Detailed examination of current topics in History.

Main themes of later twentieth-century history, with emphasis on phenomena of global significance: World War II, the postwar economic dispensation, the Cold War, existentialism and feminism, decolonization, Maoism, problems of economic development, and the collapse of the Soviet bloc.

Conservation, interpretation, communication and management of all archaeological and historical resources that are regarded as cultural heritage. Theoretical and methodological approaches, social and political factors, which shape our understanding and management of the cultural heritage. Examination of local and global, international and national institutions which deal with cultural heritage, the relevant legislation and conventions that impact the management of these resources.

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?

Exploring the nature and significance of the Soviet experiment, the controversies to which it has given rise, and the forces, processes, and personalities that shaped the formation, transformation, and ultimate collapse of both the Soviet system and the Soviet Union.

Introducing the social uses of the production and the consumption of "imaginary realms" in the early modern Ottoman Empire. Included topics: readers, writers and production of knowledge; poetry, history and political uses of rememberence; dreams, fortune-telling and establishment of social networks. Examination of recent approaches to the early modern cultural history and Ottoman studies, Ottoman sources in translation, and Ottoman architecture through class trips to historical sites.

Basic physiology of body systems, physiopathology of diseases, causes of symptom - finding and discussion of nursing care: cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, digestive, endocrine, nervous system and blood cells and immune system.

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 nursing care in relation to reproductive health: adolescence, prevention, treatment and care of sexually transmitted diseases, common infections in women, miscarriage and women?s health, menopause, cancer in women, women in old-age health and nursing care, and osteoporosis. The student is also expected to learn current knowledge in topics related to women?s place in society such as gender roles, women?s health in Türkiye, international meetings about women?s issues and reflections on Türkiye, women?s rights, health issues in women, violence and women, women in politics, religion, urbanization and the workplace.

The aim of this course is to help the student develop the skill to assess and provide care during and after the labour and delivery process, perform delivery, and provide the mother and newborn with preliminary post-natal care. The student is expected to gain theoretical knowledge about normal labor & delivery processes, assess cervical dilatation and effacement, monitor the infusion of induction, assess fetal positioning, presentation and engagement, assess uterine contractions during labour, monitor and evaluate NST (non-stress test)/OCT (oxytocin challenge test), perform delivery, newborn, and perineum care, provide breastfeeding guidance, uterine involution follow-up and physical assessment of the newborn.

In this course the student will examine growth and development in childhood, general principles of growth and development, the role of nurses in healthy growth and development of the child, developmental care by periods of child development, the evaluation of growth and development, and impairment of growth and development in children.

In this course the student will examine the role of the pediatric nurse as care-giver, counselor and educator: nursing diagnosis of the physical, emotional and social responses of the family and the child to acute and chronic health problems, and the planning and application of nursing care towards the needs of the family and the child.

Issues in regional and global practice and developments in child health and disease are oriented to meet individual student needs.

This course aims to provide the student with the knowledge and skills in the fields of prevention, early diagnosis and effective management of diabetes.

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

The aim of this course is to provide the student with the skill to apply psychiatric nursing theory into the clinical setting.

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

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

In this course the student will examine the evolution of the concept of quality, the process of quality management, standardization of quality i.e. ISO and JCHO accreditation systems, participatory management approach, the concept of total quality management (TQM), the importance, basic principles, organizational structure, process; quality circle, quality management in nursing services and education, concepts related to change (power, authority, impact, authority), types and factors affecting change, needs assessment for change, change process, the role of a change agent, strategies of change, and the process of change in nursing management.

In this course the student will examine regulations affecting the nursing profession, staff regulations in the Turkish legal system, International Labor Organization (ILO) recommendations related to nursing staff, labor unions, trade agreements, professional organizations, contemporary job descriptions for nursing staff, functions of the nurse within the context of management roles, skills required in nurse managers, and the general and specific application standards in nursing services.

Symptoms, aetiology and epidemiology of mental disorders, types of treatment for mental illness, nursing care process for patients with mental illness.

The aim of this course is to improve the students' leadership and management skills related to the implementation of the data collection, planning, organization, directing and control phases of the management process.

This course discusses basic principles of epidemiology, application areas of epidemiological methods, data collection instruments, reporting and surveillance systems, infectious disease epidemiology, epidemiological criteria, field research, case control studies, cross-sectional studies, cohort studies and intervention studies.