the semester. After successfully completing the course, the students are required to prepare a master thesis and to make an oral presentation of their thesiss. After the thesis presentation, successful students are eligible to graduate.
Full Time
