Programme Information
About the Programme	:	Social Studies Education is a teacher education degree program which lasts for four years / eight semesters. Social Sciences have a program that involves many disciplines of compulsory and elective courses. Besides the courses ranging from Philosophy to Archeology, Geography, to History, Law to Political Science, theoretical and practical training courses for teaching are also available within the program. This four-year degree program aims to help students gain knowledge and expertise in their field of study, as well as to create a citizen profile who is respectful of democratic and human rights.
Qualification Awarded	:	The students who have successfully accomplished this program gain the bachelor’s degree of Social Studies Education.
Level of Qualification	:	First Cycle (Bachelor’s Degree)
Specific Admission Requirements	:	Placement through a centralized national university placement examination (ÖSYS). Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM) is responsible to place students according to their ÖSYS scores.  For more information, please click here.
Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning	:	In Turkish Higher Education Institutions, the acknowledgment of the Bachelor´s diploma for a university is organized with the regulations related to double majors and subspeciality and the transition between Associate Degree programs and undergraduate program. This regulation also allows credit transfer between related institutions.  For more information, please click here.
Qualification Requirements and Regulations	:	To be successful in this program, students are required to successfully complete all the courses to meet a minimum of 240 ECTS credit requirement and have a minimum of GPA of 2.00/4.00.
Profile of the Programme	:	Social Studies Teaching Department aims to equip the teacher candidates with the skills and values about their field of study . In line with this goal the total of 240 ECTS of compulsory and elective courses are given in the program. Except the knowledge of their field of study, the students are expected to embrace scientific knowledge and know and use their rights of his country, be sensitive, democratic, secular and respectful to the revolutions of Atatürk, the founder of Turkish Republic and what is happening in the world.
Key Learning Outcomes	:	Please click here for Key Learning Outcomes.
Occupational Profile of Graduates	:	The graduates of this department are graduated to work as teachers of Social Studies in public and private educational institutions. The graduates who provide the necessary conditions also have the chance to carry out to obtain their Master’s and doctoral degrees.
Access to Further Studies	:	The graduates of this program are eligible to apply for admission to graduate studies in same field or related areas if they pass the evaluation process designated according to the regulations of “Çukurova University Graduate Education and Examination Committee”, which includes ALES, general point of average, and the interview.
Course Structure Diagram with Credits	:	Please click here for Course Structure Diagram with Credits.
Assessment and Grading	:	In this program, assessment and grading are conducted according to Cukurova University Education and Assessment regulations for Associate and Undergraduate degrees.  For more information, please click here.
Graduation Requirements	:	To be able to finish undergraduate degree, students must complete all courses, applications and workshops that are included in the program, gain two hundred and forty (240) ECTS credit requirements in total in undergraduate level and obtain a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00.
Mode of Study	:	This programme is a Full Time programme.
Programme Director	:	Instructor ANDAÇ ÇUHADAR
Course-Programme Key Learning Outcomes Matrix	:	Please click here for Course-Programme Key Learning Outcomes Matrix.