Master of Sciences in Turkish Language and Literature

This master's programme is for students who want to carry out scientific study of Turkish philology and literature. Its teaching plan takes account of Turkology courses abroad and of other Turkish departments in Albania. Instruction is in Turkish, apart from subjects chosen as foreign languages, and an internship is compulsory. Under the Albanian Ministry of Education's rules, the course lasts two years and carries 120 ECTS credits. It aims to train scholars in Ottoman language studies and to help foreign learners study Turkish. The syllabus focuses on language and literature. Language classes follow Turkish through its historical stages, from Old Turkish to the spoken language of modern Turkey, and cover syntax, morphology and phonology. Literature classes cover folk, classical and newer Turkish writing, and linguistics modules supply modern linguistic knowledge.