| This PhD programme aims to strengthen cinema, media and cultural studies in the academic field with scientific research methods. The PhD Programme in Cinema and Media Studies aims to offer a framework based on social sciences and humanities to candidates who want to specialise in the fields of cinema, media and culture at national and international levels and lead the way in increasing the demand for similar departments nationwide. This programme aims to combine the work of doctoral candidates with an academic staff of leading academics. The medium of instruction of the PhD Programme in Cinema and Media Studies is English. The programme also aims to support international research and studies and contribute to the discipline internationally. |
| The students who successfully complete the program are awarded the degree of Bachelor of Sinema ve medya çalışmaları |
| This is a program. |
| In order to apply to the doctoral program, candidates must have a thesis-based master's degree and must have an ALES score of no less than 55 points in the score type of the program they are applying for, as determined by the Institute Board recommendation and Senate decision. In addition to the ALES score, a written scientific assessment exam and/or an additional interview result and a master's grade point average may also be evaluated for the acceptance of those who will apply to the doctoral program. Matters related to this evaluation, application conditions and other matters regarding student admission are announced to candidates through appropriate means upon the recommendation of the Institute Board of Directors and the rules determined by the Senate. |
| Students accepted to the programme are required to take the proficiency exam after completing 5 electives and 3 compulsory courses. The student who is successful in the qualifying exam must have his/her thesis topic accepted by his/her advisor and thesis monitoring jury. The student who completes the thesis process is entitled to receive the Ph.D. title as a result of successfully defending his/her thesis to the thesis defense jury of 5 professors. |
| Students who will continue their education at Bahçeşehir University may be exempted from the courses they took at their previous educational institution within the framework of certain regulations. If the content of the course taken is compatible with the content of the course given at BAU and is approved by the institute directorate, the student may be exempted from this course. |
| Graduates of the programme will be able to teach at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels in universities and colleges with the Ph.D. title they have earned. |
| Students who successfully complete the program can apply for post-doctoral studies according to their areas of expertise. |
| 1 | Have the qualified skills and abilities in production and analysis of academic knowledge and texts (including the conference papers, articles, essays, research projects etc) that would contribute to the national and international academic literature. |
| 2 | Gain the knowledge and comprehension of the literature on specific research area defined within the fields of cinema, media and cultural studies. |
| 3 | Have the knowledge about fundamental concepts and main school of thoughts within the fields of cinema, media and cultural stıdies. |
| 4 | Gain required academic skills for the production of research projects and publications both in Turkish and in English. |
| 5 | Gain the skills required for grounded analysis, description and interpretation of a subject within the cinema, media and cultural studies fields in conformance with the ethical values and rules. |
| 6 | Have the academic consciousness and responsibility about the necessity of production of research with potentials of wide influence on literature and society, and with an original academic value. |
| 7 | Have the analytical skills required for the contextualized interpretation of a phenomenon that is related to cinema, media, and culture along with its relation to the historical, social, political, economic and cultural components. |
| 8 | Gain the knowledge and the research skills about qualitative and quantitative research. |
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CMR6001 Theories of Cinema, Media and Culture I | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CMR6002 Theories of Cinema, Media and Culture II | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| QUA6999 Qualifying Exam | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RCH6001 Advanced Research Methods | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMR6887 Seminar | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE6888-1 Doctoral Thesis - I | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE6888-2 Doctoral Thesis - II | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE6888-3 Doctoral Thesis - III | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE6888-4 Doctoral Thesis - IV | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1. Semester | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisites | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS | |
| CMR6001 | Theories of Cinema, Media and Culture I | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| RCH6001 | Advanced Research Methods | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Departmental Elective | 3 | 12 | |||||
| Total | 30 | ||||||
| 2. Semester | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisites | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS | |
| CMR6002 | Theories of Cinema, Media and Culture II | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Departmental Elective | 3 | 11 | |||||
| Departmental Elective | 3 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 30 | ||||||
| 3. Semester | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisites | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS | |
| SMR6887 | Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Departmental Elective | 3 | 12 | |||||
| Departmental Elective | 3 | 12 | |||||
| Total | 30 | ||||||
| 4. Semester | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisites | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS | |
| QUA6999 | Qualifying Exam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Total | 30 | ||||||
| 5. Semester | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisites | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS | |
| THE6888-1 | Doctoral Thesis - I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Total | 30 | ||||||
| 6. Semester | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisites | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS | |
| THE6888-2 | Doctoral Thesis - II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Total | 30 | ||||||
| 7. Semester | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisites | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS | |
| THE6888-3 | Doctoral Thesis - III | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Total | 30 | ||||||
| 8. Semester | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisites | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS | |
| THE6888-4 | Doctoral Thesis - IV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Total | 30 | ||||||