Department of Archaeology

My name is Ömer Can Taşpınar. I am a senior student at Anadolu University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Archeology. Our department is located in the Faculty of Humanities at the Yunus Emre Campus. The aim of our department is to give priority to the studies in the Phrygian region, where Eskişehir is located, and to illuminate the history of this region. In addition, our excavation works continue in the Pamphylia Region and Laconian Region. In our department, many courses are given under the fields of Prehistory, Protohistory and Classical Archeology. Sculpture lessons, Anatolian Archeology lessons, Numismatics lessons and Ceramics lessons can be given as examples. There are many laboratories in our department. In these laboratories, studies for the courses and the studies that are carried out after excavations are held. We have an anthropology laboratory, and many other laboratories for the classical archeology field where students have a chance to develop their professional skills. There is no compulsory internship in our department, and we graduate with a thesis. The thesis work consists of two separate courses that are offered in the 1st and 2nd semesters during the last year of the undergraduate program, and this is one of our graduation requirements. We have to submit a thesis to graduate, but of course, as every archeology student wishes, taking part in internship and excavation is one of our priorities. After graduating from the department, many studies can be conducted and reproduced in state museums, foundation museums and in the academic field. One of the reasons for choosing my department is my interest in archeology, which started at a young age. The fact that this department is within the body of Eskişehir Anadolu University is also one of the reasons for my preference. The main reason for me to choose Anadolu University is that it is a very well-established university and its academic staff is extremely good. It is one of the few state universities that are well-established in Turkey, and as for my department, our academic staff consists of highly qualified instructors. My goal after graduation is to advance in the academic field, to become a good instructor in the field of archeology in this country after completing my master's and doctorate education. My advice to the candidates would be as follows: Since Anadolu University is a very rooted university, we can now consider the city of Eskişehir and Anadolu University as a whole. Since the instructors at this university are also of high quality, this place can be easily preferred. Our faculty members in the department are extremely well-equipped and the training offered here is of high quality. If you enjoy researching, Anadolu University Department of Archaeology is the department for you. I wish good luck to those who will take the exam.