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The Department of Basic Islamic Sciences provides master opportunity to individuals who aim to have basic knowledge in the field and to achieve high efficiency and quality awareness that can improve themselves and society. In the program, courses for master's thesis work are given and the students who successfully complete the program are awarded with the Diploma of Basic Islamic Sciences (Master of Non-Thesis).

The main goal of the program is to educate experts in the field of Basic Islamic Sciences. The program will help the development of academic mentality at the graduate level due to science departments it contains, increase the number of trained personnel, and produce and share healthy religious knowledge with the society. To examine Islamic religion based on correct and scientific basis and to understand and interpret the most important sources of the religion; Qur’an, the Hadiths and the religious texts are also amongst the other aims of the program.  

To gain the ability to read and understand the basic Islamic sources, to evaluate the informations in these sources correctly and soundly, to systematically express the obtained information in written and verbal style and to use them in line with current needs.

Upon successful completion of the program, students are awarded with the “Basic İslamic Sciences Master of Thesis” degree.

This program is a doctoral program.

• To have post-graduate diploma.

• To be graduated from Faculty of Theology or Islamic Sciences

• Having at least 55 points from ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam)

• To get at least 55 points from central foreign language exams accepted by YÖK or international foreign language exams accepted by OSYM.

• To get a passing grade (60) from the science and oral exams to be held by Duzce University Institute of Social Sciences.

• Applications for exchange students are made according to the admission conditions set out in the bilateral agreement signed by Düzce University and the partner university.

• Special students can register to the courses given in this program with the approval of the related department. 

• Except for the time spent in scientific preparation, the doctoral program is eight semesters, regardless of whether or not they have registered for each semester, starting from the semester in which the courses related to the program they are enrolled for are accepted with a master's degree with thesis, and the maximum completion period is twelve semesters; for those admitted with a bachelor's degree, it is ten semesters and the maximum completion period is fourteen semesters.

• The maximum duration to successfully complete the credit courses required for the Ph.D. program is four semesters for those admitted with a master's degree with thesis and six semesters for those admitted with a bachelor's degree. Students who fail to successfully complete their credit courses or do not achieve at least the grade point average required by the higher education institution shall be dismissed from the higher education institution.

• Students are required to have at least 3.00 GPA out of 4.00 and pass the Proficiency Exam and Doctorate Thesis Defense of the non-credit courses in the curriculum. 

Students who are transferring from one of the institutes affiliated to another university to the programs approved by the relevant committee whose equivalence is similar to an institute of the University may be exempted from the courses they have taken and succeeded by the related committee.

The aim of the program is to provide the student with the ability to conduct independent research, to interpret the scientific events with a broad, deep and rational point of view and to determine the necessary steps to reach new syntheses.Graduates will also can discuss their scientific research in written and oral form in national and international media and publications.

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Graduates can be appointed as faculty members to the related departments of theology faculties, they can work in primary and secondary education institutions, as well as in positions of mufti and equivalent status in Religious Affairs.

Graduates of this program may apply to post-doctoral programs depending on their area of ​​expertise.

It is explained in detail in the Principles of Education and Exams of Düzce University Graduate Education Regulation.

To complete the required course credits and to be successful in the thesis exam and to provide other conditions, the number of bound copies of the doctoral thesis determined by the institute board; “Doctorate Diploma” is given to the doctoral student who submits three electronic copies of the thesis, including the abstracts in Turkish and foreign languages, to the relevant institute at the latest within one month from the date of the exam.

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