Ph. D. in Sociology (in English)
Why Sociology Ph.D. Program at Ibn Haldun University?
Ibn Haldun University Department of Sociology MA Program aims to build a basis for a new understanding and research ground for analyzing and providing solutions to people and society in the world and our country. With this infrastructure, the Sociology Doctorate Program aims to train academic staff who can work more deeply on these issues and produce alternative analyses and solution suggestions with the perspective of open civilization, intellectual independence, and rooted revivalism. Fed by different methodological and theoretical approaches, the Sociology Doctorate Program places great emphasis on the ability of academic staff to reflect original theories and methods in academic publications and research.
As a requirement of Ibn Haldun University's notion of being a research university, the Sociology Doctorate Program claims to create a ground for the training of internationally competent sociologists and researchers. Furthermore, in line with our university's vision and multilingualism policy, this program will make it possible to develop an academic perspective beyond the dominant sociological traditions, able to produce alternative research and offer solutions in our country and worldwide.
Thanks to its linguistic qualifications and following the internationalization quality, Ibn Haldun University's Sociology Doctorate Program prioritizes conducting research and developing solutions that address various social issues in societies in different geographies, both nationally and internationally. In this context, our program aims to identify the relevant institutions in the light of academic data, determine bilateral and multiple relations, and present alternative scientific data about these processes while developing the country's relations with different geographies and opening up to foreign countries with an interdisciplinary approach.
Esteemed Academics
One-on-One Education
Boutique University
Student-Centered Approach
On-Campus Dormitories for Female and Male Students
Sports Center
Supportive Research and Project Ecosystem
Head of the Department:
Prof. Ramazan Aras
Program Objectives:
The knowledge and skills to be gained by the graduates of the program, worthy of the Ph.D. degree in Sociology English, can be listed as follows:
- To be able to master the literature of sociology and other related disciplines and to be able to manage master's and doctoral theses in these fields and take part in the juries.
- To develop their knowledge of sociology theories, research methods, and practices with alternative approaches at the level of expertise, reflect on their studies and perform field studies.
- Ability to produce alternative knowledge by developing interdisciplinary studies, presenting critical solutions, sharing it with colleagues, and transferring to educational processes.
- To be able to conduct research concerning academic knowledge production and open to new methods and approaches without centralizing the theories developed for specific societies and by considering comparative and historical accumulation.
- To be able to carry out a study in the field of sociology independently by supporting it with quantitative and qualitative data within the framework of social, academic, cultural, and ethical values, to present, apply and share the relevant study with social responsibility awareness.
- Being an expert who can produce and present their studies in English, Arabic, and Turkish languages (or any other language related to their studies) on national and international academic platforms is preferred by future policymakers and communal leaders.
- Internalize ethical values and contribute to society by highlighting scientific, technological, and social developments.
The program aims to reach the following:
- Individuals with academic career goals
- Individuals aiming to become experts, academicians, or consultants are preferred in management positions at national and international platforms.
- Individuals who want to increase or improve their knowledge and skills in sociological thinking, theory, and research methods.
- Individuals who have graduated from undergraduate and graduate programs want to pursue a career in both the public and private sectors and wish to develop expertise in critical thinking, research ethics and methods, and different social theories.
- Professionals with experience in different institutions and organizations and who want to be trained to take their existing status to the next level
- Individuals who strive to understand and analyze the society and environment it belongs to in connection with the developments in the historical, local and international axes.
The following lesson plan is for informational purposes only. Click here to access the Bologna information.
Click here to access the course information package.
| IBN HALDUN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES SOCIOLOGY (ENGLISH) PHD PROGRAM COURSE PLAN | |||||
| FOR STUDENTS ADMITTED WITH GRADUATE DEGREE | |||||
| I. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 601 | Advanced Research Methods | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 603 | Advanced Readings in Classical Sociological Theory | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC/ ANTH… | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC/ ANTH… | Departmental/General Elective Course | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Language Courses | |||||
| Total Credit | 12 | 32 | |||
| II. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 600 | Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| SOC 604 | Advanced Readings in Contemporary Sociological Theory | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 606 | Ibn Haldun: Theory, Methods and Contemporary Discussions | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC/ ANTH… | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC/ ANTH… | Departmental/General Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Language Courses | |||||
| Total Credit | 12 | 38 | |||
| III. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 697 | PhD Qualifying Exam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 30 | |||
| IV. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 698 | PhD Thesis Proposal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 30 | |||
| III. Year | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 699 | PhD Thesis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 60 | |||
| IV. Year | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 699 | PhD Thesis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 60 | |||
| Overall Total Credit | 24 | 250 | |||
| COMPULSORY COURSES | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 600 | Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| SOC 601 | Advanced Research Methods | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 603 | Advanced Readings in Classical Sociological Theory | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 604 | Advanced Readings in Contemporary Sociological Theory | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 606 | Ibn Khaldun: Theory, Methods and Contemporary Discussions | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE COURSES | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| ANTH 509/609 | Ethnography of Muslim Societies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 511/611 | Ethnography of Space and Place | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 512/612 | Ethnography of Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 513/613 | Anthropology of Islam | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 518/618 | Anthropolgy of the Political | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 520/620 | Political Border and Border Regions | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 522/622 | Anthropology of Emotions | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| CULT 510/610 | Readings in Orientalism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| CULT 517/ 617 | Genealogies of Multiculturalism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| HIST 508/608 | Oral History and Social Memory | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 505/605 | Political Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 507/607 | Sociology of Religion | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 508/608 | Religion in Modern Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 510/610 | Gender and Society | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 514/614 | Urban Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 515/615 | Historical Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 516/616 | Social Movements | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 517/617 | Sociology of Media | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 519/619 | Social Policy and Societ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 521/621 | Discourse Analysis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 525/625 | Modernity, Post-modernity and Beyond | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 530/630 | Sociology of Disaster | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 535/635 | Sociology and Anthropology of Secularism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 536/636 | Advanced Comparative Theories and Methods | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 537/637 | Sociology of Southeast Asia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 538/638 | Nation State and Nationalism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 539/639 | Selected Topics in Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 540/640 | Colonialism and Postcolonialism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 541/641 | Sociology of Literature | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 542/642 | Civilizations | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 543/643 | Social Inequality | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 544/644 | Sociology of Labor and Work | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Click here to access the course information package.
| IBN HALDUN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES SOCIOLOGY (ENGLISH) PHD PROGRAM COURSE PLAN | |||||
| FOR STUDENTS ADMITTED WITH UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE | |||||
| I. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 501 | Research Methods and Publication Ethics | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 503 | Social Theory I | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental/General Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Language Courses | |||||
| Total Credit | 12 | 32 | |||
| II. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 604 | Advanced Readings in Contemporary Sociological Theory | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 506 | Ibn Haldun and Contemporary Issues | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 600 | Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental/General Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Language Courses | |||||
| Total Credit | 9 | 30 | |||
| III. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental/General Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental/General Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Total Credit | 12 | 32 | |||
| IV. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental/General Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
|
SOC/ ANTH/ CULT/ ... | Departmental/General Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Total Credit | 12 | 32 | |||
| V. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 697 | PhD Qualifying Exam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 30 | |||
| VI. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 698 | Thesis Proposal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 30 | |||
| IV. Year | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 699 | PhD Thesis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 60 | |||
| V. Year | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 699 | PhD Thesis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 60 | |||
| Overall Total Credit | 42 | 306 | |||
| COMPULSORY COURSES | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 501 | Research Methods and Publication Ethics | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 503 | Social Theory I | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 506 | Ibn Haldun and Contemporary Issues | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 600 | Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| SOC 604 | Advanced Readings in Contemporary Sociological Theory | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE COURSES | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| ANTH 509/609 | Ethnography of Muslim Societies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 511/611 | Ethnography of Space and Place | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 512/612 | Ethnography of Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 513/613 | Anthropology of Islam | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 518/618 | Anthropolgy of the Political | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 520/620 | Political Border and Border Regions | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 522/622 | Anthropology of Emotions | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| CULT 510 | Readings in Orientalism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| CULT 617 | Genealogies of Multiculturalism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| HIST 508/608 | Oral History and Social Memory | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 505/605 | Political Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 507/607 | Sociology of Religion | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 508/608 | Religion in Modern Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 510/610 | Gender and Society | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 514/614 | Urban Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 515/615 | Historical Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 516/616 | Social Movements | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 519/619 | Social Policy and Societ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 521/621 | Discourse Analysis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 525/625 | Modernity, Post-modernity and Beyond | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 530/630 | Sociology of Disaster | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 535/635 | Sociology and Anthropology of Secularism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 536/636 | Advanced Comparative Theories and Methods | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 537/637 | Sociology of Southeast Asia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 538/638 | Nation State and Nationalism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 539/639 | Selected Topics in Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 540/640 | Colonialism and Postcolonialism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 541/641 | Sociology of Literature | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 542/642 | Civilizations | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 543/643 | Social Inequality | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 544/644 | Sociology of Labor and Work | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 617 | Sociology of Media | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |