History : Our Faculty was officially opened with the publication of the Decree of the Council of Ministers dated 25/06/2012 and numbered 2012/3363 in the Official Gazette dated 04/08/2012 and numbered 28374.
Qualification Awarded : Bachelor's degree in divinity
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) : First Cycle
Specific Admission Requirements : Candidates must have a high school diploma and get enough score from the Examination for Higher Education Institutions (YKS).
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) : Students enrolled in the program can be exempted from the courses they have achieved in the higher education institutions they have already studied. Also; An exemption examination is opened at the beginning of each academic year for the proposal of Foreign Language and related boards and courses approved by Senate. Students who score 65 or more on the exemption exam are exempted from these courses
Qualification Requirements and Regulations : Students should fulfill 240 ECTS which has been predetermined at department programme including must and elective courses. In addition, Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) must be at least 2.00/4.00 to earn Bachelors degree for theology.
Profile of The Programme : Faculty of divinity aim stobe come a department that is in both national and international standards. Itwill be able toproduce religious knowled geab out unique and universal values of thereligion, also suitable for academic principles and general needs of thesociety. In addition to this, it will be able to interpreted the knowled geaccording to Islamic values and contemporary circumstances of the age, will also transfer the psychological states of the individuals and the peace of the society to next generations effectively and truthfully; while doing this, saving the cultural and historical identity of the society with all its values, should be fullyconsidered.
Ouraim is to bring up teachers whole arns the religion objectively from its essential sources; who creates original thoughts, and takes getting, applying and spreading the knowledge as main principle for him; wholoves his nations, his country and humanity, and is loyaltoethical, cultural and social values; and who has all the ability of being a self-reliantteacher as having the ideal of being fruitful for the society and humanity.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : Those who complete the program of theology, predominantly in the first, middle, high school and equivalent schools of religious culture and ethics knowledge, Imam-Hatip High Schools can work as a teacher of vocational courses. In addition, he can work as a religious officer (mufti, preacher, imam-preacher, muezzin, Kuran instructor) within the Presidency of Religious Affairs. Our graduates can work at universities as research assistant and lecturer.
Access to Further Studies : Graduates, who have successfully completed undergraduate degree, providing at least minimum acceptable ALES (Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam) score and have a sufficient command on a foreign language, may apply to graduate programmes in Turkey or abroad.
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading : Evaluation criteria for each course is determined by the faculty member who is teaching the course and this evaluation criteria is available on the University Course Information Catalogue. The students are required to take at least one midterm and one final exam in the scope of each enrolled course. In addition to these, quizzes, homeworks, presentations, projects etc. are determined by the faculty member to be involved in the evaluation criteria. At the end of the year, the grades of the students are calculated by the combination of midterm and final exam grades, in-year activities and participation in class.
When passing grade is determined, midterm exam is 40% and final exam is 60% effective. All exams are evaluated over 100 points. The note that the student gets when calculating the success grade is converted to the letter grade in the relative system. The student must receive at least CC letter grades to be successful in a course. Students with a GANO score of at least 2.00 (DC) and (DD) are considered to be successful in grades. Students who do not have a failed course, but whose GANO is below 2.00, must first take the courses (DC) and (DD) to get their GANOs above 2.00 in order to graduate.
Graduation Requirements : In order to graduate from the programme, it is required to pass all the courses in the programme (equivalent to total 240 ECTS) and to have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 over 4.00.
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) : Full-time.
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent : Programme ECTS/DS Coordinator : Prof. Dr. Halit EV
Address : Manisa Celal Bayar University
Faculty of divinity Manisa/TURKEY
Phone: 0 (236) 201 10 00 (Dahili: 8424) 0 (236) 232 01 45
Faks : 0 (236) 232 01 44
Eposta : ilahiyat@cbu.edu.tr
Facilities : The Faculty of Theology has 2 Professors, 2 Associate Professors, 4 Assistant Professors ,2 Lecturer and 19 Research Assistants. The faculty is located in Manisa Celal Bayar University Sehzadeler Campus. Campus cafeterias, sports fields and so on. areas. Our faculty also has a separate library within its own structure.