Department of Philosophy
Acting Head of Department : Nedim Nami Nomer
Associate Department Head: Nurbay Irmak, Yasin Ramazan Başaran
Professors : Berna Kılınç, Nurbay Irmak, Nedim Nomer, Stephen Voss
Associate Professors : Lucas Thorpe, Chryssi Sidiropoulou
Assistant Professors : Sun Demirli, Kenan Tekin, Başak Aray, Yasin Ramazan Başaran, Barry Stocker, Ferhat Taşkın
Instructors: Aran Arslan*, Haydar Oğuz Erdin*, M. Kemal Işık*, Ece Şahin Işık*, Maya Mandalinci*, Karanfil Soyhun*
Assistants :Ahmet Gül, Beşir Özgür Nayır, Deniz Şimşek
*Part-time
•Adjunct
The Bachelor of Arts program gives rigorous instruction in the principal areas of philosophy. The department's target for undergraduate training is a well-balanced liberal arts education, and in consonance with such a target the program contains a high proportion of compulsory and unrestricted electives from related fields. Service courses are offered to students majoring in other disciplines, and double-major programs are conducted jointly with the departments of Economics, History, Mathematics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Western Languages and Literature.
Established
1982
ISCED Code
223
Educational goals and objectives
Developing critical and analytic thinking skills, as well as an awareness of individual and social virtues.
Admission and special requirements
Admissions are regulated by ÖSYM, the Student Selection and Placement Center. International students may be admitted on condition that the department has a quota for that year. Information on applications is updated each year at https://adaylar.bogazici.edu.tr/en-EN/Page/Admissions/StudentsFromAbroad/All
Acknowledgement of previous learning
Students can transfer some of their courses taken during a previous higher education if they are admitted in accordance with the rules of intrainstutional or interinstitutional principles as outlined in Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Lisans Programlarına Yatay Geçiş Yönetmeliği. Courses taken during a previous learning degree cannot be transferred if the student has completed that degree.
Graduation requirements
The graduation requirements for undergraduate programs are specified in Article 31 of the Boğaziçi University Rules and Regulations Governing Undergraduate Studies. Please check: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Lisans Eğitim ve Öğretim Yönetmeliği
Program learning outcomes
- Grasp of some portion of classical and contemporary philosophical literature.
- Critical thinking skills in all walks of life.
- Analytic thinking skills.
- Advanced writing and communication skills in Turkish and English.
- Ability to deal with perspectival differences.
- Respect for other living beings and the environment.
- Grasp of basic ethical theories and their application to personal and social issues.
- Awareness of major political problems of our times and their root causes.
- Examination of the constitution of a good life.
