Qualification Awarded

Master's Degree in Nursing is awarded to the graduates who successfully complete all courses in the curriculum.

Specific Admission Requirements

In order to be able to enroll in this program, candidates must have a bachelor's degree in nursing or health care, the undergraduate grade point average should be 2.40 (in 4 system), take at least 55 points from the numerical score of the Academic Postgraduate Placement Examination (ALES) conducted centrally by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM). The principles for accepting foreign students are determined by the Senate.

Qualification Requirements

Second Cycle (Masters Degree) Programme with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 54 ECTS), a seminar (6 ECTS), and thesis (60 ECTS) credits. İn total 120 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.00/4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Students enrolled in the department may request to be exempted from the courses they have achieved in equivalent programs of higher education institutions that they have studied previously. To do this, they must submit the approved transcript and course content to the relevant unit within one week after the registration week with a petition.

History

The program of Nursing started education in 2013. The program lasts for totally 2 years; 1 year for courses and 1 year for thesis. The language of the program is Turkish.

Profile of the Programme

This program provide using advanced technologic knowledge for increasing quality of nursing service, doing researches about different social subjects and developing leadership features. To provide increasing individual level family and public factors and giving more in the first, second and third level qualified health service.

Program Outcomes

1-	Analyze the relationship between the basic concepts of nursing.

2-	Understand the importance of models / theories for nursing care.

3-	İmproves the knowledge as an expertise

4-	Use critical thinking and problem-solving skills in nursing practice.

5-	Convert theoretical and practical knowledge into behavior.

6-	Solve the problems requiring expertise using scientific research methods.

7-	Conduct research that will contribute to the field of nursing.

8-	Use the evidence-based practice in nursing care

9-	Perform nursing interventions in accordence with responsibility and ethical values

Exam Regulations & Assesment & Grading

Exams consist of midterm, final and makeup exams. Other than the exams quizzes, project, homeworks and other activities that the instructor deems appropriate can be carried out. The number of these activities and the construbution to the course grades are stated in the course plan by the instructor. Examinations can be done in written, oral, written and oral or practical. All exams are evaluated over 100 points and converted to letter grades by the system. Success grade is calculated by taking the percentages of midterm exams and other activities determined by the instructor provided that it exceeds 50% of the contrubution of the final exam. The student must receive at least a CC letter grade in a lesson to be successful.

Graduation Requirements

Master program with thesis consists of at least seven courses, a seminar course and a thesis study, not less than 21 credits. The seminar course and thesis work are non-credit and evaluated as successful or unsuccessful. Master's program with thesis consists of at least 120 ECTS credits including at least seven courses, seminar and thesis work, not less than 60 ECTS credits in one academic year. The duration of the Master's program with thesis is four semesters regardless of whether it is registered for each semester, starting from the period in which the program is enrolled, except for the time spent in the scientific preparation, and the program is completed in six semesters. If the student fulfills the requirements for the master program with a thesis, he / she can graduate in three semesters.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Graduates of the program can work at government or private companies in the field of health sector in the positions of clinical nursing, director of nursing, education nursing, supervisor nursing, special branch nursing and academician.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates who successfully completed the Master's Degree (second cycle) may apply to doctorate (third cycle) programs in the same or in related disciplines. Candidates who have successfully completed postgraduate studies can study graduate (PhD) programs with obligated requirement score from the Academic Staff and Graduate Study Education Exam (ALES) and The Interuniversity Board Foreign Examination.

Mode of Study

The aim of the Nursing Master's program with thesis is to expand and deepen the knowledge in a field based on undergraduate degree qualifications, to access information by doing scientific research, to evaluate, interpret and apply knowledge.

Programme Director

Prof.Dr. Nevin AKDOLUN BALKAYA

ECTS Coordinator

Specialist Dr. Aslı KIRMAN

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Evaluation Questionnaires

Course & Program Outcomes Matrix