Faculty Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the academic programs at our Faculty, the graduates will gain the following knowledge, skills and competences:
Competences
Independent research and responsibility
Our graduates will be able to
conduct independent research in their discipline by specifying information needs for investigating a topic-of interest, accessing the appropriate sources of knowledge, and preparing a comprehensive research/project report,
fulfill their responsibility as team leader or team member in project implementations or applied studies related to their discipline,
design and plan projects to achieve organizational goals and objectives and/or to improve organizational performance.
Life-long learning
Our graduates will be able to
critically evaluate the body of knowledge in their area, assess self-competency, and direct self-learning efforts accordingly,
understand the importance of life-long learning and self-assessment to maintain their personal and professional development,
understand that a successful professional career, challenged by the rapidly-evolving dynamics of national and global environments, demands flexible thinking, adaptability, and the ability to formulate innovative solutions.
Social, cultural, professional and personal competence
Our graduates will be able to
effectively communicate in written or oral english (and german or french) with people from diverse backgrounds, and should have the english (and german or french) proficiency to follow and interpret the global dynamics that shape their discipline,
clearly and effectively convey their knowledge, ideas, research, and conclusions supported with relevant data, in national/international interdisciplinary academic and professional settings in turkish or in english (and/or in german or french),
understand the importance of respect for individual and cultural diversity, and should be able to emphatically interact with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds in social and professional settings,
effectively utilize computer, communication and information technologies commonly-used in their discipline,
understand standards of personal, professional and social ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices related to their discipline, and have awareness of the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to society,
understand the personal, social, and ecological dimensions of social responsibility, and have the awareness that being socially responsible is an active citizenship duty of each and every individual,
know that universality of social rights and social justice are the principle components of contemporary society, and that scientific thinking is an essential prerequisite for maintaining social advancement and global competitiveness,
understand the importance of quality, safety and health management, corporate social responsibility, personal, professional, and cross-cultural respect, and professional ethics in maintaining organizational sustainability.
Knowledge
Our graduates will
possess the essential body of knowledge in their discipline including the state-of-the art concepts, theories and models, historical evolution of the discipline, the scientific methodology in general, and the research tools and techniques utilized in their discipline, in particular,
know how to access, select and effectively utilize sources of knowledge in their discipline for further development,
grasp core theories and concepts in the academic disciplines closely related theirs such as law and economics, and understand the global dynamics that shape their discipline.
Skills
Our graduates will be able to
think critically, utilize conceptual and applied knowledge in their discipline to analyze an organizational environment, understand organizational processes, identify relationships among system components, diagnose underlying problems, and make recommendations,
use the concepts, theories and the methodologies of their discipline in order to employ the appropriate tools and techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data, interpret results, draw inferences, and propose solutions,
understand the interdependency and interrelationship among disciplines, be able to relate and synthesize knowledge from diverse disciplines, and draw novel conclusions.