Program Records

About the Program

AGU Psychology aims at not only becoming just a department at the university but also aims at producing the technologies that share the knowledge it produces, spread it to the society, and contribute to human wellbeing by collaborating with various people, groups, and institutions in the society.

The department conducts research that includes systematic observation, understanding, and interpretation of the mind. Hence, AGU Psychology provides its students with the knowledge and knowledge production methods that are acquired through experiments and systematic observations on the functioning of human experience and mind. AGU Psychology students can discover the intellectual perspectives and empirical methods that they can express themselves in various basic fields of psychology.

AGU Psychology department emphasizes the skills and educational attainments for the students as deemed necessary by the criteria of the Turkish Psychological Association and European Federation of Psychologists Associations.

Besides having innovative pedagogical approaches, the Department provides another important innovation in the field of psychology in Turkey. Our program follows Psychological Innovation and Impact on Social Problems (PIISP) in its curriculum. The model enables and encourages students to take part in a wide range of projects that can be organized together with various public and private organizations.

Program Objectives

The program objectives are;

• to equip students with the general and specific psychological and basic research knowledge,
• to render students’ acquire basic skills to conduct research and on the applications in psychology,
• to allow them to devise technologies for human well-being and to follow global and psychology-specific ethical codes and values in psychological applications and research.

Qualification Awarded

Bachelor of Science (BSc) / Psychologist

Length of Program & Credits

4 years (excluding one year of English Preparatory Program), 240 ECTS.

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelor’s) Degree; EQF-LLL Level 6, QF-EHEA Level 1

Mode of Study

Full time

Field of Study

Psychology

Admission Requirements

Domestic students: High school diploma; placed by National Higher Education Exam (YKS) scores; proof of English proficiency announced by Abdullah Gül University.

International students: Proof of the admission requirements that are announced by the university; proof of English proficiency announced by Abdullah Gül University.

Recognition of Credit Mobility

Courses taken outside of the program could be transferred in accordance with the associated principles of the Abdullah Gül University Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulation by the respective management board.

Graduation Requirements & Regulations

Students have to take at least 240-ETCS and complete the program curriculum with a minimum GPA of 2.00.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

People who pursue a career in the field of psychology can go down various avenues. These can be categorised as applied practice, practising, academia, and research. The website for students who wish to learn more about these credentials is https://www.apa.org/careers.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates may apply to second cycle (Level 7 or Level 8) degree programs.

Assessment & Grading Policy

Program Outcomes

1. Acquire advanced theoretical and applied scientific knowledge in psychology
2. Retain knowledge and raise awareness about global issues
3. Take responsibility for the solution of global issues and uses professional perspective in these solutions
4. Think creatively, critically and in a dynamic way, ask questions, and make comments in the light of scientific knowledge and tools
5. Analyse issues and problems with regards to critical thinking and scientific methods
6. Integrate knowledge within the discipline as well as those emerging in a transdisciplinary way.
7. Effectively use the tools to present, disseminate, and discuss scientific knowledge, and communicate in social, institutional, and academic contexts.
8. Plan and implement research independently, and understand, interpret, and report research findings
9. Use theoretical and applied knowledge in their education as well as in research and applications that can create social impact
10. Gain skills to devise creative and innovative technologies for the human well-being
11. Use advanced theoretical and applied knowledge in psychology by adhering to the professional ethical values; become aware of the professional principles and ethical responsibilities
12. Aware of the fact that various human features and individual differences such as age, gender, race, religion, national identity, gender identity and orientation, disability, and socioeconomic status should not be prejudiced; take professional responsibility for the universal values and human rights.