Qualification Awarded

Master's Degree

Specific Admission Requirements

Students should have ALES scores, undergraduate or graduate GPA scores, paper-pencil test scores. Interview or paper-pencil test was conducted by the Departmant.

Qualification Requirements

In order to enter final exam, students have to be involved in 70 % of theoric and 80 % of application courses. In order to be successful in one course, students have to take CC (70-74) score. Students were required to be successful at least 7 courses, except Specialization Field Course and 1 seminar and thesis study. In order to get more information please see Muğla Sitki Kocman University Education Regulations

Recognition of Prior Learning

Students who take courses at different universities as "graduate student" and whose registration is deleted, apply to Institu by Institu Science Council at the first week of semester in order to recognition of the courses. The recognition of courses and when students were required to start to education; total credits of courses in educational programs of recognized and successful notes were calculated is calculated by taking into account the number of semester courses correspond. This duration is removed from maximum time for graduation. In order to get more information please see Muğla Sitki Kocman University Education Regulations.

History

Family Counseling and Education Department, Family Counseling Master's Program with Thesis started its educational activities in the 2022-2023 Fall Semester at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Institute of Educational Sciences and started to accept students in the same academic year.

Profile of the Programme

The aim of the Family Counseling Master's Program is; Being able to analyze the family system and structure, have up-to-date knowledge and skills in the field of family counseling, systematically identify the needs of the family based on the basic principles that are important in family counseling, and maintain the holistic care and follow-up of the family with an interdisciplinary team approach in line with the needs, work with effective communication and cooperation. It is the training of family counseling and education professionals who are entrepreneurial and have advanced problem-solving skills. In addition, this program is carried out as a formal education program. Department Members: Doç. Dr. Raşit AVCI http://mu.edu.tr/tr/personel/rasitavci Prof. Dr. Atılgan ERÖZKAN http://www.mu.edu.tr/tr/personel/atilgan Prof. Dr. Ayşe Rezan ÇEÇEN EROĞUL http://www.mu.edu.tr/tr/personel/rezancecen Doç. Dr. Aslı TAYLI http://mu.edu.tr/tr/personel/atayli Doç. Dr. Öner ÇELİKKALELİ http://mu.edu.tr/tr/personel/onerckaleli Doç. Dr. Nilfer ŞAHİN https://www.mu.edu.tr/tr/personel/nilfersahin Doç. Dr. Nur TALUY https://www.mu.edu.tr/tr/personel/nurtaluy Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ayşen MARAŞ https://www.mu.edu.tr/tr/personel/aysenmaras Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Berkan HAMDEMİR https://www.mu.edu.tr/tr/personel/berkanhamdemir

Program Outcomes

1-	Analyzing the family system and structure

2-	o be able to follow the relevant literature and research, evaluate the results and benefit from this information in their own applications.

3-	Systematically diagnosing the needs of the family based on the basic principles that are important in family counseling

4-	Providing assistance to the family with an interdisciplinary approach in line with the needs of the family

5-	To be able to consider differences in factors such as race, gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture when approaching the family

6-	Helping to protect and support the family's value system

7-	Recognizing the communication patterns within the family and helping to establish healthy communication

8-	Knowing and applying current techniques and theories in family counseling

9-	Knowing how to approach trauma and crisis situations

10-	To know the research-examination methods of family counseling and to be able to carry out an original research

11-	To be able to detect and explain situations that disrupt family functions (psychological problems, violence, abuse, neglect, communication problems, etc.)

12-	To have the awareness of ethical responsibility required by family counseling

Exam Regulations & Assesment & Grading

Exams are consisted of midterm, final and make-up exam. These exams could be oral, written, oral-application, written-application. For every course, at least one midterm is conducted at the semester. Midterm and final exam rates are determined at the begining of each semester according to Instituti Administration Council by instructor of the course or the suggestions of the instructors having doctorate degree in senate. In order to get more information please see Muğla Sitki Kocman University Education Regulations.

Graduation Requirements

Students graduates according to Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Graduate Regulations.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

The graduates of this program can work in private family counseling centers as well as the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policies, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Health and private institutions and organizations affiliated to them, as well as security and military organizations, and can play an important role in maintaining the needed family counseling services.

Access to Further Studies

The graduates holding master's degree are eligible to apply to Doctorate degree if they have sufficient ALES and YDS scores.

Mode of Study

Formal Education

Programme Director

Associate Prof.Dr. Raşit AVCI

ECTS Coordinator

Research Assist. Alper KARABABA

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Evaluation Questionnaires

Course & Program Outcomes Matrix