This course introduces some of the major issues in the history of the Ottoman Empire with a focus on the cultural life. Topics will include: life at the frontiers; relations between Ottomans and their neighbors; imperial ideology; the social fabric, gender, and ethnic structure; social unrest and religious movements; the new world order and the Ottoman response. Students will be encouraged to compare and contrast academic approaches to Ottoman History with its representation in historical novels and film.

The period between the destruction of the Janissaries in 1826 and the end of single party rule in Türkiye in 1950. Different theoretical approaches to labor history, artisans? experience with the Industrial Revolution, the making of an industrial labor force, ethnic and gendered segmentations among workers, state and labor relations, and different labor migration patterns.

Analysis of history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic from the 19th century until 2000’s. Modules including Empires and Nation States; Citizenship and Minorities; Secularism; Elections and Democracy. The main goal is to familiarize students with these universal concepts while going through history of Türkiye.

Analysis of history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic from the 19th century until 2000’s. Modules including Empires and Nation States; Citizenship and Minorities; Secularism; Elections and Democracy. The main goal is to familiarize students with these universal concepts while going through history of Türkiye.

Analysis of history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic from the 19th century until 2000’s. Modules including Empires and Nation States; Citizenship and Minorities; Secularism; Elections and Democracy. The main goal is to familiarize students with these universal concepts while going through history of Türkiye.

Analysis of history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic from the 19th century until 2000’s. Modules including Empires and Nation States; Citizenship and Minorities; Secularism; Elections and Democracy. The main goal is to familiarize students with these universal concepts while going through history of Türkiye.

Visual culture and built environment of Asia (China, Korea, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and Asian diaspora). Painting, sculpture, architecture, ritual objects, ceramics, textiles and other visual forms within the wider context of political, religious, social and economic developments of the region.

Detailed examination of current topics in History.

Detailed examination of current topics in History.

This course surveys the 19th century Ottoman Empire. It emphasizes political ideologies produced by the Ottoman ruling elite such as Ottomanism and the birth of Turkish nationalism. It raises the following questions in the context of the Ottoman empire in a comparative perspective: How did the Ottoman empire control its populations in the 19th century? What state policies and political ideologies became decisive in maintaining state control? Was the collapse of multi-ethnic empire inevitable in the 20th century?

Provides a global presentation of the purpose, practices and methodologies in history-writing from the 18th to the 21st century. Examines the professionalization of history as a discipline, the importance of primary sources (such as archives) and of key notions such as causality, truth, interpretation and objectivity in history-writing.

Seminars where faculty, outside speakers and Ph.D. students present their academic research.

Examination of normal physiological processes of the cell and symptom - findings related to disease at cell level; cell, genetic control of cell proliferation and cancer; homeostasis; physiology of stress and disease, cell damage and adaptation, cell membrane physiology, acid-base equilibrium and imbalance, fluid-electrolyte equilibrium and imbalance

In this course the student will examine the relationship of the four basic concepts of nursing (i.e. the individual, health, environment, and nursing) to the concepts of stress, anxiety, hope-hopelessness, loneliness, loss, crisis, body perception-body image, sensory deprivation and weakness in connection with sick individuals. The student is expected to gain knowledge towards the integration of these human conditions encountered in nursing practice into nursing care.

In this course the student will examine frequency distributions, distribution criteria, probabality and probability distribution, discrete and continuous distributions, normal distribution, hypothesis testing and confidence intervals of means, significance testing of differences between group means, significance testing in paired analysis, chi-square tests, inferential tests, regression analysis, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals in simple lineer regression, and correlation analysis.

This course prepares the student for the nursing research process: defining the problem, the research question/ developing the hypothesis, research design, sampling, data collection, and reporting research results. The importance of research, the research and publication process and its scientific and ethical aspects will be also covered to prepare the student for a master’s thesis.

In this course the student will examine global and regional aspects of child health, children?s health education, basic health services, child health nursing, current status, dependent and independent functions, crisis situations and the child, nursing and the family, needs of hospitalized children, chronically ill children and the family, multidisciplinary and family-centered approaches.

In this course the student will examine the prevention of health problems within the framework of internal medical nursing through the promotion of healthy life-style behavior, early diagnosis, effective treatment and management of illness.

Issues in regional and global practice and developments related to medical nursing are oriented to meet individual student needs.

This course aims to provide the student with concepts, principles, theory and processes in the field of communication as well as the importance of communication in health services. The student will examine theories and concepts of communication, therapeutic communication, bridges and barriers in the therapeutic relationship, critical thinking and decision making, the professional nursing role, the values, qualities and behaviors associated with professionalism in nursing practice, communication in health professionals, transcultural communication, communicating in groups, communicating with families, resolving conflict, communicating in health teaching, communicating with clients experiencing a communication deficit, and communicating with clients under specific conditions.

In this course the student will examine the theoretic and practical dimensions of psychiatric nursing: theories of psychiatric nursing, aetiology and epidemiology, counselling and help skills, handling emergencies, care-planning for the mental-health patient, treatment methods used in psychiatry, accommodation and rehabilitation of the patient, legal and ethical issues in psychiatry, protection and promotion of mental health, community mental-health services, organization and policy in mental health, mental health of the adolescent and child, and socio-cultural aspects of nursing care.

In this course the student will examine the fundamental concepts, theories, historical evolution, philosophy and practice of nursing management and the responsibilities of the nurse manager: data collection and planning (goals, standards, policy, procedures, budgeting), organization (organizational charts, job descriptions, human resource planning, task organization), orientation (motivation, job satisfaction, communication, problem solving and decision making, conflict management), control phases of the management process (quality assurance, performance evaluation), adjusting to change in health services, and developing leadership skills in nurses to meet the needs of the individual/ family and society.

Issues in regional and global practice and developments related to nursing management are oriented to meet individual student needs.