After completing a history master's program, you will earn a "Master of Arts (MA)" degree. This is a postgraduate degree that provides you with the skills to study, research and analyze in more depth after your undergraduate degree.

A history master's program is an academic program that aims to give students an in-depth understanding of different areas of history. The program usually lasts one to two years and offers students a variety of courses that focus on different areas, periods, and methodologies of history.

The goal of a history master's program is to provide students with a comprehensive education on how to study and interpret history. This program offers students the opportunity to understand the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of history. Students learn to read, analyze, and interpret historical documents, written artifacts, archaeological remains, and other sources.

A history master's program often requires students to write a thesis. Students choose a topic in history and develop a research project on it. This thesis is an in-depth study of a topic that the student can contribute to history.

A history master's program offers students a variety of career opportunities. It can provide employment opportunities in fields such as teaching, museum studies, archiving, journalism, publishing, consulting, and government. A history master's degree can also be a path for students who want to move on to doctoral programs.

The History Master's program is a postgraduate program that aims to develop students' knowledge and skills in the field of history. The aim of the program is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the key issues, theories and methods of the history discipline. The program outcomes that the History Master's program generally aims to provide are as follows:

Basic knowledge and understanding in the field of history: Students will have a broad knowledge and understanding of the basic issues and theories of the history discipline.

Research skills: Students will receive training in the research methods, sources and techniques required for research in the field of history. In this way, students will be able to conduct independent research in the field of history.

Analytical thinking: Students will understand and use the analytical methods used in the history discipline. In this way, students will be able to evaluate historical sources from a critical perspective.

Written and oral communication skills: Students will be able to effectively communicate their research in the field of history in written and oral form.

Cultural awareness: Students will understand the cultural, social and political contexts of history. In this way, students will be able to interpret historical sources by understanding cultural differences.

Professional ethics: Students will understand the principles of professional ethics in the discipline of history and apply these principles in their research.

The History MA program includes a series of courses and research projects to achieve these program outcomes. The program also offers mentoring opportunities to help students prepare for professional careers in history.

Graduates of the history master's program generally offer many employment opportunities for those who want to continue their academic careers and for those who want to work in research, analysis and consultancy positions in the private sector.

Those who choose the academic career path can work as lecturers or researchers who teach history at universities. They can also work in research organizations or cultural heritage institutions and conduct research in the field of history.

Graduates of the history master's program can work as experts in analyzing historical events and processes. In the private sector, for example, in consultancy firms, they can take part in projects that require expertise in analyzing historical processes and solving problems related to the past.

As a result, graduates of the history master's program are offered various employment opportunities in academic and research careers, in the public sector or in the private sector. However, due to the increasing competition in the job market, it is recommended that graduates make themselves more competitive in the job market, especially by developing language skills, research methods and other skills.

The student's success in the courses is determined by evaluating the mid-term grades and the final exam grade together.

Mid-term grades consist of quizzes, mid-term exam grades and grades given to homework, applications and practical work depending on the course. In the credit system, the type and weight of mid-term and final evaluations (exams, homework, applications and similar) are reported to the relevant department head by the instructor teaching the course within the first two weeks of the semester and announced to the students by the relevant teaching unit administration. The final evaluation is determined by the instructor teaching the course with one of the following letter grades, taking into account the general success level of all students taking that course.

While the impact of the homework given during the semester on the final grade is 40%, the impact of the final exams at the end of the semester is 60%.

Graduation Requirements are as follows:

• Successfully completing all courses in the program,
• Having no FF grade,
• Achieving a minimum grade of CB or higher for each course,
• Completing 120 ECTS credits, with 60 credits from coursework and 60 credits from the thesis,
• Submitting a thesis of at least 15,000 words in accordance with the "Thesis Writing Guide" provided by the Graduate Education Institute, and defending it if deemed necessary,
• Presenting a thesis with a plagiarism rate below the accepted maximum of 30%,
• Submitting the thesis approved in Turkish in English.