Abstract:

The aim of this research is to contribute to future studies by analyzing the graduate theses and dissertations written about the Viola in Turkey according to various variables. 81 graduate theses and dissertations in CoHE Thesis Center database, which are allowed for full text access, have been analyzed using the document review technique. Theses and dissertations are handled according to the type, university, institute, subject and year they were written. According to the results of the research, 56 of the theses and dissertations are Master's Degree theses, 19 are Proficiency in Art theses and 6 are Doctoral dissertations. It was observed that the highest number of theses and dissertations were made in Gazi University and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, on institute basis, the most were studied in Institute of Social Sciences and the least in Institute of Science, the most were studied in 2019 and the number of graduate theses (and dissertations) written about the Viola between 2017-2020 was 21. It was determined that all doctoral dissertations were on "Education" and Proficiency in Art theses were mostly on "Work Analysis". As it is thought that it will provide a source and perspective to the Viola literature, it is suggested that studies in this type of research should be repeated and studies of examining the articles written about the Viola should also be carried out.

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