Department of Social Studies Education consists of 8 faculty members and 1 research assistant. In the Department, students are provided with a four-year undergraduate education that includes general culture, field education and teaching profession knowledge and skills. Teaching profession training practices are carried out with Teaching Practice I and II courses in the 7th and 8th semesters in schools determined by the National Education Directorates within the framework of the cooperation of the Ministry of National Education and YÖK.

The department offers 240 ECTS credits in the field of Social Studies Education. Graduates who successfully completed the program with established qualifications shall have a bachelor degree in Social Studies Education.

First Cycle

Candidates must have high school diploma and an eligible score from the University Entrance Exam.

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.

To obtain bachelor´s degree in the program the students must successfully complete the required and elective courses (total 240 ECTS) and maintain the minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0/4.0.

The primary mission of the Department is to prepare social studies teachers. Furthermore, the department aims to prepare educators to advance the profession of teaching social studies by the repertoire of research methods, the effective uses of technology and the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of instructional practices.

8.1

Key Learning Outcomes

1. Knows the terminology and understands the basic concepts in social sciences.
2. To be aware of legal aspects of his/her profession as well as of the professional and ethical responsibility as a teacher. To have a good sense of social justice and to be a conscious citizen.
3. Communicates well verbally and in writing; speaks at least one foreign language, follows the international literature, and communicates with foreign colleagues.
4. Knows and uses diverse evaluation and assessment techniques effectively.
5. Work collaboratively with colleagues in both his/her own field and other fields.
6. Follows cutting edge developments in teaching social sciences and ınternalize the concept of lifelong learning to his/her life.
7. To produce able teachers who are well informed in techniques of research methods and use them effectively in the field of study.
8. Designs field specific teaching-learning process.
9. To provide active involvement of students to the activities that would require them to apply high level of thinking and theorizing.
10. To prepare activities and projects in social sciences.
11. To prepare teaching materials that suits the topics of interests of social sciences and the needs of the students.
12. Detect problems in own field and other fields of education and design solution-oriented teaching-learning process.
13. To identify all aspects of teaching profession and educational sciences and Turkish national education system and school management
14. To grasp the characteristics of students ' development and to grasp the use of different approaches to learning in the classroom.
15. To have knowledge and skills to do lesson planning, to use different measuring techniques
16. To grasp the tasks of the teacher's guidance and the ways of how to recognize students

8.2

TYYÇ - Key Learning Outcomes Relationship

Key Learning Outcomes		TYYC-1 KNOWLEDGE (Theoretical - Applied)	TYYC-2 SKILLS (Cognitive - Applied)	TYYC-3 COMPETENCE (Independent Working and Responsibility)	TYYC-4 COMPETENCE (Learning Competence)	TYYC-5 COMPETENCE (Communication and Social Competence)	TYYC-6 COMPETENCE (Field-Specific Competence)
Key Learning Outcomes		1	Knows the terminology and understands the basic concepts in social sciences.	1
2	To be aware of legal aspects of his/her profession as well as of the professional and ethical responsibility as a teacher. To have a good sense of social justice and to be a conscious citizen.					1,2,3,4,5
3	Communicates well verbally and in writing; speaks at least one foreign language, follows the international literature, and communicates with foreign colleagues.					1,2,3,4,5
4	Knows and uses diverse evaluation and assessment techniques effectively.		1,2
5	Work collaboratively with colleagues in both his/her own field and other fields.						1,2
6	Follows cutting edge developments in teaching social sciences and ınternalize the concept of lifelong learning to his/her life.					1,2,3,4,5
7	To produce able teachers who are well informed in techniques of research methods and use them effectively in the field of study.					1,2,3,4,5
8	Designs field specific teaching-learning process.		1,2
9	To provide active involvement of students to the activities that would require them to apply high level of thinking and theorizing.		1,2
10	To prepare activities and projects in social sciences.		1,2
11	To prepare teaching materials that suits the topics of interests of social sciences and the needs of the students.	1
12	Detect problems in own field and other fields of education and design solution-oriented teaching-learning process.					1,2,3,4,5
13	To identify all aspects of teaching profession and educational sciences and Turkish national education system and school management	1
14	To grasp the characteristics of students ' development and to grasp the use of different approaches to learning in the classroom.				1,2,3
15	To have knowledge and skills to do lesson planning, to use different measuring techniques		1,2
16	To grasp the tasks of the teacher's guidance and the ways of how to recognize students					1,2,3,4,5

8.3

TAY - Key Learning Outcomes Relationship

Key Learning Outcomes		TAY-1 KNOWLEDGE (Theoretical - Applied)	TAY-2 SKILLS (Cognitive - Applied)	TAY-3 COMPETENCE (Independent Working and Responsibility)	TAY-4 COMPETENCE (Learning Competence)	TAY-5 COMPETENCE (Communication and Social Competence)	TAY-6 COMPETENCE (Field-Specific Competence)
Key Learning Outcomes		1	Knows the terminology and understands the basic concepts in social sciences.	1
2	To be aware of legal aspects of his/her profession as well as of the professional and ethical responsibility as a teacher. To have a good sense of social justice and to be a conscious citizen.					1,2,3,4,5
3	Communicates well verbally and in writing; speaks at least one foreign language, follows the international literature, and communicates with foreign colleagues.				4	1,4,5
4	Knows and uses diverse evaluation and assessment techniques effectively.		1,2,3,4,5
5	Work collaboratively with colleagues in both his/her own field and other fields.			1		4,5
6	Follows cutting edge developments in teaching social sciences and ınternalize the concept of lifelong learning to his/her life.				3,4
7	To produce able teachers who are well informed in techniques of research methods and use them effectively in the field of study.	2,3	2,3			5
8	Designs field specific teaching-learning process.	4	4		2
9	To provide active involvement of students to the activities that would require them to apply high level of thinking and theorizing.	5	4
10	To prepare activities and projects in social sciences.		5			3
11	To prepare teaching materials that suits the topics of interests of social sciences and the needs of the students.	4	5
12	Detect problems in own field and other fields of education and design solution-oriented teaching-learning process.				1,2	2
13	To identify all aspects of teaching profession and educational sciences and Turkish national education system and school management	2	1
14	To grasp the characteristics of students ' development and to grasp the use of different approaches to learning in the classroom.		4		2
15	To have knowledge and skills to do lesson planning, to use different measuring techniques		1,2,3,4,5
16	To grasp the tasks of the teacher's guidance and the ways of how to recognize students	5					1,2

Our graduates can work as a social studies teacher at public or private institutions (by meeting the conditions of the relevant institutions).

Candidates who have successfully completed their undergraduate education can continue their master programs, provided that they get a valid grade from the ALES exam and also by meeting acceptance conditions stated in the advertisement of the university.

Each student is required to attend at least 70% of the theoretical courses and at least 80% of the practices in order to register for the courses at the beginning of the term. Students who do not meet this requirement are not taken to the exam and the student is given the grade "Absentee" (D). (According to the decision of the Faculty of Education Board of Directors (2022-36), undergraduate students who have met the attendance requirement once and take the same course again are considered to have met the attendance requirement.) The effect rate of the final exam must be 60%. All exams are evaluated over 100 points. Also, there is a requirement to get at least 50 points from the final exam.

To complete the program students must successfully complete the required and elective courses (total 240 ECTS) and maintain the minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0/4.0

Full-Time

Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı Başkanı:
Prof. Dr. Fatih DEMİREL
Adres: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi E Blok Görükle, Bursa 16059
Phone: +90 224 2940684
Email: fatihdemirel@uludag.edu.tr
Bologna Koordinatorü:
Prof. Dr. Seçil ŞENYURT
Adres: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi E Blok Görükle, Bursa 16059
Phone: +90 224 2942285
Email: secilalkis@uludag.edu.tr

The Program has technically well-equipped learning environments / classrooms. The University Library is quite rich in periodicals and online data base sources. Our students effectively use the Bursa Uludag University Library.

1. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
GKZ0001	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
MBZ0001	INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
MBZ0003	PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS1201	THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES	Compulsory	2	0	0	4
SOS1203	GENERAL PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY	Compulsory	2	0	0	4
GKZ1001	ATATURK'S PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONS I	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
GKZ1003	TURKISH LANGAUGE I	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
GKZ1005	FOREIGN LANGUAGE I	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
Total						30

2. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
MBZ0002	EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
MBZ0003	EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS1004	TURKISH HISTORY AND CULTURE BEFORE ISLAM	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS1202	POLITICAL SCIENCE	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS1206	SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS1208	GENERAL HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY	Compulsory	2	0	0	4
GZK1002	ATATURK'S PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONS II	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
GZK1004	TURKISH LANGUAGE II	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
GZK1006	FOREIGN LANGUAGE II	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
Total						30

3. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
MBZ0005	HISTORY OF TURKISH EDUCATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
MBZ0008	PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF INSTRUCTION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS2201	SOCIAL STUDIES LEARNING AND TEACHING APPROACHES	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS2203	PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS2205	HISTORY OF FIRST TURKISH-ISLAMIC STATES	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS2207	HISTORY OF MIDDLE AGES	Compulsory	2	0	0	4
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Total						30

4. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
GKZ0002	COMMUNITY SERVICE APPLICATIONS	Compulsory	1	2	0	3
MBZ0006	RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
MBZ0007	TEACHING TECHNOLOGIES	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS2204	SOCIAL SCIENCES TEACHING PROGRAMS	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS2206	SCIENCE ,TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY	Compulsory	2	0	0	2
SOS2208	CITIZENSHIP KNOWLEDGE	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS2210	HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY	Compulsory	2	0	0	2
Total						19

5. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
MBZ0009	TURKISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND SCHOOL MANAGEMENT	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
MBZ0010	MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN EDUCATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS3201	HISTORY OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1	Compulsory	2	0	0	4
SOS3203	HISTORY OF MODERN AND NEARER AGES	Compulsory	2	0	0	4
SOS3205	SOCIAL SCIENCES TEACHING I	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
Total						19

6. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
MBZ0011	MORAL AND ETHICS IN EDUCATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
MBZ0012	CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS3202	HISTORY OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE II	Compulsory	2	0	0	4
SOS3204	ORAL AND WRITTEN LITERATURE IN SOCIAL STUDIES	Compulsory	2	0	0	2
SOS3206	POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY	Compulsory	2	0	0	2
SOS3208	SOCIAL SCIENCES TEACHING II	Compulsory	3	0	0	5
Total						19

7. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
MBSOS01	TEACHING PRACTICE I	Compulsory	2	6	0	10
MBZ0013	GUIDANCE IN SCHOOLS	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS4201	DISASTERS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS4203	ART AND MUSEUM EDUCATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	2
SOS4205	MEDIA LITERACY AND EDUCATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	2
SOS4207	HISTORY OF TURKISH REPUBLIC I	Compulsory	2	0	0	2
Total						22

8. Semester
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
MBSOS02	TEACHING PRACTICE II	Compulsory	2	6	0	10
MBZ0014	SPECIAL EDUCATION AND INCLUSION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS4202	HISTORY OF TURKISH REPUBLIC II	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS4204	HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY EDUCATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
SOS4206	CHARACTER AND VALUE EDUCATION	Compulsory	2	0	0	3
Total						22

3. Semester Optional Courses
Course Code	Course Title	Type of Course	T¹	U²	L³	ECTS
GKS0001	PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0002	NUTRITION AND HEALTH	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0004	ETHICS OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0006	TURKISH TRADITIONAL HANDCRAFTS	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0008	HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATION	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0009	CAREER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0011	MEDIA LITERACY	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0012	HISTORY OF TURKISH ART	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0013	ART AND AESTHETICS	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0014	TURKISH FOLK DANCES	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0016	TURKISH CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0017	TRADITIONAL TURKISH MUSIC	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0023	SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE TURKISH AND ISLAMIC WORLD	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0024	OTTOMAN CIVILIZATION	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0025	GENERAL GEOGRAPHY	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0026	ENTREPRENEURSHIP	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0028	MODERNIZATION IN TURKEY	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0031	HISTORY OF CIVILISATION	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0032	HISTORY OF ISLAM	Optional	2	0	0	3
GKS0033	ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION	Optional	2	0	0	3
MBS0002	CHILD PSYCHOLOGY	Optional	2	0	0	4
MBS0007	DRAMA IN EDUCATION	Optional	2	0	0	4
MBS0009	PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION	Optional	2	0	0	4
MBS0010	PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION	Optional	2	0	0	4
MBS0011	CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL THINKING	Optional	2	0	0	4
MBS0016	MICRO TEACHING	Optional	2	0	0	4
MBS0017	MUSEUM EDUCATION	Optional	2	0	0	4
MBS0018	OUT OF SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS	Optional	2	0	0	4
SOS0002	PROBLEMS IN CONEMPORARY WORLD	Optional	2	0	0	4
SOS0003	MAP INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS	Optional	2	0	0	4
SOS0006	SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE BOOK REVIEW	Optional	2	0	0	4
SOS0009	MATERIAL DESIGN IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES	Optional	2	0	0	4
SOS0010	HISTORICAL EVIDENCE , LOCAL AND ORIENTAL DATES IN SOCIAL STUDIES	Optional	2	0	0	4
SOS0012	TURKEY'S ECONOMIC STRUCTURE	Optional	2	0	0	4
SOS0013	TURKISH LAW SYSTEM	Optional	2	0	0	4