Coğrafya Eğitimi Tezli Yüksek Lisans Diploması

• They can conceptualize the facts and events about geography courses by grasping the meaning and importance of geographical environment.
• They can comprehend the methods about the formation and production of geographical knowledge.
• They can understand the concepts of geography can explain the interrelations between concepts.
• They are capable of evaluating the nature, source, boundaries and accuracy of scientific and geographical knowledge.
• Students can create interdisciplinary teaching experiences which provide adapting knowledges and abilities to other areas, for an effective and efficient geography teaching.
• They can reach to original sources of information related to geography courses and they have the ability to analyze and discriminate these from others.
• They learn the social and cultural development of students, learning skills, learning difficulties and they have the ability to describe and register these.
• They can develop visual and auditory materials which is suitable for needs of students and subject area in teaching geography.
• They have the knowledge of measurement and evaluation and geography teaching strategies, methods and techniques.
• They can make organizations and arrangemets which is necessary for students to use travel-observation method effectively.dramatization, panels, conferences and so on. take responsibilities, to perform these tasks effectively.
• Due to the nature of geography, they are sensitive to events and developments in the agenda of the society and the world.
• They can display a positive attitude to lifelong learning by keeping their knowledge areas current and by following scientific innovations.
• They can make self-evaluation on the basis of qualifications which a geography teacher should have and can behave in accordance with professional ethical values.
• They become a model for society with their apparances, attitudes and behaviours which is suitable for an geography teacher.
• They can be aware of national and universial sensitivities which is expressed in Basic Law of National Education, by behaving in accordance with legislation, regulation and law about duties, rights and responsibilities as individuals and citizens.

Measurement and evaluation system for each course is described in detail under Course Instruction Plan.

Applicants with a bachelor’s degree that Institute of Educational Sciences have determined are required to provide the minimum score of 55 from ALES in the relevant field. Applicants are rated from top to down according to their scores consisting of 60% of their ALES scores and 40% of their cumulative GPAs. Foreign applicants are required to have a BA diploma with a certificate of equivalence (official document obtained from YÖK - Higher Education Council of Turkey), and to have the minimum score (70) from 100 points in Turkish Proficiency Exam.

Students who work for private organizations or public office, will have the opportunity to be assigned to higher positions in their institutions after completing the Master of Arts (MA) programme of educational programs and instruction, providing that the conditions are sufficient enough. In addition, the public officers who successfully graduate from a Master of Arts (MA) programme are given one level progress in their job career. The graduate students who do not work for any institution or organization will have the opportunity to be recruited for different positions of various private or public organizations.