Sociology of Education Master of Arts Program in English (Thesis) is designed as an interdisciplinary program considering educational matters in a multidimensional way within the frame of sociological, anthropological and historical backgrounds. Within this context, the program designates the points of educational sicences intersecting sociology, antropology, history and philosophy as its field of study. The program also enables foreign students to have postgraduate education. So the program has an international qualification and accordingly the language of instruction in the program is English.

The main purpose of the program is to consider the interactions of education, society and culture as the research agenda and to teach students the theoretical and practical appraoches related to these interactions. Wtihin this context, some questions regarding sociological, anthropological and historical dimensions of education as "How are learning and school organized socially and culturally?", "What are there in the background of learning outside the school?" and "What are the social, cultural and historical premises of learning practices?" are at the core of program's approach. Education, society and culture can be studied multidimensionally in this program by gathering different disciplines as education,language, law, politics, philosophy, history, anthropology.

To know basic concepts of sociology of edcuation; to consider the matters related education and society within sociological, anthropological, historical and philosopfhical perspective; to analyze the data, documents and sources by using scientific research methods; to consider basic topics of sociology of education within a theoretical perspective; to develop suitable research strategies in the field of study; to have an effective part both in personal and group studies.

English