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| FOUNDATION & HISTORY |
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| Electrical Programme starts educational activities with the establishment of the college has still continued activities with three academic staff and had graduated in 2010. | | | QUALIFICATION AWARDED | | | Electrical Technician | | | LEVEL of QUALIFICATION: | | | Short Cycle Degree | | | MODE of STUDY | | | Full Time | | | ADMISSION & REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS | | 1 - High school diploma,
2 - Obtaining the required grade from National University Entrance and Placement Exam (YGS). | | | OBJECTIVE of THE PROGRAMME | | | Electrical Programme is a education program concerned to design, construction and operation of devices and systems used in generation, distrubution and consumption of electric energy that is indispensable of daily life, specially industry. With this program, technician who gets vocational and academic qualifications specified European Qualifications Framework Level 5 and has knowledge and practical abilities that require to develope solutions for abstract problems, are educated to work his own sector. 40 students have been enrolled to programme every year. Gaining knowledge and abilities in technically, students are educated to develop behaviors that appropriate vocational responsibilities and ethical understanding as well. | | | 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 | | | A student is required to have a minimum CGPA of 2.00/4.00 and no failing grades including summer practice. | | | EXAMINATION, ASSESSMENT and GRADING REGULATIONS | | | The examination, assessment and grading regulations have been set up for the university by the University Senate and the Electrical Programme 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 graduation requirements for the Department of Electrical Technician are the same as the qualification requirements and regulations. There is no additional requirement to secure the associate degree provided that the students have passed all the courses in the curriculum with at least a DC grade, had a cumulative gross point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00, and completed the compulsory practical placement period of 40 days and had a passing grade for the reports prepared for these placements. | | | OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES of GRADUATES | | | The graduates of the Electrical Programme has many opportunities of employment in a varitey of state and private companies and they are also cases where the graduates setup up their own jobs. | | | ACCESS to FURTHER STUDIES | | | Students, successfully completed the programme, in case of provide requirements of the related university may be educated by getting enough points at DGS. | | | CONTACT INFORMATION | | | | | DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES : | | | The programme equipped with classrooms, research and educational PC and electrical laboratories for the students. Lack of the lab facilities of the programme is improved day bay day due to have begun shortly before educational activities. |
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