Tarih Lisans Diploması

ISCO:08

ISCO:08

The aims of the Department of History are to teach modern historiographical techniques, to develop students' skills in the use of historical sources and to present comprehensive approaches to historical problems, geographical areas and periods. In addition, our department aims to sign cooperation agreements with other history departments at national and international level.

The aims of the Department of History are to teach modern historiographical techniques, to develop students' skills in the use of historical sources and to present comprehensive approaches to historical problems, geographical areas and periods. In addition, our department aims to sign cooperation agreements with other history departments at national and international level.

Programme Objectives:

•           To develop the basic academic knowledge and skills necessary for research and development in the field of history (working interdisciplinary, establishing causality between events, thinking from different perspectives, interpreting and drawing conclusions).

•           To be able to associate historical facts, events and documents with current developments.

•           To be able to evaluate historical events, phenomena and change from an analytical point of view and critically as a result of history education.

•           To gain the ability to use auxiliary languages that will be a source of historical data at the point of reading and understanding historical data.

•           To gain awareness of professional ethics and social responsibility.

•           To encourage to contribute to the development of scientific knowledge acquired in the field of study and academic culture in our country.

Education and training is carried out in the form of formal education and face-to-face. Apart from this, conferences, panels and symposiums that contribute to students are organised and students are encouraged to participate in such activities. In addition, with the Formation Education they receive, they gain theoretical knowledge by doing internships related to teaching practice in official schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education.

• Our graduates have knowledge about the stages of world history and geography, basic concepts, events, phenomenon and the results of mutual effects.
• They have knowledge of the baseline of Turkish history and culture, their concepts, and the position and importance of Turkish history in world history.
• Graduates have knowledge of reading, understanding and evaluation of historical sources that is constituted scientific history.
• They have theoretical and practical knowledge about the emergence of scientific history and its improvements.
• Alumni have the conscious of protection of intangible and tangible cultural values.
• Our graduates use the knowledge and skills, which they got, in the teaching and learning areas.
• They adhere to ethical values; they make use of technologic devices in producing and sharing common knowledge.
• Graduates produce contemporary solution suggestions with the ability of critical and analytical thinking to the problems that faced with.
• Alumni produce an original study using with modern techniques of history writing and share it with national-international colleagues.
• Our graduates act with the conscious of social responsibility by evaluating in the areas of social, political and administrative matters with the knowledge that obtained.
• They have enough knowledge to work in archives, museums, educational institutes and academic areas.
• Graduates have the skill of noticing and protection of the historical geography of around them.

Alumni possesses the following key competences at an advanced level;

1. Competence to recognise the primary sources belonging to the historical periods of the courses taken
2. Competence in reading and writing Ottoman texts
3. The accumulation competence required in education-teaching method and application stages
4. Competence in obtaining, analysing and interpreting historical data
5. Volunteering and social responsibility competence
6. Competence in archive and library use
7. Ability to conduct research and present the findings and analyses obtained
8. Cultural awareness and expression competence personal, social and learning to learn competence

While evaluating students in line with the student-centered education approach, alternative measurement and evaluation tools and methods in which they are active, which show their development during the course and their achievement of achievements/outcomes at the end of the course, are used. Along with the student-centered approach, a competency-based approach has also been adopted in the measurement and evaluation processes. Measurement and evaluation processes are carried out in accordance with Hitit University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations and Hitit University Procedures and Principles Regarding the Conducting of Distance Education Courses and Conducting Exams. http://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/Metin.Aspx?MevzuatKod=8.5.19994&MevzuatIliski=0&sourceXmlSearch=H%C4%B0T%25C  http://mevzuat.hitit.edu.tr/dosyalar/hitu_uzaktan_egitim.pdf

Starting from the 2024-2025 academic year, in accordance with the decision of the University Senate dated 25.09.2024 and numbered 2024/132, measurement and evaluation in our faculty are diversified and carried out throughout the semester in line with student-centered education.

(1) A student's success in a course is determined by the course success grade. The calculation principles of the success grade according to the absolute and/or relative evaluation system and the grading system principles of the exams administered at the University are regulated by the Senate.

(2) Letter grades, the expansions and coefficients of which are stated below, are used in the calculation of success grades, except for the Faculty of Medicine.

a) Regarding letter grades and coefficients, the procedure is carried out according to the table below:

Letter Grades Coefficients

AA 4.00

BA 3.50

BB 3.00

CB 2.50

CC 2.00

DC 1.50

DD 1.00

FD 0.5

FF 0.0

b) Letter grades not shown in the table are:

1) B: Successful for non-credit courses,

2) K: Fail for non-credit courses,

3) D: Discontinuous,

4) G: He did not enter,

5) M: Exempt,

6) S: The grade given at the end of the first semester for the ongoing (two-semester) Graduation Paper/Thesis/Seminar/Project.

YÖK is responsible for the planning, organization, content and supervision of education, training and other publications in the higher education institution.

• According to the framework distributed by YÖK, higher education institutions' "University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports" are published every year. Reports prepared according to these reports, containing good and high-quality evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.

• The "Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report", which includes academic, administrative and financial data regarding foundation higher education, is published every year by YÖK. These reports, which contain good and high-quality evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the "Procedures and Principles for Providing Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs, if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions; receives a bachelor's degree.

4. Self-Evaluation-External Evaluation: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter the "Institution Internal Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. The "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared by YÖKAK regarding the external evaluation of higher education institutions is shared with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also show that the quality assurance of the qualifications of the programs is ensured. It carries out regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with the YÖKAK legislation.

Our department has been accredited by FEDEK on 2nd May 2024 with the examinations and evaluations it has been subjected to as a result of the preparation and application processes it has carried out in line with its sustainable quality and qualification criteria targets.

Documents & Reports: https://fef.hitit.edu.tr/tr/tarih/detay/esgudum-komisyonu  

https://fef.hitit.edu.tr/tr/tarih/detay/Oz-Degerlendirme-Raporu

Accreditation Body Name: Accreditation Association for Faculties of Science, Literature, Language and History-Geography (FEDEK)

Start/End Date: 2.05.2024/30.09.2026

Registration, admission, examination and evaluation procedures of students are carried out in accordance with the Higher Education Law and the decisions and regulations of the Council of Higher Education issued on the basis of this law. At Hitit University, registration and admission procedures are carried out by the Student Affairs Department, and information on regulations and directives can be found at http://oidb.hitit.edu.tr/. A two-stage examination system is applied in the transition from high school education to higher education. The exams are conducted by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM). Detailed information about the exams can be found at http:www.osym.gov.tr. The first stage of the examination system is a single and common examination called the Higher Education Transition Examination (YGS). The Higher Education Transition Examination is an exam that measures the qualification for transition to higher education for those who have successfully completed high school education and want to study higher education. Regulations, directives and senate decisions regarding international (foreign nationals), horizontal transfer and student admission are applied in the admission of students other than the student groups coming with central placement. (http://mevzuat.hitit.edu.tr/goster.asp?id=47)

Graduates who have successfully completed their undergraduate education can apply to second and third level (master's and doctorate) programs in national and international higher education institutions, provided that they meet the requirements of the higher education institution and program to which they will apply. Hitit University Course Equivalency, Exemption and Adjustment Procedures Directive: http://cdn.hitit.edu.tr/hitit/files/48758_2892015103923367.pd

Graduates of the department have a wide range of job opportunities, including academic careers, museum and archival work, government agencies, research and writing, the education sector, tourism and guiding, foreign affairs and diplomacy, media and publishing. They can work as museum curators, teachers, diplomats, tourist guides or content producers. They can also find career opportunities as cultural consultants in non-governmental organizations and the private sector. Graduates who take pedagogical formation can teach in schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education.

1. Higher Education Law No. 2547

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

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education for Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs

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

2.1. Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board Regulation

The qualification is valid at all times.