| History |
| Igdir rector of the University, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the main branches of science in the opening section in the proposal dated 16.06.2011 in higher education executive meeting examined and amended by Law No. 2880 of 2547 7/d-2 law. In accordance with Article history department at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is eligible to be opened. |
| Qualification Awarded |
| Historian |
| Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) |
| First Cycle |
| Specific Admission Requirements |
| High school diploma, placement through a centralized national university placement examination . Please visit www.osym.gov.tr for more information. |
| Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) |
| Students can be accepted from the institutions whose equivalance is accepted by the Council of Higher Education, Recognition of previous informal and formal education in higher education institutions in Turkey is at the beginning phase. Ataturk University and hence the department are not the exception. However, exams are made every term for the level of English and thus previous foreign language education is recognised. Students, if they get passing grade, can be exempt from these courses. |
| Qualification Requirements and Regulations |
| Students must be successful in all courses as it is stated in Igdır University Regulations of Education and Examination. |
| Profile of The Programme |
| The aim is to make people evaluate both the societies which have been composed by coming together of people and its political, military, cultural and economic situations with other societies and their effects on each other objectively in various aspects according to methods of history. By making them see this historical process scientifically and make cohesive calculations in itself, the aim is to bring them to the level to the need of modern age.
It is to grow our students as having program ability through general targets and make them have a modern historian identity. Our students who have this identity can grow individuals who are dependent on Ataturk’s principles and reforms can take charge in educational intuitions and they can be evaluated as a impartial historian. |
| Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples |
| The graduates can work as academician in the fields of History and other Social Sciences in (state and private) universities and as expert at Public Record Office. They can participate in various projects about their fields. Also, the graduates who get initial teacher training can work as teacher at Ministry of National Education and in private institutes (private schools). |
| Access to Further Studies |
| Those who complete the undergraduate can apply to master programs with the effect of passing scores in ALES exam and undergraduate gpa. |
| Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading |
| In History Program, students take at least 1 midterm and final exam for each coursework. Addition short-exams and homeworks can be given. For evaluation, mid-term activities/tests contribute 40 % to overall grading. The rest is contributed by final exam score. All tests are evaluated based on 100 points and class average is considered. The lecturers convert numerical scores into 4-letter grading category. Attendance is required. Students are not permitted to pursue further year if sequentially graduate-point averages (GPA) below 2.00. Grades AA, BA, BB, CB, and CC taken for a coursework are considered “pass”. Evaluation of grades DC and DD taken for a course is subjected to students’ GPA. If GPA is above 2.00, grades DC and DD for a lecture are considered “pass”. Grade FF indicates “fail”. Lectures evaluated by grades M and G are not included in overall GPA calculation. |
| Graduation Requirements |
| Normal duration is 4 years. Students must take and pass all necessary courses totaling 150 credits and reach a minimum (grade point average) of 2,0 before him/her can graduate. |
| Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) |
| Full-Time |
| Address, Programme Director or Equivalent |
| Igdir University President Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Cumhuriyet Mah. Barbaros Sok. No. 17 Central IĞDIR Head of Department: Asst. Assoc. Dr. Cengiz ATLI |
| Facilities |
| As of the 2013-2014 academic year in our department, one associate professor, two assistant professors, one lecturer and has 3 research assistants. In our department, there are projectors in classrooms. Our department is in the process archive organization. Section of the central library of the university students can benefit from. |