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| Karadeniz Technical University Interior Design Department Graduate Program has begun education within the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences in 2002-2003. First certificates were issued in 2006 | | | QUALIFICATION AWARDED | | | The students who have graduated from the Department of Interior Architecture are awarded with a Master of Science degree in the field of Interior Architecture | | | 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 Stuff & Graduate Education Exam (ALES), 3 - English Proficiency (500 from TOEFL / 6 from IELTS) | | | OBJECTIVE of THE PROGRAMME | | | The Postgraduate program of the Department of Interior Architecture follows aims to furnish academicians and experts with the ability to combine design, architectural design, environmental design, interior design and industry product design with one another in theory and practiceand to recognize interdiciplinary connections. The main objective is to make its students enable to devise detailed solutions for various problems including those of human-space and equipment in interior architectural design based on Professional knowledge, to pursue creativity, environmental awareness, currents developments in the field, to exel in conducting researh stuies and writing disseratons and articles. The students are supposed to take obligatory courses dealing with design, architecture, interior architecture design, methods and theories of design, principles of the organisation of interior space for ecah semester. These courses basicly include theories and principles of interior architecture and models which pave ways from theory to practice. | | | 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 | | To be able to secure the Master of science degree in the field of Interior Architecture, the students are required to; (a) have passed a total of 21 credits (60 ETCS) courses in the curiculum with a grade of at least CC, (b) have achieved a cumulative gross point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00, (c) prepared a master thesis, submitted and successfully defended with a passing grade.
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 Interior Architecture 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 INTERIOR ARCHİTECTURE. | | | OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES of GRADUATES | | | A graduate student in Interior Design Deparment becomes preferring person in his/her field. They may work in public establishment, private companies or as a free designer. They also improve oneself in a given special fields (Yacht Interior Place Design, Stand Design, Display Case Design, etc.). Working potential of this occupation has an increasing acceleration. | | | 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 : | | | Graduate cources in the department are performed in seminary hall with equipped by a computer and a projector. |
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