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| The Graduate Programmes in Forest Engineering has been established in 1982 in The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. | | | QUALIFICATION AWARDED | | | The students who have successfully completed a minimum of 21 local credits (equivalant to 60 ECTS credits) from thought courses delivered within the graduate programme of the department and in related fields, achieved a CGPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and prepared and successfully defended a thesis are given Master's Degree in FORESTRY ENGINEERING | | | LEVEL of QUALIFICATION: | | Qualifications Frameworks in the European Higher Education Area (QF-EHEA), Level 2
European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF-LLL), Level 7 | | | MODE of STUDY | | | Full Time | | | ADMISSION & REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS | | 1 - Bachelor's Degree in acceptable fields,
2 - Sufficient score from the National Academic Staff & Graduate Education Exam (ALES),
3 - English proficiency (500 from TOEFL / 6 from IELTS) | | | OBJECTIVE of THE PROGRAMME | | The general aim of the Forestry Engineering Master's Program is to train expert engineers who possess advanced theoretical and applied knowledge in the fields of forestry science and engineering, can effectively use scientific research methods, and can produce scientifically based solutions to problems related to the protection, planning, and sustainable management of forest resources.
The program aims to enable students to deepen the knowledge they have acquired at the undergraduate level and adapt it to forestry practices; to follow and evaluate current scientific developments; and to develop their professional competencies within the framework of interdisciplinary approaches.
Program Objectives
1. Academic and Knowledge-Based Objectives
To provide advanced theoretical and technical knowledge related to the field of forestry.
To develop students' ability to critically examine and interpret scientific literature.
To establish a solid theoretical foundation for academic studies at the graduate level.
2. Research and Analysis Objectives
To develop the ability to define problems, collect data, and analyze using scientific research methods.
To develop students' ability to conduct independent research through thesis work.
To develop scientific and applicable solution proposals for forestry applications. 3. Professional and Application-Oriented Objectives
To develop expert-level decision-making skills for the conservation, planning, and management of forest resources.
To develop application-oriented competencies in areas such as timber and non-timber forest products, watershed management, and ecosystem services.
To train qualified expert engineers who can work in the public and private sectors.
4. Communication, Ethics, and Interdisciplinary Work Objectives
To develop the ability to establish effective communication and collaboration in intra-disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams.
To strengthen scientific ethics, professional responsibility, and sustainability awareness.
To improve written and oral scientific expression, reporting, and presentation skills. | | | RECOGNATION of PRIOR LEARNING | | The "Directive on Recognition of Prior Learning", Senate Decision No. 340 issued on July 28, 2023, has been accepted and entered into force regarding the students registered in all programs of Karadeniz Technical University to determine the principles to be followed for the recognition, crediting, and adaptation of the achievements acquired by the students at non-university institutions.
In this Directive,
- recognition of knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired with special interest through an exemption exam to be substituted as program courses,
- recognition of workplace and internship experiences through portfolio evaluation to be substituted as program courses,
- and the crediting of certificates received from accredited institutions regarding students' special interests are covered.
Announcements of courses included in the scope of recognition of prior learning, applications, and evaluation will be made on the dates specified in the academic calendar.
Recognition of prior learning will offer numerous benefits to our students and employers. For our students, increasing professional development and mobility in the labour market, preventing repetition of education and waste of time, providing early graduation, reducing the cost of learning, encouraging learning, and increasing the student's motivation and self-confidence can be counted among the benefits of recognition of prior learning. From the employers' perspectives, it will contribute to satisfying skill or competence deficiencies in the workplace, reducing the time employees spend outside the workplace for training purposes, and thus using resources more efficiently. | | | QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS and REGULATIONS | | The degree is awarded to students who have successfully completed a minimum of 21 local credits (60 ECTS) from thought courses with a CGPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00, and prepared and defended a thesis.
KTU Graduate Education Regulations | | | EXAMINATION, ASSESSMENT and GRADING REGULATIONS | | | The examination, assessment and grading regulations have been set up for the university by the University Senate and the Department of Forest Engineering is bound by these regulations. Each course is assessed via a midterm exam, a second mid-term exam composed of quizzes, homeworks and assignments, and a final end-of-term exam, with contributions of 30%, 20% and 50% respectively. The marking is made out of 100. Grades of 81-100 is assigned a letter grade of AA, 76-80 BA, 70-75 BB, 60-69 CB, 50-59 CC, 45-49 DC, 40-44 DD, 30-39 FD and 0-29 FF. The AA is the highest grade and has a grade credit of 4.00, BA 3.5, BB 3.0, CB 2.5, CC 2.0, DC 1.5, DD 1.0, FD 0.5 and FF 0.0. Grades of AA to CC are pass, DD to FF fail, and DC is conditional pass and requires a CGPA of at least 2.0 for that term. The details given for each course in the programme include the detailed assessment methods together with a description of the second mid-term exam. | | | GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS | | | The students who have successfully completed a minimum of 21 local credits (equivalant to 60 ECTS credits) from thought courses delivered within the graduate programme of the department and in related fields, achieved a CGPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and prepared and successfully defended a thesis are given Master's Degree in FORESTY ENGINEERING. | | | OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES of GRADUATES | | | Graduated students of Forest Engineering master degree programme could be able to find many kind of business either in public sector or private sector. Graduates begin working in their profession with a good salary and they have also advance opportunities. Inter discipline structure of the programme gives opportunity of working in different parts of the job to graduates like conservation, planning and managing of forests, wildlife management, forest road and route planning, ecotourism and etc. | | | ACCESS to FURTHER STUDIES | | Qualifications Frameworks in the European Higher Education Area (QF-EHEA), Level 3
European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF-LLL), Level 8 | | | CONTACT INFORMATION | | | | | DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES : | | | Department has the following laboratories for both teaching and research: Soils and Ecology Laboratory, Watershed Management Laboratory, Tissue Culture Laboratory, Remote Sensing Laboratory, Forest Botany Laboratory, Geodesy and Photogrammetry Laboratory, Forest Economics Laboratory, Forest Entomology Laboratory, Seed and physiology laboratory, Wildlife Museum, Computers Laboratory and GIS Laboratory |
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