Degree Requirements and Course Descriptions

                                            PHD in PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS 

Post-Master's Degree

Post-Bachelor's Degree

Course Category

Minimum Credit (ECTS)

Minimum Course

Minimum Credit (ECTS)

Minimum Course

Advanced Statistical Methods and Ethics

7,5 ECTS

1

7,5 ECTS

1

Seminar

7,5 ECTS

1

7,5 ECTS

1

Academic Practice

4 ECTS

1

4 ECTS

1

Elective Courses

22,5 ECTS

3

45 ECTS

6

Area Elective Courses

15 ECTS

2

45 ECTS

6

Method Elective Courses

7,5 ECTS

1

15 ECTS

2

PhD Qualification Exam

30 ECTS

1

30 ECTS

1

PhD Thesis Proposal

30 ECTS

1

30 ECTS

1

PhD Thesis Study I

30 ECTS

1

30 ECTS

1

PhD Thesis Study II

30 ECTS

1

30 ECTS

1

PhD Thesis Study III

30 ECTS

1

30 ECTS

1

PhD Thesis Defense

26 ECTS

1

26 ECTS

1

Total

240 ECTS

15

300 ECTS

23

                              PHD in PSYCHOLOGY (Post-Master's Degree) CURRICULUM

                                                                                First Year

                          First Semester

                       Second Semester

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

PSY 601*

Advanced Statistical Methods and Ethics

7,5

Area Elective Courses II

7,5

Area Elective Courses I

7,5

Method Elective Courses

7,5

Elective Courses I

7,5

PSY 689

Seminar

7,5

Elective Courses II

7,5

Elective Courses III

7,5

Total Semester ECTS

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

                                                                                Second Year

                           Third Semester

                      Fourth Semester

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

PSY 900

PhD Qualification Exam

30

PSY 901

PhD Thesis Proposal

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

                                                                              Third Year

                           Fifth Semester

                        Sixth Semester

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

PSY 902

PhD Thesis Study I

30

PSY 903

PhD Thesis Study II

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

                                                                             Fourth Year

                            Seventh Semester

                      Eighth Semester

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

PSY 904

PhD Thesis Study III

30

AP 540

Academic Practice

4

PSY 905

PhD Thesis Defense

26

Total Semester ECTS

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

                            PHD in PSYCHOLOGY (Post-Bachelor's Degree) CURRICULUM

                                                                              First Year

                            First Semester

                        Second Semester

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

Method Elective Courses

7,5

Area Elective Courses III

7,5

Area Elective Courses I

7,5

Area Elective Courses IV

7,5

Area Elective Courses II

7,5

Elective Courses II

7,5

Elective Courses I

7,5

Elective Courses III

7,5

Total Semester ECTS

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

                                                                                Second Year

                           Third Semester

                      Fourth Semester

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

PSY 601*

Advanced Statistical Methods and Ethics

7,5

Area Elective Courses VI

7,5

Area Elective Courses V

7,5

Method Elective Courses II

7,5

Elective Courses IV

7,5

PSY 689

Seminar

7,5

Elective Courses V

7,5

Elective Courses VI

7,5

Total Semester ECTS

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

                                                                              Third Year

                          Fifth Semester

                        Sixth Semester

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

PSY 900

PhD Qualification Exam

30

PSY 901

PhD Thesis Proposal

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

                                                                             Fourth Year

                           Seventh Semester

                     Eighth Semester

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

PSY 902

PhD Thesis Study I

30

PSY 903

PhD Thesis Study II

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

                                                                               Fifth Year

                       Nineth Semester

                     Tenth Semester

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

Course Code

Course Name

ECTS

PSY 904

PhD Thesis Study III

30

AP 540

Academic Practice

4

PSY 905

PhD Thesis Defense

26

Total Semester ECTS

30

Total Semester ECTS

30

PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT

All students are required to fulfill the following requirements concerning at least two empirical articles that are related to their doctoral dissertation and share a common research topic, no later than the date of their dissertation defense:

*At least one of the articles must have been published in or accepted for publication in a journal ranked in the Q1 or Q2 category in Web of Science (WoS), and the student must be the first author of this article.

*The other article must have either been published in or accepted for publication in a journal ranked in the Q1 or Q2 category in Web of Science (WoS), or have been submitted, with the approval of the dissertation advisor, to such a journal for consideration for publication.