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GENERAL INFORMATION

    The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences was launched to address the importance of interdisciplinary knowledge in the face of rapid local and global changes affecting Turkey and the world. As "generalists" equipped with a broad-based training, graduates of this program can draw on a vision shaped by multi-faceted interpretations to provide rapid and efficient solutions to problems.

Courses in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences are open to students from across the university and have the following central goals.

    ▪ To equip students with the knowledge to understand the different dimensions of the structure of modern technological society at a time of accelerated scientific and technological innovation,

    ▪ To achieve a strong and in-depth integration and inter-relations between engineering, social sciences and science-technology,

    ▪  To expose our students to a holistic understanding of perspectives, critical thought and debates in different disciplines.


THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

    The curriculum of the undergraduate program in Humanities and Social Sciences aims to give students an understanding of today's world, of new areas of knowledge and ways of thinking, and of themselves and others, thus enabling them to determine what they are really interested in.

    Disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences are concerned with the fundamental dimensions of the local and global aspects of human experience. We aim to train individuals who are familiar with the economic, historical, cultural, psychological, technological and social layers of both the society they call their own and others with which they are less familiar. We aim to train individuals who can utilize the methods of science to approach human and social issues.

    Our goal is to train individuals for the contemporary world where clear-cut boundaries between professions and professional fields have blurred, and in which it to one's advantage to be multi-faceted. Our innovative approach emphasizes skills which are required in many professional fields.

    ▪The ability to think positively, critically and creatively on national and global issues;
    ▪Thinking analytically and multi-dimensionally;
    ▪The ability to communicate effectively;
    ▪The ability to turn thoughts into action effectively;
    ▪The ability to be an active and creative participant

    Students will be admitted with 'equal distribution' points to the the program and can choose between the following two fields.