General Description
Department of Archeology was established in 2005 in Bursa Uludağ University. Undergraduate, master and PhD. educations are still active in our department. 3 professor, 2 associate professor, 1 lecturer and 6 research assistants are working in our department. In the University our department assumes 2 research centers management. These are Mosaic Research Center AIEMA-TURKEY and The Research center of Archaeology.
Master education has been started in 2008. Besides the environmental archaeology (Bithynia ve Mysia), basic classical archaeology, some lessons about underwater archaeology and ancient mosaics are given.
Master of Arts in Archaeology
Second Cycle
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Specific Admission Requirements
1- Bachelor degree in archaeology
2- Sufficient score equivalent (at least 55 out of 100 and it must have been taken last 3 years) from the Academic Staff and Graduate Study Education Exam (ALES). It is valid international certificates like GRE, GMAT etc. for foreign students and it is not demanded any score from ALES).
3-Sufficient foreign language score - not required. It is demanded TÖMER certificate which proves their language skills for foreign students (except the students who graduated in Turkey ).
50% of ALES + 20% of academic success in the undergraduate programme + 30% of interview grade: The candidates are ranged according to their total score after the evaluation and they are accepted according to starting with the highest score.
For foreign students
50% of academic success in the undergraduate programme + and 50% of interview grade: The candidates are ranged according to their total score after the evaluation and they are accepted according to starting with the highest score.
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Specific arrangements for the recognition of prior learning
The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.
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Qualification Requirements and Regulations
Students should have to take min. 90 ETCS credit. Students should take courses minimum 21 maximum 28 credits. Students should succeed from all the courses. Students should get 70 over 100. Students should defend their thesis in front of the jury. Master of arts degree in Archaeology will be granted to the successful students.
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Profile of The Programme
Master program focuses on environmental archaeology, classical archaeology, underwater archaeology and ancient mosaics.
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Key Learning Outcomes & Classified & Comparative
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Students will be able to distinguish and analyze stylistic and chronological problems of the archaeological data and material.
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Students will be able to protect archaeological material and have it recognized by the public within the interrelation of tourism and environment
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Students will be able to register archaeological data within the visual and verbal framework also with the help of digital documentation sources.
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Ability for technical skills about underwater archaeology
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Students will be able to make disciplinary or interdisciplinary teamwork
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Students will be able to develop a project or have a responsibility at field (i.e., excavation and survey).
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Students will be able to be master of iconography, style, technique and chronology of Ancient Anatolian Mosaics
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Ability for using the sources in Turkish and foreign languages about archaeology
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Students will be able to be aware of the professional ethical responsibilities.
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Students will be able to make independent decisions and work independently during the analysis of the archeological problems.
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Ability for technical drawing
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Ability for using software such as Office, photoshop, autoCAD, freehand, netCAD
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Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples
The students who complete the master education successfully may continue PhD education in the universities, archaeologists in the state or private museums, in the local municipals or in the Ministry of Culture.
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Access to Further Studies
The graduates who are proficient in ALES and foreign language exams and who hold master´s Degree are eligible to apply to phd programs at national level and /or international level both in the same and in related disciplines.
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Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading
In Master Program, each student has to enrol in the school and since he sits for a final examination, he has to attend at least % 70 of the courses and %80 of the practice. Examination is evaluated on the basis of 100. Students general grade point average has to be at least 70 for to be successful from Master Program. Students, who get one of AA, BA, BB, CB, or CC letter marks, are to be succeeding at the available courses.
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Graduation Requirements
Students should succeed in all the courses in programme (equivalent to 90-120 ECTS) and should complete their thesis successfully to finish the programme successfully.
Full-Time
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Address and Contact Details
Program Başkanı: Prof. Dr. Mustafa ŞAHİN
E-posta: mustafasahin@uludag.edu.tr
Tel: +90 224 2941891
Program Koordinatörü:Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Serkan GÜNDÜZ
E-mail: sgunduz@uludag.edu.tr
Tel: +90 224 2942849
Adres: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi,
Arkeoloji Bölümü
16240 Görükle/Nilüfer/BURSA
The students of the department are encouraged to participate the excavations, surveys and other archaeological research projects directed by some departmental academic staff.
Underwater Excavation at Basilica in the İznik Lake (Prof.Dr. Mustafa ŞAHİN)
Surveys in Bursa and its districts (Prof.Dr. Mustafa ŞAHİN)
Apollonia a.R. Excavations (Prof. Dr. Derya Şahin)
Priene Excavation (Prof. Dr. İ. Hakan Mert)
Delta of Hersek Land and Underwater Excavations (Asst. Prof. Dr. Serkan GÜNDÜZ)
