| Academic Unit Presenting the Program | Ecology and Technology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Program Director | Asos.Prof. Dr. LOKMAN HAKAN TECER | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Program Type | Doctorate Degree Program | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level of Degree Earned | Graduate (Doctoral Degree). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Degree Earned | Doctorate diploma is given to the graduates who successfully complete the doctorate study at the concerning department depending upon the graduate school of natural and applied sciences. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education Type | Tam zamanlı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration Acceptance Conditions | (1) To be eligible for application to the doctoral programme, the candidates should hold an undergraduate (Bachelor’s) or a graduate (Master’s) degree, a ten year medicine, dentistry and veterinary faculty degree excepting the preparatory year, pharmeceutics and science faculty undergraduate or graduate degree or a laboratory field proficiency based on Ministry of Health regulations. The applicants should also hold a minimum of 55 in the Selection Examination for Academic Personnel and Graduate Studies (ALES) in the field they apply to. Instead of ALES score, candidates may choose to submit the scores of other internationally accepted examinations whose validity and equivalency are determined by the University Senate. For those who hold an undergraduate degree, a minimum of 70 in ALES in the field they apply to is required. (2) The final admission score for PhD applications is determined as the total sum of %10 of grade point average (GPA), %50 of the ALES standard grade, %40 of the grade received in the entrance examination, which is conducted by a jury determined by the Institute administration, for those with a graduate degree. For an applicant to be admitted, the grade should be a minimum of 70. The final grades are arranged from the highest to the lowest score and a number of applicants as per the announcement is admitted. However, in PhD admissions, a minimum of 55 in ÜDS or an equivalent in an examination accepted by the Inter-University Council is required; for foreign applicants, a minimum of 55 in ÜDS of one of English, French or German languages (which should be different from their mother language) or an equivalent in an examination accepted by the Inter-University Council is required. The University Senate has the right to increase these minimum requirements. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recognition of Prior Learning | A student who has successfully completed at least one semester in a comparable doctoral programme at another accredited institution is eligible as a lateral transfer. Lateral transfers are generally admitted after being evaluated on a case by case basis and upon the decision of the administration of the Department and the Graduate School. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Degree Requirements and Rules |
The students studying in this Ph.D program are required: to take a minimum of 7 courses with a minimum of 21 local credits to pass the qualifying examination, to prepare and defend a doctoral dissertation to succeed in all the courses with a letter grade of at least CB/S to have a Cumulative Grade Point Average of at least 2.50/4.00 with a minimum of 240 ECTS credits. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Access To Upper Degree | Upon graduation, the PhD holders can apply for an academic position in higher education institutions at home and abroad or specialist positions in state institution research centres. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exams, Assessment and Grading |
For a student to have successfully completed the master programme, the GPA should be at least 75. Grades The grading system to evaluate the student performance is signified by the values in the chart below. For each course students are graded by letters. Letter grades, coefficients and ratios are as follows:
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| Graduation Requirements | Requirements for graduation are as stated in “Principles Regarding the Post graduate Degree” part. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Teaching Methods Teaching methods are determined so as to improve skills, such as teaching-learning strategies, self-discipline, life-long learning, observation, sharing knowledge, presentation, critical thinking, teamwork, effective use of informatics. Moreover, the choice of teaching methods pays heed to supporting students with different skills. The teaching methods used in the program are listed below*:
*One or more of the listed methods can be used depending on the specificity of the course.
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Program Outcomes1-To have the ability of scientific work and the ability to present the results of the study in written and oral in national and international activities.2-To have the ability to design and construct experimental studies. 3-To be able to construct and conclude interdisciplinary studies. 4-To provide the student with the ability to constantly improve herself in her professional life 5-To prepare the student to approach environmental problems, to be able to synthesize and design possible solutions 6-To train students in problem definition, data collection, data analysis and evaluation of data for the solution of environmental problems. 7-To prepare the student to effectively present solutions produced in written, oral and electronic media 8-To prepare the student to be sensitive to the problems in the field of expertise, to be solution-oriented, to constantly improve, to use and present the solutions effectively. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Curriculum
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