Qualification Awarded

Masters degree in general psychology

Specific Admission Requirements

Applicants to the Master's Program in Psychology must meet the following requirements: * Hold a bachelor's degree in Psychology, * Have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.00 out of 4.00, * Obtain a minimum score of 65 on the YDS or YÖKDİL exams, or an equivalent score on national or international foreign language exams recognized by ÖSYM, * Achieve a minimum score of 65 on the ALES (Equally Weighted category), * Score at least 70 on the written exam.

Qualification Requirements

Students are required to complete a minimum of 120 ECTS credits in order to graduate. They must successfully complete all compulsory and elective courses, the seminar course, all specialization courses, pass the thesis courses taken during the thesis period, and successfully defend their thesis.

Recognition of Prior Learning

History

Our department launched its General Psychology master's program in 2002. The graduate program is offered under the title of "Psychology," and those who complete the program are awarded a specialization diploma in the field of psychology.

Profile of the Programme

To educate students who are good at general psychology, and to give ability to our students in making scientific research

Program Outcomes

1-	Improve his/her knowledge about the main fields of psychology (e.g. developmental psychology, clinical psychology, experimental psychology) in a masters degree.

2-	Evaluate and criticize the psychological literatüre, involve in learning process actively, and have ability to make scientific research independently.

3-	Establish the links between psychological knowledge and other related disciplines.

4-	Analyze a psychological problem, develop a programme in order to solve that problem, and evaluate its consequences.

5-	Prepare a research proposal in psychology, collect data, and report the results of that research by using scientific and ethical principles

6-	Using a foreign language in order to read psychological literatüre, review it, and sharing that knowledge with his/her collegues.

7-	Have ability to evaluate human behaviour by considering social, emotional, cognitive, and cultural sides of behaviour.

8-	Be an individual who is respectful to universal values, human rights, and have responsibility to obey the ethical rules in his/her occupation.Be an individual who is respectful to universal values, human rights, and have responsibility to obey the ethical rules in his/her occupation.

9-	Have a high degree of statistical and methodical knowlegde for analysing psychological data.

10-	Have comptence in publishing his/her scientific publications in national or international journals.

11-	Use his/her knowlegde and ability to reach the goals in development of science.

12-	Solve social and psychological problems in society by using scientific research methods.

13-	Having a foreign language degree in B2 for masters, and C1 for doctorate (European Language Criterian) in order to communicate oral and written.

14-	Use his/her knowledge effectively in computer and communication technology.

Exam Regulations & Assesment & Grading

Written exams and homeworks

Graduation Requirements

Students are required to complete a minimum of 120 ECTS credits in order to graduate. They must successfully complete all compulsory and elective courses, the seminar course, all specialization courses, pass the thesis courses taken during the thesis period, and successfully defend their thesis.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Students who are graduated in general psychology masters can work for private or governments' offices in health, education, endustry, etc.

Access to Further Studies

Students who are finished their masters degree in general psychology can be the candidates for doctorate in any field of psychology doctorate

Mode of Study

Masters

Programme Director

Asist Prof.Dr. Hanzade ASLAN YILMAZ

ECTS Coordinator

Asist Prof.Dr. Hanzade ASLAN YILMAZ

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

1. Year - 1. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
PSİ 5001	Statistical Methods in Psychology I	Required	3	0	6
PSİ 5090	SEMINAR	Required	0	2	6
PSİ 5099	Scientific Research Techniques and Publishing Ethics	Required	3	0	6
PSİ 5501	Advanced Social Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5503	Progressive Psychology Theories	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5505	Applied Developmental Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5507	Learning: Behaviour and Conditioning	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5509	CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5511	Cognitive Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5513	Cognitive Behaviourist Theraphy	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5515	Selective Issues in Social Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5517	Selective Issues in Experimental Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5519	Social-Emotional Development	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5521	Academic Writing Skills	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5701	Specialization Field Course	Required	4	0	6

1. Year - 2. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
PSİ 5002	Statistical Techniques in Psychology II	Required	3	0	6
PSİ 5090-1	Seminar	Required	0	2	6
PSİ 5502	Developmental Psychopathology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5504	Applied Social Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5506	Puberty in Developmental Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5508	Childhood in Developmental Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5510	Social Identity and Intergroup Relations	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5512	Ego and Culture	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5514	Ethics in Clinical Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5516	Selective Issues in Clinical Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5518	Advanced Industrial Psychology	Elective	3	0	6
PSİ 5702	Specialization Field Course	Required	4	0	6

2. Year - 1. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
PSİ 5000	Thesis	Required	0	0	24
PSİ 5703	Specialization Field Course	Required	4	0	6

2. Year - 2. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
PSİ 5000-1	Thesis	Required	0	0	24
PSİ 5704	Specialization Field Course	Required	4	0	6

Evaluation Questionnaires

Course & Program Outcomes Matrix

1. Year - 1. Term

Ders Adı	Py1	Py2	Py3	Py4	Py5	Py6	Py7	Py8	Py9	Py10	Py11	Py12	Py13	Py14
Statistical Methods in Psychology I	3	5	2	5	5	2	2	3	5	4	4	5	3	5
SEMINAR	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Scientific Research Techniques and Publishing Ethics	3	1	5	3	5	4	1	3	5	4	1	1	1	4
Advanced Social Psychology	5	4	5	3	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	3	5	3
Progressive Psychology Theories	5	3	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	3	5	3
Applied Developmental Psychology	3	4	3	5	5	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	4	4
Learning: Behaviour and Conditioning	4	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	2	4	4	3	5	3
CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY	5	5	5	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	3
Cognitive Psychology	5	5	5	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	3
Cognitive Behaviourist Theraphy	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	5	2	3	3	2	5	3
Selective Issues in Social Psychology	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	2	3	3	5	4	3
Selective Issues in Experimental Psychology	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3
Social-Emotional Development	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	2	3	3	4	5	3
Academic Writing Skills	2	2	2	4	5	5	2	4	4	5	5	2	4	5
Specialization Field Course	2	5	4	1	2	5	4	2	2	5	4	1	2	3

1. Year - 2. Term

Ders Adı	Py1	Py2	Py3	Py4	Py5	Py6	Py7	Py8	Py9	Py10	Py11	Py12	Py13	Py14
Statistical Techniques in Psychology II	3	5	2	5	5	2	2	3	5	4	4	5	3	5
Seminar	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Developmental Psychopathology	3	4	3	3	2	4	5	3	2	3	3	4	5	3
Applied Social Psychology	3	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Puberty in Developmental Psychology	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	2	3	3	3	5	3
Childhood in Developmental Psychology	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	2	3	3	3	5	3
Social Identity and Intergroup Relations	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	2	4	4	5	4	3
Ego and Culture	4	3	4	3	4	5	5	4	2	4	4	4	5	3
Ethics in Clinical Psychology	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	2	3	3	4	3	2
Selective Issues in Clinical Psychology	3	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	3
Advanced Industrial Psychology	5	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	3
Specialization Field Course	2	5	4	1	2	5	4	2	2	5	4	1	2	3

2. Year - 1. Term

Ders Adı	Py1	Py2	Py3	Py4	Py5	Py6	Py7	Py8	Py9	Py10	Py11	Py12	Py13	Py14
Thesis	2	5	4	1	2	5	4	2	5	2	3	5	1	3
Specialization Field Course	2	5	4	1	2	5	4	2	2	5	4	1	2	3

2. Year - 2. Term

Ders Adı	Py1	Py2	Py3	Py4	Py5	Py6	Py7	Py8	Py9	Py10	Py11	Py12	Py13	Py14
Thesis	2	5	4	1	2	5	4	2	5	2	3	5	1	3
Specialization Field Course	2	5	4	1	2	5	4	2	2	5	4	1	2	3