Academic Unit Offering the Program

 Department of Archaeology

Program Director

 Prof. Dr. Hatice KALKAN (Chair) / Assist. Prof. Dr. Seher Selin ÖZMEN (Department Bologna Programme Coordinator)

Type of the Program

 Undergraduate Programme

Level of the Degree Attained

 Undergraduate

Attained Degree

 Holds the Undergraduate Archaeology Diploma, and graduates with "Archaeologist" title.

Type of Education

 Full time

Admission Prerequisites

 Any student, who obtains a high-school diploma and takes the Stıdent Placement Test and gets the required point can enroll to the  Archaeology Department.

Acknowledgement of Previous Education

 Students who will transfer from another university's Archaeology Department or another department are exempted from equivalent  courses (if they have passed) by comparing the ECTS, Credits, and Content in their transcripts with the curriculum.

Graduation Conditions

In order to graduate from the Archaeology Undergraduate Program, the compulsory and a certain number of elective courses specified in the curriculum must be successfully completed. This program requires the student to complete a total of 240 ECTS credits.

Program Profile

Archaeology education, in addition to providing an essential mission in understanding and explaining the historical and cultural depth of the geography we live in, also contributes to the need for expertise brought about by professional knowledge and experience. Our department, under the name of Archaeology Department, offers our students a comprehensive course content starting from the Paleolithic period to the end of the Roman period in the fields of Prehistoric Archaeology, Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, and Classical Archaeology. In addition to theoretical courses, our students aim to gain field experience through practical training by participating in field and laboratory studies planned to be carried out within the department and the borders of the Republic of Turkey.

Professional Profiles of Graduates

Our graduates can be appointed as expert archaeologists in public and private museums, conservation boards, and municipalities and serve as expert witnesses in judicial matters, depending on the prerequisite of having a bachelor's degree in archaeology.

Moving to postgraduate level

Candidates who complete their undergraduate education can study in postgraduate (master's and doctoral) programs if they receive a passing score on the ALES exam and have sufficient knowledge of the English language.

Exams, Assessment and Grading

At least one midterm exam is given each term. In addition to midterms, projects, and assignments are provided at the beginning of each term, with specified dates in the term content. The student must take a final exam at the end of each term. The criteria (such as midterm exams, projects, assignments, and finals) and their impact on the final grade are clearly stated in the course content distributed at the beginning of the term and/or published on the website. According to the student regulations and the academic calendar, final exams are held on the dates, places, and times determined and announced by the university. The course instructor gives the students their final grade according to the results of the midterm, project, assignment, and final exam.

The passing grade at Namık Kemal University is 60 out of 100. However, the final or make-up exam result must be at least 50. Exams are evaluated out of 100 as a total grade. A course's end-of-term/year grade is 40% of the arithmetic average of the midterm exam or midterm exams and 60% of the grade received in the end-of-term/year exam or make-up exam. The end-of-term and make-up grades are submitted to the Student Affairs Office by the person responsible for the course, together with the evaluation criteria. End-of-term and make-up grades are published and announced in the student information system.

Grades:

Students are given the following letter grades for each course taken as their term grades. The letter grades, coefficients, and ratios are as follows. The grading system used as a basis for evaluating students' success is expressed with the following degrees and letters:

Students must take the courses for which they received a DD, FD, or FF in the first semester they are offered.

Education and Training Methods

Our Archaeology Department, which started accepting students for the first time in 2018, has the departments of Classical Archaeology, Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, and Prehistoric Archaeology (Prehistory). Our students are given undergraduate courses by faculty members who are experts in these departments. The department has a laboratory and a department library open for our students. Our library, which has been taking shape since 2022 with the contributions of our faculty members, includes important monographic publications as well as periodicals such as Olba, Adalya, Varia Anatolica, Tüba-Ar, Gephyra, Colloquium Anatolicum, Anmed, and Aegean Archaeology Journal. In our laboratory, examples of ceramic finds from different periods are exhibited. Students are offered experience opportunities that support their knowledge and skills in the professional field, such as drawing small finds on computers, geographic information systems, and surveying information.

Program Outcomes

1- Gains the ability to work with relevant people and institutions in archaeology, share various opinions with these people and institutions, and offer solutions to problems.

2- Gains the maturity to approach archaeological concepts from different perspectives and make objective comments by knowing the history of archaeology and the understandings formed in various periods.

3- Gains the ability to conduct scientific studies correctly by knowing the legislation and practices related to archaeology.

4- Gains the ability to use archaeological terminology, methods, and contemporary scientific research techniques.

5- Gains the knowledge and skills to use information access tools such as bibliographic repertoire, archive inventory, and electronic references.

6- Gains the ability to conduct studies to inform and raise society's awareness about archaeology and cultural heritage by using various communication methods.

7- Gains the experience of taking responsibility, solving problems, and working for a common goal within teamwork, and the ability to act according to scientific, ethical rules.

8-Having basic knowledge about all kinds of archaeological materials, they will have the knowledge to recognize, define, and interpret archaeological artifacts.

9-Having the ability to collect data, evaluate and report the results of evaluation by taking interdisciplinary opinions when necessary, and to convey this information in written and oral form.

10-Having national and international knowledge with a comparative perspective, they can update their archaeological knowledge and understand the relationship between the past and current events.

11-Gaining theoretical (university education, museum experiences, etc.) and practical (excavations, surface research) knowledge and experiences related to their profession.

12-Gaining the ability to follow current issues and technologies in Archaeology by understanding the importance of lifelong learning and to improve and contribute to themselves by following developments in this field in the world.

Curriculum (In Turkish and English)

2024-2025 http://bilgipaketi.nku.edu.tr/Arkeoloji/bolum/m/5559/534

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