Medipol University

İstanbul Medipol University Department of Mathematics and Science Education was opened in 2016-2017 academic year.

In the department, there is an Primary Mathematics Education Program which started to accept students in 2017-2018 academic year for the first time. The program offers undergraduate degree and it dedicated to train well-qualified middle school mathematics teachers who will educate 5-6-7 and 8 grades.

Counseling provides preventive and developmental mental health services. It facilitates individual's optimum daily functioning and effective decision making processes.

Counselors work with children, adolescents, elderly, families, and individuals with special needs both individually and in a group setting. The common practice in Turkey is that counselors work with children and adolescents in a K-12 school setting. Counselors collaborate with students' teachers and their families in order help them acquire necessary life skills, which would assist them developmentally while at the same time gain life skills that is preventive in nature. Nowadays, counseling as a field is growing at a rapid rate.

In order to be successful in school, it is important for a student to be social, friendly, creative and assertive. Graduates of counseling programs continue to receive training in gaining to advance their psychotherapy skills.

Within the whirling instancy of 21 st century information technologies, communicational innovations in relation to “global villagers” have been in the upward raising constantly and compile an enormous integrated media channel of smart phones, web blogs, tablets and vice versa.

What obviously inevitable here is to search for some fundamental features of communication and media history up to the present, to investigate the reproduction of reality and bring some solutions, to comprehend social and individual impacts of visual media, television and cinema.Here comes the educational institutions on the scene. They are vitals for human beings, man or woman; They mean everthing for them either with the quality of teaching staff or the equipment provided to practise in the courses.

As parallel to the tecnological improvements in communication and media business, it is also inevitable for higher education institutions to set up fundamental groundwork for professional television and radio studios or 3D labs or editing laboratories to practise. Moreover, a professional radio or television studios also require latest system cameras, or decoration material or costumes, technological facilities such as green box,or drone, editing and montage equipments, recording applications, aural and visual effect programmes and applications as well. In order to get a professional outcome, undergraduates should be educated in professional environments; When they achieved their degree and ready for the big run for life, they should be at least two steps further than their colleagues are.

A higher education institution of present day should provide its undergraduates an idealistic and experienced teaching staff and technologically professional groundwork for better career opportunies as IMU did for Faculty of Communication for Radio Television & Cinema Department. 

Radio Cinema and Television Department is going to accept students for the 2017-2018 Academic year. Educational policy is focused on practice and applicational courses,as well as theoretical courses as a base of practices. Radio Television and Cinema Department aims to provide professionals for sectoral institutions or organizations,who are conscience of communication and media ethics, social responsibilities and social role of their status in searching of reality and manipulation in media business. 

Some of the obligatory or elective courses provided by the RTC department are Communication Sciences, Radio Television Broadcasting Programming,3D Practises, Turkish Cinema, History of Communication and Media, Hate Speech in Media, Media Literacy, Short Filming, Editing Workshops, Radio Studio Practises, Desktop Publishing, Voice Acting(dubbing), Turkish Phonetic & Diction, World Cinema, Bollywood, Far East Cinema, Auteur Cinema, Visual Culture, After Effects, Social Genderism, Cinema and Literature, Cinema and Mythology, Aesthetic Photography,Dramaturgy, etc. Courses are mostly in Turkish, but there are courses in English for Erasmus Exchange Students, as well.

The faculty has biletaral agreements with bordercross Erasmus universities for exchange students. During the academic year 2017-2018, the department will also have its own bileteral agreements for Radio Television & Cinema Students for Erasmus Exchange system.The department has also the opportunity of CAP (Çift Anadal Diploma Programı) Double Degree and YANDAL Programmes. Double Degree Programmes provide students second dipolma whereas YANDAL Programmes provide a certificate of the courses completed sucessfully.

Within the concept of social media and technology age, the department is well equipped with technological tools and academical Schedule and ready for hosting its enthusiastic students for better career opportunities to compete and challenge in media business.

A significant revolution has taken place in communication world as a result of the development of new communication technologies, especially those related to the web and Internet. With the spread of Internet and communication technologies throughout the world under the influence of globalization, new communication fields emerged with their own characteristics.

These new communication fields based Internet technologies are named as New Media. New media have the features of both traditional media and new communication technologies. Communication fields in New Media have their own unique codes and communication language that are different from conventional media. Because of its own features, New Media have been transforming the communication systems in traditional media.

As a substantial part of global world, the New Media deeply affect life styles of the individuals as well as business forms. Therefore, it is needed to examine New Media, whose defining feature is Internet technologies, as a separate discipline from traditional media. 

Increasing its importance and influence every day, New Media have communication platforms used by both public and private institutions. Only experts specialized in the field can administer communication processes in New Media. Therefore, the demand for the “New Media Communication Specialists” has been increasing.

A multidirectional education will be provided to our students during their undergraduate studies. In the curriculum of New Media and Communication Systems, there are both theoretical and applied courses such as social media, web technologies, online advertising, internet broadcasting/publishing, digital communication technologies, game and software application design, desktop publishing, entrepreneurship, digital marketing communication, audio-visual broadcasting techniques, digital authorship, digital culture, new media literacy, and copywriting.

Our program aims to provide students with expertise in professions of New Media and Communication Systems such as Internet journalism, social media expertise, Internet broadcasting, Internet advertising, digital copywriting, and digital marketing communication.

From the most ancient times that can be traced backwards to present, civilization and humanity owe their material and moral cultural development primarily to the level of communication forms and especially to the power of expression that they have gained in visual arts.

As inseparable component and representative of developments in science, art, and technology, and as extremely effective medium in catalytic transformation of society with its political, economical, and psychological dimensions, Media and Visual Arts is an interdisciplinary field, which is in a direct interaction with all branches of social sciences.

As disciplined leading sciences, arts and professions, media and new media components, which are in a continuous interaction with visual arts and visual communication designs on the basis of science, art and technology, are today considered as fourth power beside the legislative, executive, and judicial powers in the transformation and representation of society.

Media and Visual Arts, which is a direct indicative of democratic societies, functions in a very wide range of fields. As it is also nicely pointed out by Latin dictum/maxim “Vox Populi Vox Dei: The Voice of Public is the Voice of Deity”, as a firsthand carrier of the notions such as transparency, lucidity, clarity, allocation, partnership, participation, integration, adaptation, effective progression, concinnity, coordination, cooperation, solution-orientedness, solidarity, public spiritedness, interdependence, liability, accountability, auditability, common sense, consensus, propriety, productivity, effectiveness, sustainability, equality, convention, democracy, liberty, freedom, interaction, and mutual representation all of which come with the concept of the Good Governance, media investigate, represent, and reflect political, social, economic, and administrative relationship between individual, society, and state in “aesthetical” ways. In this respect media have indispensable functions for the modern societies and states through its fundamental feature presenting various creative analytical propositions to all segments in society.

Media and Visual Arts and its sub-disciplines provide quite extensive job opportunities that constantly expand and become increasingly effective in parallel to the telecommunication and information technologies.

Politics is all about choices. The science of politics explores all those choices, actors who make choices and interactions among political actors.

International Relations (IR) is a subdiscipline under the broader field of the Political Science and it is the study of the interactions of actors in the international system. Traditionally the discipline of IR analyzes the nature of violent conflict, interstate war, deterrence, cooperation, alliances, political power, the balance of power, economic sanctions, economic growth and stability, international institutions, human rights, NGOs and other transnational actors and globalization. In light of most recent global trends the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Medipol University has established its program to equip its students with necessary skills and abilities to be ready for global realities and changing conditions in the new millennium.

Courses offered cover issues like security studies, international relations theories, foreign policy, comparative cultural studies, international political economy, international law, international organizations, transnational civil society and migration as well as area studies such as European Union, Eurasia, Balkans, Middle East, Latin America, Central Asia studies, reflecting the interdisciplinary approach of the Department.

The graduates of the program will be able to explain the dynamics of the international system and its transformation and they will be able to answer the core questions of Political Science and IR along the new ones in the field:

• Why do states choose to cooperate and obey the international law?
• Why, on the other hand, some of them go to war?
• How do we explain the emergence of regional organizations such as European Union or Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization?
• What are the current issues in IR? Why are they so?
• How do states cope with transnational issues such as international migration, terrorism or environmental degradation?

The department recognizes that language and computer skills are vital in a field characterized by increasing global interaction; thus, it facilitates the development of language and computer skills by students. Political Science and International Relations program of Istanbul Medipol University prepares you for a wide range of career opportunities. Our graduates will be able to work in local and national governments, multilateral and intergovernmental organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), banking and accounting sector, media and publishing sector and academia.

Companies produce products and services to cater the needs and demands of the target market. In order to succeed, companies and brands need to create awareness within the target market and have a positive image. This requires enormous effort in the globally competitive environment.

In this environment, in order to promote their commercial activities, companies use marketing communications, the most popular tools of which are the ‘Public Relations’ and ‘Advertising’. Thus, ‘Public Relations and Advertising’ have become important areas within the marketing field. 

‘Public Relations’ deals with topics such as event management, integrated marketing communications, lobbying, sponsorship, brand communications, crisis management, reputation management, corporate communications and social responsibility. ‘Advertising’, on the other hand, covers topics such as, copywriting, television advertising, advertising production, media planning, digital advertising, advertising photography and creative advertising. 

Department of Public Relations and Advertising of Istanbul Medipol University aims to graduate its students with the necessary skills as well as a broad understanding about ‘Public Relations’ and ‘Advertising’.

Journalism has an important function for the continuity of knowledge sharing in the public field and for informing people about the local and global events. In these respects, for the sake of correct and fair news flow, reporter candidates have to get appropriate training in line with the needs of the profession.

Journalism has continued its existence primarily for the society and for the defense of its cultural richness since the beginning of 17th century when it first emerged in the modern times. Today known and practiced as modern science, graduates of the Department of Journalism can work in various positions in the media sector, such as reporter, editor, columnist, secretary of page, Internet site editor, photographer or social media consultant. Also graduates can become news reporter in politics, economy, sports, foreign affairs, culture-arts, tabloid press, automotive and health.

Department of Journalism at Istanbul Medipol University gives utmost importance to the basic principles of Journalism and it aims teaching both theoretical and practical knowledge to its students. Firstly as Department of Journalism we aim to teach our students the theoretical and the applied knowledge that they will use during their professional lives. By effective use of communication technologies, our teaching staff transfers the applied knowledge to the students. Upon graduation, our students will have the capacity to work in any institution that operates in the media sector. Secondly, the Department aims to create social awareness and contribute to the formation of social and cultural sensitivity that the journalists must possess.

Psychology is a discipline examining many topics related to human emotions such as fear, love, hate and human behaviours such as murder and heroism and also cognitive processes such as language and creativity. It also investigates the relationship between all these and human body and brain using scientific methods via very creative and interesting ways.

The behaviour researchers use scientific methods in their studies. They use a bio-psycho-sociocultural perspective to study human problems. There are many applied areas in psychology such as clinical psychology, school psychology, health psychology, and industrial and organizational psychology. By holding of any graduate degree in different subareas in psychology, they become a specialist.

Psychology, as a rapidly growing field, requires training programs that are well prepared to keep up with this dynamism. Guided with this insight, each academician in our undergraduate program closely follows the developments in their field of interest, actively conducts studies and has a keen motivation in collaborating with and teaching to students what the field of psychology has to offer.

Students who have completed a course of study in the field of psychology are awarded the degree of the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (BA). Our department carries two different psychology programs, one taught in English and the other in Turkish.