{"id":70,"date":"2011-11-13T13:39:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T11:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nauva.dyndns.org\/iktisat\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2017-09-29T06:39:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T06:39:16","slug":"about-feass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT FEASS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences (FEASS) was founded in 1984.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FEASS Mission &amp; Vision<\/p>\n<p>Given the developments in telecommunications and high technology services, the education sector has gone through significant changes in the last quarter of a century. Some of these changes are the direct result of, and accompanied by, the leading developments in the global labor markets; while some others are unique to Turkey.\u00a0 Thus, as a working hypothesis, we find it pertinent to highlight some of these structural shifts as they are likely to affect our institutional strategy at FEASS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Among many others, the following stand out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shift from specialization-based management to flexible forms of work organization \u2013 with emphasis on collaboration, team-work, multitasking;<\/li>\n<li>Increased mobility internationally, both at the faculty and also at the student level;<\/li>\n<li>Wider use of interactive on-line education systems;<\/li>\n<li>Utilization of big data. In addition to the use of \u201crepresentative\u201d trends, averages, and \/or median ratios, primary sources of data are increasingly utilized to understand the dynamics of the society; the idea of both small and large are beautiful;<\/li>\n<li>Increased recognition for the need for formation of the knowledge economy and society, and evidence-based politics;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All these meant a significant structural change in the nature and size of the spillovers from education and R&amp;D: main source of productivity gains occur through learning by learning.<\/p>\n<p>Based on these observations, our faculty\u2019s mission statement can be succinctly summarized as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Theoretically engaged and empirically grounded research to address societal challenges with an educational emphasis on learning to learn within an integrated environment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FEASS comprises five <a href=\"?page_id=84\">Academic Departments<\/a> with an outstanding reputation for <strong>excellence in teaching and research<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FEASS departments offer international and interdisciplinary <strong>degrees<\/strong> at undergraduate and postgraduate levels:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding: 15px 5px 0px 10px;\">The Department of Economics offers B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 15px 5px 0px 10px;\">The Department of History offers a graduate program leading to M.A. and Ph.D. degrees<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 15px 5px 0px 10px;\">The Department of International Relations offers programs leading to B.A., M.A., M.I.A.P.P. and Ph.D. degrees<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 15px 5px 0px 10px;\">The Department of Political Science offers B.A. and Ph.D. degrees<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 15px 5px 0px 10px;\">The Department of Psychology\u00a0 offers\u00a0 a B.A. degree program<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our international M.A. Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/econ.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=1430\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Tilburg-Bilkent Dual Master&#8217;s Program&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0 (with Tilburg University, the Netherlands)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our international B.A. Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ir.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=1141\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Global and International Affairs (GIA)&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0 joint\u00a0 degree dual diploma program (with SUNY, Binghampton, USA)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our interdisciplinary M.A. Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ir.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=1430\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Master\u2019s in International Affairs and Public Policy&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At FEASS <strong>teaching <\/strong>is carried out through recourse to active learning methods and in collaboration with internationally renowned institutions of higher education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">FEASS professors have on nine occasions received <a href=\"http:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/bilkent\/bilkent-university-distinguished-teaching-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bilkent Distinguished Teaching Awards.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Please see\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.bilkent.edu.tr\/department_menu.php?lang=tr\" target=\"_blank\">Bilkent courses on the web<\/a> for sample courses by FEASS professors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FEASS leads the field in Turkey and is recognized internationally for cutting edge <strong>research<\/strong> in the Social Sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=207\">a list of publications by FEASS professors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences (FEASS) was founded in 1984. &nbsp; 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