DEPARTMENT OF TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Turkish Language and Literature Department was founded in 1993. The department which started to accept students in 1993 graduated its first students in 1997. It has been running master degree courses since 1996. Evening classes in our department started in the 2009-2010 period. Nearly 140 students both in morning and evening classes begin education at our department every year.

Turkish Language and Literature Department is a four-year-programme which consists of 8 terms, each of which has 30 ECTS. 1 ECTS refers to 30-hour-workload in one year for one student. 3 Professor, 2 Associate Professors, 8 Assistant Professor serve at our department. The department also has a young and dynamic academic staff including 2 research assistants who have gone to other universities for their PhD education. Our department has 5 major fields of study including Turkish Folk Literature, Old Turkish Literature, New Turkish Literature, Old Turkish Language, and New Turkish Language. Scientific researches are intensively done at our department.

The students and the lecturers of the department have been in cooperation with many countries, making exchanges under the scope of Erasmus and Farabi Programs. Double major and minor programs are applied at our department. Double major diplomas and minor program certificates are given to the students from other departments. Also our students have the right of taking double major diploma and minor program certificate from other departments.

In the first year of the programme the Basics of Turkish Literature is given to students to make them orient. Vocational lessons begin in the first term of the second year. In the third and fourth years, while students comprehend the development of Turkish Language in its periods, they can concentrate on their favorite subjects with the help of elective courses. Turkish Language and Literature Bachelor's Degree is given to the students who have completed their theses in the 7th and 8th terms.

The students who manage to graduate from the department by passing all the compulsory and elective courses are titled as the philologists of Turkish language and literature, and they may work as teachers at private schools and at private teaching institutions. If they get pedagogical formation education, they may also work at schools of the Ministry of National Education.

Aims and Objectives

Aims

To educate individuals who can use the knowledge they have learned at the major fields of Turkish Language and Literature in their business life, who can propose solution for the problems related to the field, who can apply these solutions successfully, who have developed social skills, and who have the conscious of communal thought not individual thought.

Objectives

Our department’s main objectives are to increase the number of scientific researches by giving contemporary and modern education and to educate students who tend to do research and to observe while carrying out national and international projects.

Level of Qualification and Qualification Awarded

Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded with the qualification of BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE.

A Bachelor's Degree Program in TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE is a 240 ECTS Credits, 4-year program. The program meets the requirements of both the ECTS credits and level descriptors of the first cycle degree qualifications of the Overarching Framework of European Qualifications Framework HE(QF-EHEA) and the 6th level qualifications of the Turkish Qualifications Framework for HE (TYYÇ, NQF-HETR). The level descriptors also meet the 6th level requirements of the qualifications of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF-LLL).


Specific Admission Requirements

Admission of national students to the TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE program is contingent on success on the nationally centralized Student Selection Examination (OSYS) conducted by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (OSYM). Candidates who succeed on the LYS examination (Undergraduate Placement Examination) are enrolled according to their type MF-4 score preferences.

Admission of foreign students is possible through an evaluation of students’ individual application to the university. For further and detailed information please visit General Admission Requirements and Registration Procedures in the menu items of the Information on the Institution.

For further information, please contact to Nigde University International Office.

Contact: International Office

Nigde University, Main Campus, 51240 Niğde, TÜRKİYE

Phone: 0 388 225 21 44

Fax: 0 388 225 21 80

E-mail: erasmus@ohu.edu.tr

Web: http://www.ohu.edu.tr/uluslararasi/index.php?ln=en

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning

With an understanding of lifelong learning, Nigde University recognizes the previously taken courses in another institution and exempts them from graduation credit, as long as the courses match with the learning outcomes of the registered programme at Nigde University. The learning outcome match and the exemption are decided by the Faculty Board in line with the related laws and regulations.

Profile of the Programme

Turkish Language and Literature Department has been established with a mission to provide the students with a high quality program to follow and learn cutting edge technologies and at the same time to participate actively in applied and theoretical research.

This programme intends to include all kinds of practical and theoretical aspects of the field of study and it aims to train philologists and linguists who are equipped with philological and linguistic knowledge required for diachronic and synchronic description of the Turkish Language.

Undergraduate (Bachelor's Degree) program in Turkish Language and Literature (First Cycle in QF-EHEA and 6th level in TYYÇ ) is an academically-oriented program giving access to degree and non-degree research program and professional practice demanding high levels of knowledge and skills. The classification of the program with respect to "ISCED (The International Standard Classification of Education) 2011" and "NQF-HETR (The Turkish Qualifications Framework for HE)" and the codes of the fields of education can be listed as follows:

ISCED Field of Education: 22 – Humanities, Literature
ISCED Level: 6, Orientation (Profile): 64, Subcategory: 645 - Academically-oriented "first cycle", bachelor's degree
NQF-HETR Field of Education: 22 – Humanities, Literature
NQF-HETR Profile of Education: Academically-oriented "first cycle", bachelor's degree
Learning and Teaching Methods

The most frequently used instructional methods used at the different departments of Nigde University are given below. Programs commonly apply these methods as appropriate instructional approaches in accordance with their aims and objectives.

The instructional methods applied for meeting the expected learning outcomes at the Biology program at large are indicated in the section of ‘program learning outcomes’, and those methods utilized for individual course units are indicated in the relevant section of “description of individualized course unit”.

Examples of Learning and Teaching Methods

Lecture & In-Class Activities
Group Work
Reading
Assignment (Homework)
Project Work
Seminar
Web Based Learning
Implementation/Application/Practice
Practice at a workplace
Occupational Activity
Social Activity
Thesis Work
Field Study
Report Writing
Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduate may work as the state employees in specific fields such as libraries, archives, museums, etc., and as teachers providing that they received the required formation.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The qualification of TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE is obtained upon graduation from the programme TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE, which requires;

Completion of all the courses designated within the curriculum of the programme, having a total of 240 ECTS credits, with passing grades.
Achievement of a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least 2.00 out of 4.00.
For detailed information: Please see "Nigde University's Rules & Regulations for Undergraduate Education"

Access to Further Studies

Upon successful completion of this programme, students may apply to master’s (second cycle) and in some cases, to doctorate (third cycle) degree programs in or related fields of TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE. According to the National Regulations on Graduate Education, students are admitted to master’s programmes taking into account their undergraduate (first cycle degree) achievement level and the scores on the subject-specific entrance examinations of the Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) centrally administered by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM). Within the framework of the national regulations, regulations endorsed by the senate of each university stipulate the weight of ALES Examination results in the overall evaluation of candidates. Depending on the institutions’ regulations, for some programmes to be accessed, a certain level of foreign language proficiency is also required.

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

The methods applied for assessment of the achievement of the expected program learning outcomes for the entire program of TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE are shown below and those for the individual course units are given in the relevant section of the course description with their contribution to the final grades.

Mid-Term Exam
Final Exam
Make-up Exam
Short Exam
Homework Assessment
Presentation of Thesis
Presentation of Document
Examinations

The success of students in achieving the expected leaning outcomes of the each course unit within the curriculum of TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE programme is evaluated via assessments of in-term activities and final examination which takes place at the end of each semester.

Assessment of in-term activities includes a minimum number of a mid-term examination, homework and a short-exam (quiz) as compulsory assessment methods for all the course units within all degree programmes defined by the Regulations. The programmes are encouraged to define more assessment methods for the in-term activities depending on their needs for measuring the achievements of the outcomes at the programme and course unit levels in order to ensure the educational aims and objectives. The nature and number of the assessment methods used for each course unit together with their contribution the final grades are given under the title of “Assessment and Grading” in the sections of course descriptions. These arrangements are announced in advance, at the beginning of each semester and published in the sections of the course descriptions on this web site.

Mid-term and final examinations are conducted in dates, places and times determined and announced by the University. The students’ final semester grade is given by their instructors based on mid-term examination, homework evaluation, short-examinations, final examination and, if there is any other assessment results taking into account the students’ compliance with attendance to the course activities.

The contributions of the grades of the in-term activities and final exam grade to the final success grade of a course are determined by the course instructor and announced to students within the first two weeks of the semester. Moreover, the contribution of the final exam cannot be less than 40 % and higher than 60% for all the courses within all the degree programmes defined by the Regulations.

Course units, which do not require a mid-term, homework, short-exam and/or a final exam, such as work placement, are determined by the administration of the related departments and specific assessment and grading methods for these courses are also announced through the same channels described above. Evaluation of such activities is made through the procedures defined by the Senate and assessed by Pass (P) or Fail (F) grades.

Grading

The success of a student for each assessment (in-term and final) defined for each course unit is evaluated by the instructor. Evaluations are made over a scale of 100 points and converted to the letter grades at the end of the semester taking into account the standard deviation of grades and grade point average of the class and using the relative evaluation method, principles of which have been set by the Senate.

Please see the section of “Grade Evaluation” for detailed information.

Graduation Requirements

In order for a student to graduate from the TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE program the following conditions must be met:

Completion of all the courses designated within the curriculum of the programme, having a total of 240 ECTS credits, with passing grades.
Achievement of a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least 2.00 out of 4.00.
For detailed information: Please see "Nigde University's Rules & Regulations for Undergraduate Education"

Mode of Study

Bachelor of Science in Turkish Language and Literature at Nigde University is a full time / face to face programme.