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Head of Program : Selçuk Aydın

Executive Committee : Arzu Öztürkmen, Lale Babaoğlu Balkış, Oya Pancaroğlu

Professors : Güven Alpay*, Mine Eder, Selçuk Esenbel†*, Huricihan İslamoğlu*, Asım Karaömerlioğlu*, Arzu Öztürkmen, İsenbike Togan*, Mehmet Ölmez*, Oğuz Baykara*

Associate Professors : Oğuz Baykara, Yücel Terzibaşoğlu, Meltem Toksöz

Assistant Professors : Kadir Temiz*, Ceren Ergenç Glauberman*, Fethiye Meltem Türköz*

Instructors : Ali Akkemik*, Yasutoshi Arai, Altay Atli*, Mariko Erdoğan, Esin Esen*, Yuiko Goya, Sema Emel Göksel*, Erdal Küçükyalçın*, Ayşe Gün Soysal*, Guiyan Yang, Derya Yurdakul, Altay Atlı*, Erdal Kucukyalcin*

Visiting Scholars : Dr. Hyun Woong Hong*, İdil Tuncer Kılavuz*, Noriko Nakayama*, Dr. Fernando Rosa, Çağdaş Üngör*

*Part-time

† Professor Emeritus


THE MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM IN ASIAN STUDIES (MAAS)

The rise of Asia is defining global processes in all respects, which makes it absolutely necessary for individuals from any walk of life to have a better understanding of the dynamics behind the ascent of the Asian continent. The role of Japan, China, India, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore in the world economy and international relations contributes to Asia as a regional center of globalization.

The Master of Arts Program in Asian Studies at Bogazici University (MAAS) aims to provide students from different academic and professional backgrounds with a solid foundation in this field, and to prepare them for the challenges of the 21st century. The program combines a multi-disciplinary approach incorporating political, economic, social and cultural studies of Asia with language courses aiming to equip the students with working knowledge in an Asian language. MAAS prepares students for a wide range of career options -in the government, business world, NGOs, international and national think-tanks on area studies and international relations, the academy, journalism/media, publishing, cultural foundations and the like- in today's and tomorrow's world where Asia is to play an increasingly assertive role.

MAAS is offered by Bogazici University Institute of Social Sciences, supported by the Asian Studies Center and the Department of History. Presently, the program offers two Regional majors concentrating on Japan and China respectively. The program in Japanese studies and Chinese studies includes education on general Asia as well as additional elective courses on Korea, India, Central Asia, the Middle East/West Asia, and South East Asia. The program is complemented with Japanese and Chinese language instruction.

THE MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM IN ASIAN STUDIES (MAAS) WITH THESIS OPTION

The Program offers the option of writing an M.A. thesis that is intended for students who want to directly pursue a Ph.D. degree. The Master of Arts in Asian Studies with Thesis is a two year program of 37 credits constituted of 4 Semesters. Students with a minimum 3.00 point average at the end of their Second Semester can choose the Thesis option that will be completed in the 3rd and 4th Semesters. Students will complete an M.A. Thesis at the end of the 4th Semester instead of writing a Research Report. The students who choose the Thesis option will take ASIA 690 Thesis with 0 credit with ASIA 593 Directed Readings with 1 credit in the Third Semester, and take ASIA 690 Thesis with 0 credit with ASIA 594 Directed Readings with 1 credit and the ASIA 579 Graduate Seminar course with 0 credit in the Third Semester.

M.A. PROGRAM IN ASIAN STUDIES (MAAS) WITH THESIS OPTION

Total: min. 37 Credits/166 ECTS.