Sociology (Thesis)

The academic staff within the Programme consists of 10 tenured faculty members, 3 of whom are professors who pursued an academic career in the field. The duration of the Non-Thesis Programme is at least two terms, and maximum three terms. The duration of the Thesis Programme is at least four terms, and maximum six terms. The Programme offers a Turkish-medium education.

The Programme focuses on two aims: First of all, it aims to enable the students to adopt the basic theoretical and research methods necessary to gain a sociological perspective and carry out research. Secondly, there has been a need for research in certain fields and experts in parallel with Sociology’s classical study fields and changes taking place recently. For this reason, the Programme aims to enable the students to specialise in the fields in need such as Environment, Immigration, Gender, and Collective Memory.

Learning Outcomes

Students:

• Have advanced knowledge of Sociology due to their undergraduate studies, and improve their knowledge.
• Acquire advanced competence in theory and practice regarding the historical development and change of Sociology.
• Carry out research through scientific methods in Sociology.
• Analyse, evaluate, and interpret the social structure of Turkey, and the changes in this structure on local, national, and global platforms.
• Use the quantitative and qualitative research methods and techniques used in Sociology and other disciplines to carry out theoretical and empirical scientific research.
• Combine the knowledge they acquired in their field with the knowledge regarding other disciplines, and make contributions to production of knowledge.
• Comprehend, and benefit from the interdisciplinary interaction in Social Sciences.
• Have knowledge of the principles of scientific and professional ethics, abide by these principles.
• Work individually and independently while carrying out research which will ensure a solution to the problems regarding different areas of social life, and undertake responsibility as a team member.

Besides, the Programme enables the students who studied a field of Social Sciences besides Sociology during their undergraduate studies to analyse the society they live in, and it also enables the professionals who wish to gain a different perspective to acquire intellectual background information, deep knowledge, cultural qualification, and wide perspective.