Divinity in Turkish Program aims training specialist who is qualified in theology and other religions, can produce information religion’s basic teachings, history, Holy Scripture, sects, etc. Courses are conducted 70% in Turkish, 30% Arabic, and there is a one-year preparatory Arabic language class for students who do not have the required level in the language. At the end of the fourth academic year, the students qualify for a BA degree.

The students studying in this program are required to have a Cumulative Grade Points Average (Cum. GPA) of not less than 2.00/4.00 and have completed all the courses with at least a letter grade of C3/2.00 in the program in order to graduate. The minimum number of ECTS credits required for graduation is 240. İt is also mandatory for the students to complete their compulsory internship in a specified duration and quality.

For further information about program and courses, please look at http://bbs.ankara.edu.tr/

For application requirements, please check http://oidb.ankara.edu.tr/

For your questions about program, please contact Coordinator of Divinity in Turkish Program.

Course List and Crediting

First Year

First Semester

Compulsory Courses General Social Elective Courses
Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ATA101 Ataturk’s Principles and History of Reform I 2 + 0 2 1 İLH115 Tadhhib (Illumination) 0 + 2 0 2
İLH101 Recitation of the Qur’an and Tajwid I 0 + 2 1 3 İLH117 Khatt (Calligraphy) 0 + 2 0 2
İLH103 Principles of Islamic Faith 2 + 0 2 4 İLH119 Marbling 0 + 2 0 2
İLH105 History and Methodology of Qur’anic Exegesis (Arabic) 4 + 0 4 4 BED103 Physical Education 0 + 2 0 2
İLH107 History and Methodology of Hadith (Arabic) 4 + 0 4 4 BKT113 Modern Tendencies in Jewelry 0 + 2 0 2
İLH109 The Life of the Prophet (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 4 BMD115 Image Management and Style Consultancy 0 + 2 0 2
İLH111 Arabic Language and Literature I (Arabic) 0 + 2 1 3 BTR145 Historical and Cultural Values of Ankara 0 + 2 0 2
İLH113 Turkish-Religious Music (Theoretical) 2 + 0 2 2 EBO101 Basics of Web Design 0 + 2 0 2
YDİ101

YDF101

YDA101

 Basic Foreign Language 4 + 0 4 2 EBT101 Robotics 0 + 2 0 2
TDİ101 Turkish Language I 2 + 0 2 1 EMV101 Personal Finance 0 + 2 0 2
C FORM General Social Elective Courses 0 + 2 0 2 GUS107 Painting 0 + 2 0 2
UYM101 Orientation Programming to the University Life 0 + 0 0 0 GUS123 Folk Dance 0 + 2 0 2
GUS127 Creative Writing 0 + 2 0 2
GUS131 Drama 0 + 2 0 2
GUS135 Turkish Folk Music 0 + 2 0 2
GUS139 Turkish Classical Music 0 + 2 0 2
GUS143 Baglama 0 + 2 0 2
GUS147 Guitar 0 + 2 0 2
HYK103 Sculpture 0 + 2 0 2
İLT251 Media and Society 0 + 2 0 2
RTS287 Photography 0 + 2 0 2
RTS289 Diction 0 + 2 0 2
SSD151 Volleyball 0 + 2 0 2
SSD153 Wrestling 0 + 2 0 2
SSD155 Football 0 + 2 0 2
SSD157 Handball 0 + 2 0 2
SSD159 Basketball 0 + 2 0 2
SSD161 Badminton 0 + 2 0 2
SSD163 Athletics 0 + 2 0 2
SSD165 Swimming 0 + 2 0 2
SSD167 Orienteering 0 + 2 0 2
SSD169 Outdoor Sports 0 + 2 0 2
SSD171 Halter 0 + 2 0 2
SSD173 Fitness-Bodybuilding 0 + 2 0 2
SSD179 Table Tennis 0 + 2 0 2
SSD181 Sports, Health and Training Info 0 + 2 0 2
SSD183 Sports Management and Organization 0 + 2 0 2
SSD185 Introduction to Physical Education and Sports Science 0 + 2 0 2







Second Semester

Compulsory Courses
Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ATA102 Ataturk’s Principles and History of Reform II 2 + 0 2 1
BİT102 Information and Communication Technologies I 2 + 0 2 2
İLH102 Recitation of the Qur’an And Tajwid II 0 + 2 1 3
İLH118 Principles of Islamic Worship 2 + 0 2 3
İLH120 Qur’anic Exegesis I 2 + 0 2 3
İLH108 Hadith I 2 + 0 2 3
İLH110 Logic 2 + 0 2 2
İLH112 History of Islam I 2 + 0 2 2
İLH114 History of Turkish-Islamic Arts 2 + 0 2 3
İLH116 Arabic Language and Literature II (Arabic) 0 + 2 1 3
UYM102 Transition to University Life and Life Skills 1+0 1 2
TDİ102 Turkish Language II 2 + 0 2 1


Second Year

Third Semester

Compulsory Courses Program Elective Courses
Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS
İLH201 Recitation of the Qur’an and Tajwid III 0 + 2 1 2 İPF205 Introduction to Educational Science 2 + 0 2 3
İLH203 Ottoman Turkish 2 + 0 2 2 İPF207 Educational Psychology 2 + 0 2 3
İLH205 Qur’anic Exegesis II (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 3 İLH231 Hadith Criticism 2 + 0 2 3
İLH207 Hadith II 2 + 0 2 2 İLH233 Qur’anic Semantics 2 + 0 2 3
İLH209 Principles and Philosophy of Islamic Ethics (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 2 İLH235 Methodology in Historical Research 2 + 0 2 3
İLH211 History of Philosophy I 2 + 0 2 2 İLH237 Religious and Cultural Structure Of Europe 2 + 0 2 3
İLH213 History of Islam II 2 + 0 2 2
İLH215 Sociology of Religion I 2 + 0 2 2
İLH219 Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence 2 + 0 2 2
İLHMESSEC Program Electives 4 + 0 4 6
YDİ201

YDA201

YDF201

 Basic Foreign Language 4 + 0 4 2
MODULE 2 General Electives 2 + 0 2 3



Fourth Semester

Compulsory Courses Program Elective Courses
Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS
BİT202 Information and Communication Technologies II 2 + 0 2 2 İPF202 Development Psychology 2 + 0 2 3
İLH232 Recitation of the Qur’an and Tajwid IV 0 + 2 1 2 İLH222 Philosophy of History 2 + 0 2 3
İLH234 Qur’anic Exegesis III (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 2 İLH224 History of Science in Islam 2 + 0 2 3
İLH236 Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence 2 + 0 2 2 İLH226 Religious Oratory 2 + 0 2 3
İLH208 History of Kalam 2 + 0 2 2
İLH238 Sociology of Religion II 2 + 0 2 2
İLH240 History of Philosophy II 2 + 0 2 2
İLH214 Psychology of Religion 2 + 0 2 2
İLH242 Turkish-Islamic Literature 2 + 0 2 1
İLH218 The History of Turkish-Islamic States 2 + 0 2 2
İLHMESSEC Program Electives 2 + 0 2 3
YDİ202

YDA202

YDF202

 Basic Foreign Language 4 + 0 4 2
MODULE 1 General Electives 4 + 0 4 6



Third Year

Fifth Semester

Compulsory Courses Program Elective Courses
Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS
İLH351 İslamic Jurisprudence I 2 + 0 2 2 İPF305 Instructional Principles and Methods 2 + 0 2 3
İLH353 Usul Al-Din 2 + 0 2 2 İPF307 Classroom Management 2 + 0 2 3
İLH355 History of Islamic Sects I 2 + 0 2 2 İLH327 History of Islamic Institutions 2 + 0 2 3
İLH357 Recitation of the Qur’an and Tajwid V 0 + 2 1 2 İLH329 Methodology of Social Sciences 2 + 0 2 3
İLH359 Religious Education 2 + 0 2 2 İLH331 Introduction to Turkish-Religious Music 2 + 0 2 3
İLH361 Hadith III 2 + 0 2 2 İLH333 Persian 2 + 0 2 3
ETK301 Scientific, Cultural and Social Activities 0 + 0 0 3 İLH335 The Qur’an and Modern Law 2 + 0 2 3
İLHMESSEC Program Electives 6 + 0 6 9 İLH337 Astronomy and Space Sciences 2 + 0 2 3
MODULE 3 General Electives 4 + 0 4 6 İLH339 Critical Thinking 2 + 0 2 3
İLH341 Sign Language 2 + 0 2 3
İLH343 Recitation of Qur’an Different Styles 2 + 0 2 3
İLH345 New Ilm Al-Kalam 2 + 0 2 3



Sixth Semester

Compulsory Courses Program Elective Courses
Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS
İLH352 İslamic Jurisprudence II (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 3 İPF306 Measurement and Evaluation in Education 2 + 0 2 4
İLH318 Systematic Kalam I 4 + 0 4 3 İPF308 Instructional Technologies and Material Development 2 + 2 3 4
İLH306 Sufism I 2 + 0 2 2 İLH322 Contemporary Interpretations in Hadith and Sunnah (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 3
İLH354 History of Islamic Sects II 2 + 0 2 3 İLH328 Islamic Arts and Aesthetics 2 + 0 2 3
İLH310 Recitation of the Qur’an And Tajwid VI 0 + 2 1 2 İLH330 History of Education in İslam 2 + 0 2 3
İLH314 History of Religions I 2 + 0 2 2 İLH332 History of Turkish Thought 2 + 0 2 4
İLH316 Philosophy of Religion I 2 + 0 2 2 İLH334 Comparative Theological Schools 2 + 0 2 3
MYU302 Progress to Professional Life 1 + 0 1 2 İLH336 Texts in Ottoman Turkish 2 + 0 2 3
İLHMESSEC Program Electives 6 + 2 7 11 İLH338 Turkish Religious Music 0 + 2 1 4
İLH340 Advanced Persian 0 + 2 1 3
İLH342 Recitation of Qur’an with Different Qiraats 0 + 2 1 3
İLH346 Methods in İslamic Sciences 2 + 0 2 2
İLH348 Cultural Geographies of Islam 2 + 0 2 2



Fourth Year

Seven Semester

Compulsory Courses Program Elective Courses
Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS
İLH419 Islamic Jurisprudence II (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 2 İPF403 Special Teaching Methods 2 + 2 3 4
İLH403 History of Islamic Philosophy I 2 + 0 2 2 İLH421 Contemporary Approaches to the Qur’an 2 + 0 2 3
İLH405 History of Religions II 2 + 0 2 3 İLH423 Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence 2 + 0 2 4
İLH407 Qur’anic Exegesis IV 2 + 0 2 3 İLH425 Religious Movements İn Turkey 2 + 0 2 4
İLH409 Recitation of The Qur’an and Tajwid VII 0 + 2 1 2 İLH427 Modern Muslim Thinkers 2 + 0 2 2
İLH411 Philosophy of Religion II 2 + 0 2 2 İLH429 Comparative Folk Beliefs 2 + 0 2 2
İLH413 Systematic Kalam II (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 3 İLH431 Contemporary Sufi Movements (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 2
İLH415 Sufism II 2 + 0 2 2 İLH433 Advanced Ottoman Turkish 2 + 0 2 4
İLHMESSEC Program Electives 4 + 2 5 8 İLH435 Paleography-Epigraphy 2 + 0 2 4
MODULE 5 General Electives 2 + 0 2 3 İLH437 Religious and Literary Texts 2 + 0 2 4
İLH439 Classical Kalam Texts (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 2
İLH441 Selected Tafsir Texts 2 + 0 2 4
İLH443 Selected Hadith Texts (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 4
İLH445 The Ottoman History 2 + 0 2 2
İLH447 Arabic Language And Rhetoric (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 4




Eighth Semester

Compulsory Courses Program Elective Courses
Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS Code Course Title L+U Hour Credits ECTS
İLH414 Hadith IV (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 2 İPF402 Teaching Practice 2 + 6 5 7
İLH404 History of Islamic Philosophy II 2 + 0 2 2 İPF404 Guidance 2 + 0 2 3
İLH406 Counseling and Communication in Religious Services 2 + 0 2 3 İLH422 Islam, Human Rights and Democracy 2 + 0 2 3
İLH408 History of Islamic Civilization 2 + 0 2 2 İLH424 Contemporary Philosophical Movements 2 + 0 2 2
İLH410 Undergraduate Thesis 0 + 0 0 4 İLH426 Contemporary Kalam Problems (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 4
İLH416 Recitation of the Qur’an and Tajwid VIII 0 + 2 1 1 İLH428 Interreligious Relations 2 + 0 2 4
İLHMESSEC Program Electives 6 + 6 9 13 İLH430 Contemporary Islamic Movements 2 + 0 2 4
MODULE 4 General Electives 2 + 0 2 3 İLH432 Modern Educational Movements 2 + 0 2 3
İLH434 History of Turkish Republics 2 + 0 2 2
İLH436 Problems in Philosophy of Religion 2 + 0 2 4
İLH438 Philosophy of Ethics 2 + 0 2 2
İLH440 Arabic Texts on the Qur’anic Exegesis (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 4
İLH442 Arabic Texts on Islamic Jurisprudence (Arabic) 2 + 0 2 4
İLH444 Comparative Islamic and Western Thought 2 + 0 2 4