Department Quality Commission

 

Institution Information

Mission
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; under the leadership of its academic staff who actively participate in the development process of our country, aim to conduct interdisciplinary research, give importance to innovative approaches, internalize scientific ethics and social values, has adopted the mission of educating individuals who are respectful of universal and national values, who offer the knowledge and values ​​they acquire during the education-training process for the benefit of humanity, who are professionally competent and have critical thinking habits. Our faculty aims to be an education-training center that is exemplary and preferred both at home and abroad, and whose graduates are proud to be members.


Vision

To enable studies to be conducted that contribute to both the scientific world and humanity under the leadership of its academic staff that adopts international quality education and training methods; to raise self-confident individuals who adopt a critical approach, place human and national values ​​at the center of their lives, gain a respected place in the public and private sectors, and present the knowledge they produce for the benefit of society and humanity.

 

Note: The new mission and vision of our Faculty were reviewed and approved at the meeting held with the Faculty Advisory Board on 24.10.2024 (Link). 

You can access our faculty's "Authorities, Duties and Responsibilities" page here.

Academic Staff
Administrative Staff
Student Groups
Other Staff
Meteorology 4th Regional Directorate, Antalya
Isparta Provincial Directorate of National Education
Isparta Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism
Isparta Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry
General Directorate of Foundations (Antalya Regional Directorate)
Isparta Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Services
State Hydraulic Works 18th Regional Directorate
Isparta Provincial Directorate of Immigration Administration
Isparta Museum
Turkish Institute of Ancient Sciences (TEBE)
Mediterranean Civilizations Research Center (AKMED)
You can access the Internal and External Stakeholder Impact/Importance Matrix here.

You can access the SDU Quality Assurance System Decision Tree Model here.

You can access our Faculty's Internationalization Policy here.

Workflow Diagrams You can access our faculty's workflow diagrams here.
Work Schedule You can access our faculty's work calendar here.
Commissions/Boards/Representatives

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Veli Hamza GÜNGÖREN

Prof. Beate BÖHLENDORF-ARSLAN University of Marburg, Germany
Prof. Kemalettin KÖROĞLU Turkish Institute of Ancient Sciences
Vural OĞUZLAR Provincial Director of Culture and Tourism
Mustafa AKASLAN Isparta Archaeology Museum
Cihat BADEMCİ Graduate Student (Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne)
Yusuf YALÇIN State Hydraulic Works 18th Regional Directorate
Ali ASLAN Isparta Provincial Directorate of National Education

Meeting Minutes

Social Contribution Activities Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2023-2024 Social Contribution Assessment Report
Meeting Minutes

Our faculty was established in 2023 and will enter the first cross-peer evaluation process between 04.11.2024-15.11.2024. The relevant article can be accessed here

The preparation process of the surveys to be applied in our faculty is ongoing. Survey reports will be shared after the surveys are applied.

Collaborations/Protocols/Agreements  

Accreditation

The Archaeology and History departments of our faculty will begin the accreditation process as of 2025.

Improvements 

 

No. Source of Suggestion Date Reason Action Date
           
Note: Due to the content of the documents, the evidence links have been provided in Turkish.
23 Esin Özkan, Secretary of the Faculty 13.03.2025 The necessity for organizing and enhancing the security of our faculty's parking area and disabled parking spaces. As part of the improvement efforts aimed at regulating traffic and ensuring safety in our faculty's parking lot, the disabled parking area has been reorganized, and a motorcycle parking area has also been established (Link). 18.03.2025
22 Associate Professor Şule Özün, Chair of the Faculty Quality and Accreditation Commission 18.02.2025 The need to provide information to department students on topics such as the accreditation process, course information packages, and the use of departmental web pages. A briefing session on these topics was conducted for the students by Associate Professor Şule Özün, Chair of our Faculty Quality and Accreditation Commission (Link). 05.03.2025
21 ECTS Course Information Package Committee 21.02.2025 Reviewing deficiencies in the departmental programs and ECTS loads of our faculty's departments. The issues identified by the committee have been reported and communicated to the relevant departments (e.g., Link 1, Link 2). 21.02.2025
20 Academic staff 08.01.2025 The request for the creation of a social space aims to enhance interaction and facilitate the exchange of ideas among the faculty's academic staff (Link). An appropriate room within our faculty has been designated and allocated for this purpose, and necessary preparations have commenced (Link).  
19 An email from a student studying at our faculty 10.01.2025 The request for an informational briefing regarding the processes related to student affairs (Link). Posters have been prepared and displayed at the entrance of the faculty to inform students studying at our faculty about essential topics such as make-up exams, grade appeals, minor programs, and double major opportunities (Link). 19.02.2025
18 Faculty Quality and Accreditation Committee 05.02.2025 The necessity of conducting a study to enhance the accuracy and completeness of course information documents for the fall semester (Link). A meeting was held with the course information package committee representatives from the departments of our faculty with the aim of improving the accuracy and completeness of the course information packages for the fall semester (Link). 06.02.2025
17 Faculty Student Satisfaction Survey Evaluations 16.12.2024 When the student satisfaction surveys conducted across the faculty were evaluated, some issues related to supervising processes were identified (Link). A meeting was planned to identify the issues faced by students studying in our faculty and to introduce possible solutions to these issues. Subsequently, a 'Training of Trainers' event was organized for the faculty members serving as student advisors on January 9, 2025 (Link). 09.01.2025
16 Petition written by the Disadvantaged Groups Representative of our faculty 18.12.2024 A request for the designation of a student representative to represent members of disadvantaged groups studying in our faculty. Umut YILDIRIM, a student from our faculty's History Department, has been designated as the Disadvantaged Group Student Representative (Link). 20.12.2024
15 Petitions from foreign students studying in our faculty 04.12.2024 Requesting the appointment of an advisor who speaks a foreign language to facilitate their integration processes Assoc. Prof. Elif AKTÜRK from our faculty's Department of Western Languages and Literature has been appointed as a special advisor for foreign students (Link). 20.12.2024
14 Faculty Quality and Accreditation Committee 16.10.2024 The Quality and Accreditation Commission has identified the need for a special commission to oversee the processes of determining, preparing, administering, and interpreting surveys to be implemented across the unit. Consequently, a request has been made for the establishment of this commission (Link). In accordance with the request of the Quality and Accreditation Commission, a "Survey Coordination Commission" has been established (Link). 13.12.2024
13 Faculty Quality and Accreditation Committee 04.12.2024 It has been deemed necessary to request a dedicated email address for the Quality and Accreditation Committee to facilitate its own operations and independently manage the tracking of proposals and documents (Link). A request was made for the creation of an email address to be used by the Quality and Accreditation Committee, and for this email address to be assigned to the committee rapporteur, Murat Aydın EZGİNCİ. The necessary procedures have been completed (Link). 10.12.2024
12 Faculty Quality and Accreditation Committee 05.12.2024 In order to devise an orientation program for academic and administrative staff who commenced their roles in 2024, it has become essential to access a comprehensive list of the newly appointed personnel of that year (Link). A response from the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has facilitated access to the document containing detailed information about the academic and administrative staff selected for the orientation training. Subsequently, planning for an orientation program for this cohort has been initiated (Link). 09.12.2024
11 Faculty Quality and Accreditation Committee 16.11.2024 The objective of our faculty is to enhance its spatial facilities for individuals with disabilities to a standard that qualifies for the "Orange Flag" award conferred by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) in this regard. To this end, our faculty has initiated efforts and appointed Dr. Gül Hanım CENGİZ GÖKTAŞ and Research Assistant Dr. Necibe Nur ALAYDIN to evaluate and further develop these initiatives, as well as to prepare the necessary application documents for the "Orange Flag" award (Link). 29.11.2024
10 Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Archaeology 13.11.2024 Request for the allocation of a room to support FEDEK accreditation activities (Link). To facilitate the continuation of accreditation activities within the Department of Archaeology, the use of room 382 and the outfitting of this room with the necessary technological and decorative equipment has been approved by our Dean’s Office (Link). 13.11.2024
9 Faculty Advisory Board 24.10.2024 The idea of establishing a particular commission to track the status of alumni and maintain their communication with our faculty has been evaluated (Link). Within the scope of quality efforts in our faculty, a Unit Alumni Commission has been established to enhance the effectiveness of communication and sharing based on alumni (Link). 12.11.2024
8 Süleyman Demirel University (SDÜ) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History 08.11.2024 Request for the allocation of a room to sustain FEDEK accreditation activities (Link). The allocation of room K1-90 (280) within our faculty for use by the Department of History in accreditation efforts has been deemed appropriate (Link). 11.11.2024
7 Petition from a student studying at our faculty 08.10.2024 Request for an event that will help students make career plans during their undergraduate education (Link). An event called "İkinci Kariyer: Kimya Mühendisi, Gezgin ve Yazar Burçak GÖNÜL ile Son Kitabı 'Ayağımın Tozuyla Aşk' Üzerine İlham Veren Bir Söyleşi [Second Career: An Inspiring Conversation with Chemical Engineer, Traveler and Author Burçak GÖNÜL on Her Latest Book 'Love with the Dust of My Feet']" was organized with the author Burçak GÖNÜL within the framework of career training in our faculty. (Link) 05.11.2024
6 Faculty Quality and Accreditation Commission 16.10.2024 Request to organize training for academic staff working in our faculty to make their education processes more efficient. (Link). A letter was sent to all academic staff of our faculty to attend the in-service training course titled "Eğiticilerin Eğitimi - Akademisyen [Training of Trainers - Academician]" given by our University. (Link). 31.10.2024
5 Petition from a student studying at our faculty 25.10.2024 Establishing an alumni register in our faculty to keep the names of our graduates alive (Link). It has been decided to create a graduate registry which will begin registering the names of the students who will graduate every year as of the Spring Term of the 2024-2025 Academic Year. (Link). 30.10.2024
4 Petition from a student studying at our faculty 25.10.2024 Request for a suitable study hall for students to study within our faculty (Link). It has been decided to allocate the ÖSYM Exam Hall within our faculty so that our students can study during the exam periods (Link). 30.10.2024
3 Faculty Quality and Accreditation Commission 2024 A need has been identified to develop a guide to eliminate errors and omissions in the ECTS information packages. Our Faculty Quality and Accreditation Commission has prepared an ECTS checklist. This guide has been shared with the units, academic staff and ECTS Coordinators (Link). 2024
2 Deanship of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 11.09.2024 Deanship has decided that a special unit is needed to check the completeness and content conformity of department course information packages. In order to eliminate this deficiency, diaconate has decided to establish an "ECTS Course Information Package Committee" consisting of four people, three full and one substitute (Link). 11.09.2024
1 Deanship of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 29.02.2024 The deanship decided the necessity to implement mutual exam rules across the Faculty (Link 1, Link 2) A guideline for exam rules has been implemented (Link)  

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Faculty-Specific Practices