The main aim of the Guidance and Psychological Counseling division located under the department is to train teacher who can serve in the schools that are in need of guidance services; and who are qualified with institutive and applied knowledge and skills.
The students who complete the program successfully earn Bachelor’s Degree in teaching profession.
The general admission criteria apply to both Turkish and International students.
Acknowledging of previous learning in Turkish Higher Education Institutes, vertical and lateral transfers inside the university are carried out according to “THE REGULATION ABOUT TRANSFER, MINOR, DOUBLE MAJOR AND CREDIT TRANSFER BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS IN ASSOCIATE AND UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL IN HIGHER EDUCATION ISTITUTIONS” determined by Higher Education Council.
At the beginning of each academic term, an exemption exam is held for some computer and, foreign language courses that can be acknowledged within the context of certificate or experience based learning outside the formal education institutions in Turkey. The students who pass this exam are exempt from these courses in the program.
The students should be successful in all the courses; the students should not have FF, DZ, or YZ grades. In this program, the student should have at least 240/120 ECTS credits and the general grade point average should be at least 2,00 out of 4,00.
-Who can establish and manage psychological counseling and guidance centers.
Being able to conduct research using the relevant scientific methodology in order to produce solutions for teh problems of the field.
Being able to identify self-developmental goals related with the field, to choose and implement relevant strategies and to evaluate the realization level of the goals.
Possessing sufficient awareness of preserving universal, local and cultural values, human and animal rights and of environmental preservation as well as understand and solve current related problems.
Being able to build constructive, ethical and trustworthy relationship with the clients during the psychological counseling and guidance process and to utilize the appropriate approach for the needs of the clients using active listening skills.
Being capable of initiating group psychological counseling and guidance process, continue and finalize it. Being able to provide group leadership.Being able to possess the knowledge of group psychological counseling and guidance theories and approaches.
Being aware of the professional organizations in the field of psychological counseling and guidance and participating in theri activities. Attending conferences, symposia and meetings in the field. Following academic and scientific resources in the field.
Being capable of developing and evaluating psychological guidance and counselling programmes.
Being able to set up and direct a psychological counseling and guidance centre.
Being capable of implementing the appropriate measurement and evaluation techniques within ethical principles in order to determine social and psychological qualities of the students and to support their development and of reporting.
The students completing the program have the opportunity to serve in public and private schools that are under Turkish Ministry of National Education.
The candidates who complete their undergraduate studies successfully, need to have valid score from ALES or an equivalent exam and they also need to have sufficient knowledge of a foreign language in order to attend to graduate programs of their field or any related field.
The assessment and evaluation administered for each course is described in detail in “Course Information Form”.
Graduation requirements are stated in “Proficiency Rules and Requirements” section.