Tarih (İngilizce) Lisans Diploması

ISCO-08: 2633

ISCED (2013): 0222

ISCO-08: 2633

ISCED (2013): 0222

As the history department of Istanbul Bilgi University, our aim is to introduce our students to critical and creative thinking and to encourage them to develop these skills and use them properly during and after their student life. In order to achieve this goal, we offer our students a wide range of courses (mandatory and elective).

Education and training are provided in formal or distance learning (online) format. In addition, courses can be held in libraries, museums, exhibition halls and historically important places in the context of relevant courses.

Upon graduation the students are expected to

Key Learning Outcomes

• Have the competence to understand and explain major historical transformations.

• Have a good knowledge of the basic developments and historical debates in historiography and can demonstrate this.

• Relate their work to other social science disciplines and can adapt different conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches learned from these disciplines to their own work.

• Can determine the outcomes and goals of research projects in a scientific manner, combine them with strong historical arguments that have strong foundations, and reach a coherent and well-articulated conclusion.
• Can identify differences between primary and secondary sources, measure their reliability, and critically evaluate their content.
• Can explain where their proposed historical approach fits into a larger framework of social, economic, political, and cultural realms.
• Be aware of the diversity and plurality in human experiences and lives, can demonstrate this, and does not make inferences and comments that contain discriminatory elements.

Supportive Learning Outcomes

• Be able to use the knowledge related to the field in business and daily life with a sense of social responsibility by gaining lifelong learning skills.
• Be able to use the knowledge related to the field in business and daily life with a sense of social responsibility.
• Be able to use the databases required by the field, to access and use e-books and e-magazines, to benefit from the internet consciously.
• Be able to plan and implement research from beginning to end individually or as a group member.
• Be able to use a second foreign language at an intermediate level.

Has advanced level of the following key competencies:

1. Literacy competence

2. Multilingual competence

3. Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology and engineering

4. Digital competence

5. Personal, social and learning to learn competence

6. Citizenship competence

7. Entrepreneurial competence

8. Cultural awareness and expression competence

The measurement and evaluation methods applied for each course are defined according to Article 18 of the Istanbul Bilgi University Credited System Undergraduate and Associate Degree Education and Exam Regulation.

https://www.bilgi.edu.tr/media/uploads/2019/09/26/istanbul-bilgi-universitesi-kredili-sistem-lisans-ve-onlisans-ogretim-ve-sinav-yonetmeligi.pdf

A final exam and a midterm exam are held for all courses. In addition, projects, end-of-term assignments, quizzes and presentations are also conducted depending on the course content. End-of-term exams are held during the exam period specified in the academic calendar. The dates and locations of the end-of-term exams are determined by the Rectorate for classes over 20 people, and by an agreement between the instructor teaching the course and the Planning Office for classes under 20 students.

History Undergraduate Program is accredited by Science, Literature, Science - Literature, Language and History - Geography Faculties Curriculum Evaluation and Accreditation Association (FEDEK).

Accreditation and Self-Assessment Studies:

• The program has met the necessary conditions to receive full accreditation from FEDEK and suggestions have been made for continuous improvement.

• The program continues its annual studies within the framework of continuous improvement suggestions.

Continuous Improvement Studies:

The History Undergraduate Program has adopted the principle of continuous improvement in all education-training activities, administrative affairs, the organization and maintenance of internal and external stakeholder relations, and the dissemination of quality management principles, and continues its applications and activities within this scope.

Curriculum Studies:

Our curriculum was reviewed between 2019-2022 and the necessary changes were made. As a result of the evaluation of the opinions of our internal and external stakeholders as a result of the studies of the University and Faculty curriculum commission, Faculty Advisory Board meetings, Faculty Board meetings, focus groups and orientation meetings we held with our students, it was concluded that the number of compulsory courses in the History Department undergraduate program curriculum is much higher than other departments and this situation is particularly challenging for History Department students in the Double Major Program. In this context, 2 compulsory courses were converted to elective courses, 3 new elective course proposals were made and accepted. In addition, the content of one of our courses was updated as Introduction to Modern Middle Eastern History, considering the deficiency in our curriculum on Middle Eastern History.

Updating and Measurements of Program Teaching Objectives:

In the 2021-2022 academic year, with the participation of all faculty members, our program teaching objectives were evaluated in terms of their compliance with the Fedek definition and consistency with the institution's core missions, and the program was updated in consultation with internal and external stakeholders.

Program Teaching Objectives are evaluated by conducting student surveys at the end of each semester based on sample courses.

In addition, it is reviewed again with focus meetings attended by 3rd and 4th year students, Bilgi University History Undergraduate graduates and program faculty members at the end of each year, and improvement studies are carried out with the results obtained from these meetings.

Measurement and Evaluation of Program Outcomes:

The Course Learning Outcomes Measurement and Evaluation Committee established within our program has selected two samples from our program at different levels for each program outcome in the 2021-2022 academic year and program outcome measurements have been made. Program outcomes are measured and evaluated using the international WSCUC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission) accreditation measurement criteria, of which all faculties and departments of our university are institutionally a part. As a result of these evaluations, improvement plans are prepared for courses and are put on the agenda with departmental meeting decisions.

(1) High school diploma

(2) Being placed through the National Student Selection and Placement Exams

(3) Having received a passing score from the Istanbul Bilgi University English Language Exam (BİLET) or TOEFL or a similar internationally recognized language exam

(4) For associate degree students who graduated from the same or similar departments of vocational schools, being placed through the Vertical Transfer exam

(5) For foreign students, having applied directly to the university and been placed; being evaluated by the University within the framework of public national and institutional regulations stated on the university's website

In today's world, undergraduate education is seen as only a beginning in career planning, and the main specialization and professional competence are acquired during the master's and doctoral studies. Istanbul Bilgi University History Department offers a basic and diverse education that can fulfill the master's degree requirements at a high level. Therefore, a large portion of our graduates continue their master's degree in other fields as well as in history. These fields include a wide variety of branches such as law, sociology, business, cinema, cultural studies, and graphic design.

Our students who enter the profession after graduation work at various levels in the visual and written media. In addition, there are also graduates who work as editors, translators and editors in the publishing world and magazines. Other orientations such as culture and art management, museum studies, advertising and tourism are also possible. National and international non-governmental organizations are among the institutions where our graduates can find work.

Law No. 2547 on Higher Education

Regulation on the Principles of Transfer, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions

Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Program Graduates

Law No. 2547 on Higher Education (Additional Article-35)

Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board

Qualification is valid indefinitely.