Qualification Awarded

Master's Degree

Specific Admission Requirements

Candidate students must have a bachelor's degree from any department of the faculties of education or must have a tecahership certificate of pedagogical formation for those who have a bachelor's degree from faculties of science and faculties of literature. Candidate students must have at least 45 point (English-German-French) from YDS (Foreign Language Level Determination Exam) or an equal point from any other foreign language exam accepted as equivalent to YDS by OSYM (Student Selection Settlement Center). The candidate student must have verbal/quantitative/verbal-quantitative ALES point (Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam Result) depending on applicants' bachelor degree field or verbal ALES point.

Qualification Requirements

Students can graduate after completing 7 courses (5 compulsory, 2 elective), researches of specialized field topics, seminar and M.A. thesis project successfully.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Only a bachelor's degree from any department of the faculties of education or a certificate of initial teacher training program for those who have a bachelor's degree from faculties of science and faculties of literature are accepted.

History

The department of Educational Administration was founded in 2001-2002 academic year under the administration of the Institute of Social Sciences. In 2011, the department of EA was transferred to the Institute of Educational Sciences which was founded in the same year.

Profile of the Programme

The targeted points at the beginning of the course have shown important and positive changes in recent years. Some of the undergraduate students attending Educational Administration, Inspection, Planning and Economy master program, in accordance with the program objectives in order to reply the education need and especially organization of teaching and to train experts related to education and instruction programs, goes on to their studies as a teacher and some others as an academic staff. In this way their contribution is important to the interaction between the higher education and National Ministry of Education. It is quite clear that the students add value to the educational institutions in all levels with the acquired knowledge, value and skills. Our department, training individuals using scientific literacy, research, inquiry, critical, creative, analytical and strategically thinking styles, goes on to be gained new researches to the literature.

Program Outcomes

1-	eepening common knowledge accumulation concerning the educational science in the frame of basic theory and practices of EA (Educational Administration).

2-	nalyzing sub-subjects of Educational Administration.

3-	omprehending the relationship between the other disciplines like sociology, philosophy, administration, economy, politics and EA (Educational Administration), conducting interdisciplinary studies on the basis of internalized knowledge and skills.

4-	pplying accumulated knowledge related to EA to improve and managing educational organizations in different levels.

5-	Defining problems in administration of educational system and developing new perspectives in the light of knowledge gathered from the other disciplines.

6-	Defining problems of EA in the frame of scientific problem solving; developing solution proposals by using quantitative and qualitative research methods.

7-	Getting skills of using statistical software in order to carry out scientific research and using required technologies.

8-	Developing solution models in the light of theories and approaches of EA and applying the models to whole system.

9-	Getting knowledge and research methods in order to carry out original scientific researches in the field of EA and applying team works for efficient results in interdisciplinary works.

10-	Handling theories, hypothesis, opinions in the field of EA with an objective skeptic, logical, analytical manner and evaluating them in critical point of view.

11-	Being aware of lifelong learning in terms of the field of EA and personal development and internalizing the principles of lifelong learning, personal development.

12-	Managing the social dynamics of relationships in order to enact people and applying needed leadership strategies in social and educational environments.

13-	Managing the social dynamics of relationships in order to enact people and applying needed leadership strategies in social and educational environments.

14-	Following national and international publications and attending social interactions and scientific studies in international level; communicating in at least in one foreign language at least in order to share studies international level.

15-	Interpreting strategies, politics and plans related to educational system in terms of theories and principles of educational administration and supervision; and evaluating the results in terms of international quality standards.

Exam Regulations & Assesment & Grading

Evaluation of the exams in courses differ from course to course. Course descriptions should be examined for more detail.

Graduation Requirements

Students can graduate after completing 7 courses (5 compulsory, 2 elective), researches of specialized field topics, seminar and M.A. thesis project successfully.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Grad students are defined as the experts of school administration and educational supervision in the institutions of the National Ministry of Education.

Access to Further Studies

Grad students from the department of EAhave the chance to enrol into a doctorate program in the same department for a PhD degree.

Mode of Study

Graduate Degree

Programme Director

Prof.Dr. Ahmet DUMAN

ECTS Coordinator

Research Assist. Elif Iliman Püsküllüoğlu

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Evaluation Questionnaires

Course & Program Outcomes Matrix