Dear Students,
Psychology is the science that deals with the most complex object of nature, the human mind. Efforts to understand this very special entity are still ongoing intensively worldwide. The programs of the Psychology Department are designed to enable graduates to conduct fundamental and applied research. In this regard, the programs heavily include courses on research methods and data analysis.
Regarding compulsory courses, the psychology program is structured in accordance with the laws and regulations related to higher education, as well as the standards and criteria prescribed for Psychology Undergraduate Education Accreditation and the Bologna Process.
Contemporary science is multidisciplinary, and this approach includes linking psychological processes to brain structure and processes. The psychology program also consists of courses and activities aimed at providing knowledge and skills in “brain-based psychology.”
Postgraduate education is also provided in the Psychology Department, focusing on the field of Clinical Psychology, which is intensively popular in our country. Considering that graduates will use their knowledge in practical fields, the language of instruction for the programs is Turkish.
In planning the education, the candidates’ areas of work and plans for the future are taken into account. A “Non-Thesis Master’s Program” has been opened for those who will apply their knowledge in the field. For those who will use their knowledge more in research activities, who aspire to pursue a Ph.D., and who consider an academic career, a “Thesis Master’s Program” has been established.
The conditions of contemporary life have increasingly made psychology’s knowledge, methods, and techniques indispensable in all sectors. The mission of the Psychology Department is to train psychologists who can identify society’s problems, develop creative solutions, and implement them. Accordingly, the program is designed to make graduates competent in applied areas such as clinical psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, and health psychology. The education provided emphasizes the students’ ability to apply their knowledge and skills in self-awareness, self-control, self-criticism, maintaining mental health, recognizing potential issues, being tolerant of individual differences, establishing empathy, understanding others, and engaging in healthy and constructive communication.
The vision of the Psychology Department, which has a mission to provide comprehensive education on contemporary, scientific, and multidisciplinary psychology, is to contribute increasingly to scientific progress, solving societal and individual problems, and producing competent psychologists for the country and the world.
Prof. Dr. Şakir DİNÇŞAHİN
Acting Head of the Department