About Program

Master's Program in Guidance and Counseling (Thesis / Non-Thesis) aims at having individuals acquire necessary information, skills and attitudes used for fulfilling counseling services in education, health and industry institutions and organizations efficiently and productively, and making them be expert at the field of guidance and counseling. In this regard, it is targeted to upbring qualitative professionals in the field of guidance and counseling who have a good command of concepts, principles and technqiues of counseling, and who have the ability to manage guidance and counseling services effectively in different institutions and organizations. The graduates from Master's Program in Guidance and Counseling (Thesis) can apply to doctorate programs and work as an academician at universities.

The medium of instruction in Master's program (thesis) is English. Program consists of  21 credits (120 AKTS) containg five compulsory and two elective courses, seminar and thesis.Three remedial courses in the program are for the students who graduated from the departments (except Guidance and Counseling) in Faculty of Education and Psychology. 

The medium of instruction in Master's program (non-thesis) is Turkish. Program consists of 30 credits (100 AKTS) containing eight compulsory, two elective courses and project.There is no remedial course in the program.

Sample Courses in the Program

PCG 501   Contemporary Counseling Theories

PCG 503   Principles and Techniques of Counseling

PCG 505   Principles and Techniques of Group Counseling

PCG 510   Individual Recognition Techniques

PCG 516   Guidance and Counseling in Schools

PCG 518   Guidance and Counseling in Different Populations

PCG 521   Recent Topics in Vocational and Career Counseling

PCG 525   Couple and Family Counseling

PCG 551   Personality Theories

EDGN 528 Research Methods and Techniques in Education

Candidates who will apply for Master's Programs with and without Thesis must meet the following conditions:

a) Graduation from a four-year Turkish university or a foreign university whose equivalency is approved by the Council of Higher Education,

b) Candidates applying to the Master's Program with Thesis within the last three years must have received at least 55 points from ALES or at least 610 points from GRE Quantitaive or 450 points from GMAT (only valid for candidates applying to the Master's Program with Thesis).

c) Candidates applying to the Master's Program with Thesis must have received a minimum score of 55 points or a minimum score of 610 from the GRE Quantitaive or a minimum score of 450 from the GMAT within the last five years. 2017 dated 06.02.2017 and numbered 9268 in accordance with the provisions of the "Regulation on Graduate Education and Training", the central foreign language exams accepted by the Council of Higher Education in accordance with the provisions of the "Regulation on Graduate Education and Training" are the "Higher Education Institutions Foreign Language (YOKDIL) Exam" and the "Foreign Language Knowledge Level Determination Exam (YDS)" conducted by the Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (OSYM) (only valid for applicants applying to the master's program with thesis)

Or to have at least 55 points from the English Proficiency Exam conducted by Yeditepe University School of Foreign Languages.

Admission Requirements:

1- Candidates applying to the Master's Program with Thesis are subjected to a written and oral science exam.

2- Candidates who apply to the Non-Thesis Master's Program are only subjected to an oral science exam.