Quality and Accreditation
As a result of the importance and efforts we place on accreditation processes within the context of our university's quality policy, we are proud to be the first and only accredited Anthropology Department in our country among state universities.
FEDEK contributes to improving the quality of education in Turkey by conducting accreditation, evaluation, and informational studies for curricula in the faculties of Arts and Sciences, Languages, and History and Geography across various disciplines. FEDEK was established to advance and develop education, scientific research, and public service at universities. The Anthropology Department of Hitit University's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was accredited by FEDEK on May 28, 2025, following the review and evaluation it underwent following the preparation and application processes. Click here to access the relevant accreditation program page.(https://fedek.org.tr/?page=)
FEDEK Program Qualifications
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PQ-1. Knowledge of the fundamental study areas of biocultural anthropology. |
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PQ-2. Knowledge of the concepts of human, culture, and environment. |
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PQ-3. Ability to use visual, oral, and written resources in the field of anthropology. |
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PQ-4. Ability to recognize, analyze, and produce solutions to examples encountered in laboratory and fieldwork. |
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PQ-5. Ability to analyze, describe, and interpret skeletons or fossils through teamwork. |
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PQ-6. Ability to apply knowledge of comparative osteology in the field. |
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PQ-7. Ability to evaluate the similarities and differences between humans and other living things in nature. |
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PQ-8. Ability to utilize and critique past and present publications and research related to biological or cultural anthropology. |
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PQ-9. Ability to recognize anthropological terminology in different languages. |
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PQ-10: Transferring data obtained from anthropological excavations to internal and external stakeholders using communication technologies. |
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PQ-11: Compare the biological or cultural characteristics of past and present societies. |
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PQ-12: Develop the ability to relate anthropological knowledge to other scientific disciplines and prepare a research project in accordance with ethical values in the field of anthropology. |
FEDEK Program Educational Objectives
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PEO-1: Knowledge of the application areas of anthropology. |
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PEO-2: Knowledge of biological and sociocultural anthropology. |
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PEO-3: Ability to understand and interpret cultural and biological diversity among societies, both past and present. |
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PEO-4: Possessing a comprehensive and explanatory framework, both theoretically and in field practice. |
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PEO-5: Knowledge of anthropological theories and the ability to develop a theoretical framework/grounding within the framework of research traditions. |
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PEO-6: Knowledge of qualitative research methods and analyses; avoiding an ethnocentric perspective on human-cultural relations, approaching all cultures and their human relations with respect, curiosity, and understanding, without a superior perspective. |
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PEO-7: Knowledge of social project development, preparation, and presentation of project proposals. |
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PEO-8: Ability to participate in multidisciplinary working groups, recognizing that anthropology is an interdisciplinary branch of science. PÖA-9 Ability to utilize other social sciences (history, literature, art history, law, sociology, philosophy, etc.). |
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PEO-10 Ability to use information access tools such as bibliography and archival sources and to catalog them appropriately. |
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PEO-1: Knowledge of the application areas of anthropology. |
