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Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Graduate School of Social Sciences - Geography - Geography (Social and Economic Geography) - Third Cycle Programme

General Description

Doctorate(PhD) Program in Human Geography started to accept students with the foundation of Institute of Social Sciences in 1982.

The Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Geography (Social and Economics) awarded to the graduates who have successfully full filled all programme requirements

Length of Programme

4 Year, 8 Semesters

Total Credits

240 ECTS

Level of Qualification According to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework

EQF-LLL 8

0314: Human Geography

Doctorate (Ph.D) TYYÇ-8 EQF-LLL 8

The applicants who hold a Master's Degree and willing to enroll in the Doctorate programme may apply to the Directorate of Graduate School with the documents. 1-Sufficient score (at least 55 out of 100) from the Academic Staff and Graduate Study Education Exam (ALES) conducted by Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM) or GRE Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score equivalent to ALES score of 55. 2-English proficiency (at least 70 out of 100 from the Profiency Exam conducted by Ege University Foreign Language Department, or at least 55 out of 100 from YDS andYOKDİL or TOEFL or IELTS score equivalent to UDS score of 55. The candidates holding Bachelor's or Master's Degree taught totally in English are exempted from English proficiency requirement. The candidates fulfilling the criteria outlined above are invited to interwiev. The assessment for admission to masters programs is based on : 50% of ALES, 15% of academic success in the undergraduate programme (cumulative grade point average (CGPA) ) 10 % of academic success in the master's programme and 25% of interview grade. The required minimum interview grade is 60 out of 100. The candidates having an assessed score of 65 at least are accepted into the Doctorate programme. The results of the evaluation are announced by the Directorate of Graduate School.

The rules for recognition of formal prior learning are well defined. A student who is currently enrolled in a Doctorate Degree programme in the same discipline at another institution and has successfully completed at least one semester, upon submitting all required documents before the deadline, may transfer to the Doctorate Programme at EGE University upon the recommendation of the department administration and with the approval of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School. The decision taken will also include eligibility for exemption from some course requirements of the graduate program. Students who transfer from another university must be successful in the EGE University English Proficiency Exam or in an equivalent English examination. Recognition of prior non-formal and in-formal learning is at the beginning stage in Turkish Higher Education Institutions. Ege University is not an exception to this.

The doctorate programme consists of a minimum of seven courses, with a minimum of 21 national credits, a qualifying examination, a dissertation proposal, and a dissertation. The period allotted for the completion of the Doctorate programmes is normally eight semesters (four years). However, while it is possible to graduate in a shorter time, it is also possible to have an extension subject to the approval of the graduate school. The seminar course and thesis are non-credit and graded on a pass/fail basis. The total ECTS credits of the programme is 240 ECTS. A student may take undergraduate courses on the condition that the courses have not been taken during the undergraduate program. However, at most two of these courses may be counted to the Doctorate course load and credits. The PhD students are required to take the Doctoral Qualifying Examination, after having successfully completed taught courses. The examination consists of written and oral parts. The Doctoral Qualifying Committee determines by absolute majority whether a candidate has passed or failed the examination. Students who fail the Qualifying Examination may retake the examination the following semester. Students failing the Examination a second time are dismissed from the program. Students must register for thesis work and the Specialization Field course offered by his supervisor every semester following the semester, in which the supervisor is appointed. A dissertation supervisor who must hold the minimum rank of assistant professor is appointed for each PhD student. When the nature of the dissertation topic requires more than one supervisor, a joint-supervisor may be appointed. A joint-supervisor must hold a doctoral degree. Periodic monitoring of research work by a thesis monitoring committee is required to be awarded the Doctoral degree. A student who has completed work on the thesis within the time period, must write a thesis, using the data collected, according to the specifications of the Graduate School Thesis Writing Guide. The thesis must be defended in front of a jury. The thesis jury is appointed on the recommendations of the relevant Department Chairperson and with the approval of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School. The jury is composed of the thesis supervisor and 5 faculty members. Of the appointed jury members, up to two may be selected from another Department or another University. The co-supervisor cannot be the jury member. Thesis defense by the candidate is open to all audience and a jury decides to grant/deny the Doctoral degree. A majority vote by the jury members determines the outcome of the thesis or examination. The vote can be for "acceptance", "rejection" or "correction". A student may be given, by a decision of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School, up to six months to complete the corrections. The student must then retake the thesis examination.

This Program aims for the students to be well-versed in the related academic literature, recent social and economic issues, and geographical approaches. Students are encouraged to interdisciplinary work and social projects.

Those who receive a Doctor of Phylosophy degree from this program can work in academic life and also in the related public and local administrative units.

Graduates who succesfully completed doctorate degree may apply to both in the same or related disciplines in higher education institutions at home or abroad to get a position in academic staff or to governmental R&D centres to get expert position.

A 70% of attendance to the courses is compulsory. 40% of the mid-term exam result and the 60% of the final exam constitutes the mark of the course. This mark must be minimum 70 out of 100. Student assessment methods are separately proposed detailly in “indivudual course description” for each course

Graduation requirements are explained in the section “Qualification Requirements and Regulations” .

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full Time

Head of the geography Department: Prof. Dr. Dr. Gozde EMEKLI,, e-mail: gozde.emekli@ege.edu.tr Telephone: 0232 3111 39 33 Human Geography Ph.D Program Head: Prof. Dr. Gozde EMEKLI, e-mail: gozde.emekli@ege.edu.tr Telephone: 0232 3111 39 33 ECTS Coordinator: Assist. Prof. Dr. Aylin KARADAŞ. e-mail: aylin.karadas@ege.edu.tr Telephone: 0232 311 50 62 Ege University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Geography 35100 Bornova-İzmir/Turkey

For some of the courses given in this Program, the GIS Laboratory is used. The books in the archive room and the various maps available at the Department are open for the use of the students.

Key Learning Outcomes

1 To be able to evaluate recent event and problems with a historically way and a regional geographical approach.
2 To be able to apply researches on the topics within the field of human and geography
3 To be able to use and apply geographical information technologies, statistical methods and so on.
4 To be able to understand the importance of GIS and new technological tools in Human geography researches.
5 To be able to analyse and interpret urbanisation, urban conservation, metropolitan cities with an urban geographical perspective.
6 To be able to analyse and interpret migration, population characteristic and industrialization in Turkey.
7 To be able to analyse and interpret the environmental problems and to offer sollutions
8 To be able to evaluate the the tourism phenomenon with a geographical perspective
9 To be able to analyse and interpret on conservation-development-globalization and localization on global and local scale.
10 To be able to understand evaluate economic-cultural relations of Turkey and to evaluate the geopolitical position of Turkey
11 To be able to understanding the relations between culture and geography and to analyse the different cultural regions of the world
12 To be able to develop individual working skills, decision making and oral and written expression
13 To be able to prepare a dissertation with a professional and an ethical responsibility.

Key Programme Learning Outcomes - NQF for HE in Turkey

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Course Structure Diagram with Credits (60 ECTS per Full-Time Academic Year)

T : Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
1. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
9201106232014 Turkish Cultural Geography Studıes Compulsory 3 - - 6
BEŞERİ-DOK-SDG1 Turkish BEŞERİ VE İKTİSADİ COĞRAFYA SDG1 Elective 3 - - 24
Total 6 0 0 30
2. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
9201106252014 Turkish Geopolıtıcal Locatıon of Turkey Compulsory 3 - - 6
9201106312020 Turkish RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND ETHICS I Compulsory 3 - - 3
92SE040262022 Turkish Semınar Studıes Compulsory - - - 6
BEŞERİ-DOK-SDG2-16 Turkish BEŞERİ VE İKTİSADİ COĞRAFYA SDG2 (2016) Elective - - - 15
Total 6 0 0 30
3. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
SOSDRYET790 Turkish Profıcıency ın PhD Compulsory - - - 25
Total 0 0 0 30
4. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
SOSDRTEZONE Turkish Thesıs Proposal Compulsory - - - 25
Total 0 0 0 30
5. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRTEZ692 Turkish Thesıs Study Compulsory - - - 25
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
Total 0 0 0 30
6. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRTEZ692 Turkish Thesıs Study Compulsory - - - 25
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
Total 0 0 0 30
7. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRTEZ692 Turkish Thesıs Study Compulsory - - - 25
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
Total 0 0 0 30
8. Semester
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
DRTEZ692 Turkish Thesıs Study Compulsory - - - 25
DRUAD691 Turkish Specıalızatıon Fıeld Compulsory - - - 5
Total 0 0 0 30
BEŞERİ-DOK-SDG1 - BEŞERİ VE İKTİSADİ COĞRAFYA SDG1
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
9201106032010 Turkish New World Order and Regıonal Formatıons Elective 3 - - 6
9201106072004 Turkish Balkan Countrıes and Türkıye Relatıons Elective 3 - - 6
9201106172004 Turkish New Tourısm Trends ın the World Elective 3 - - 6
9201106232010 Turkish Global Characterıstıcs of Urbanısatıon Elective 3 - - 6
9201106252009 Turkish Urban Conservatıon and Turkey Elective 3 - - 6
9201106292010 Turkish Goegraphıcal Envıronment and Tourısm Elective 3 - - 6
BEŞERİ-DOK-SDG2-16 - BEŞERİ VE İKTİSADİ COĞRAFYA SDG2 (2016)
Course Unit Code Language of Instruction Course Unit Title Type of Course Unit T P L Number of ECTS Credits Report
9201106082016 Turkish Relatıons between Eurasıan Countrıes and Türkıye Elective 3 - - 5
9201106162016 Turkish Tourısm Geography Researches Elective 3 - - 5
9201106182016 Turkish Urban Geography Studıes Elective 3 - - 5
9201106222016 Turkish Protectıon Status and Protected Areas ın the World Elective 3 - - 5
9201106262016 Turkish Tourısm Plannıng and Geography Elective 3 - - 5
9201106282016 Turkish Rural Development Elective 3 - - 5
9201106302016 Turkish Urbanızatıon Model ın Turkey Elective 3 - - 5
EBB6832017 Turkish Plannıng and Assesment ın Educatıon Elective 3 2 - 6
EBB6852017 Turkish Development and Learnıng Elective 3 - - 4