The main objective of the Psychology undergraduate program, established at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Letters, with formal education and 30% English-medium instruction in the 2013-2014 academic year, is to produce graduates who are able to provide qualified services in the various sub-fields of psychology. In this way, the aim is to provide our country with professional staff who are able to follow current applied and science-based studies conducted in the field and apply them at a basic level.

Psychologists who have graduated from the program can be employed in a wide range of sectors such as hospitals, universities, nurseries and kindergartens, nursing homes, prisons and detention centers, family courts, psychotechnical assessment centers, special education centers, rehabilitation centers, psychological counseling centers, research centers, industrial organizations, human resources, advertising and media within various ministries such as ministry of health, ministry of family and social policies, ministry of justice and ministry of national education.

Basic psychological services include interviewing and observing individuals and/or their relatives, conducting objective and screening tests, preparing reports, providing psychological support, rehabilitation, and psycho-educational activities, contributing to Preventive Mental Health Services, and organizing and implementing in-service training programs. recruitment, participation in field studies and taking part in research and investigation. Our undergraduate program has a structure formed by the synthesis of national and international universities’ programs and a rich pool of elective courses. Accordingly, specific courses that gain students practical experience to conduct basic psychological services in the field of mental health without the need to take additional training after graduation are particularly included in the program.

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