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| FOUNDATION & HISTORY |
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The Department of Geology was founded as an Institute within the Faculty of Basic Sciences on December 16, 1965, and then reshaped into a department. Following the establishment of Faculty of Earth Sciences, it became part of this new faculty. With the enactment of the Higher Education Law (number 2547) the department joined the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. This faculty was divided into Faculties of Engineering and Architecture in 2005, and since then the Department of Geology has been a part of the Faculty of Engineering.
Being one of the first departments established in the university, the Department of Geology commenced education and research with 35 students in 1965 and graduated the first students in 1970. During this period the program was five year long and the students who completed the programme was awarded master's degree. Since then, it has been a four year long programme, followed by two years for master's and three years for doctoral studies. | | | QUALIFICATION AWARDED | | | The students who have graduated from the Department of Geology is awarded with a Bachelor's degree in the field of Geology | | | LEVEL of QUALIFICATION: | | | First 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 (ÖSS),
3 - Placement certificate issued by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (OYS),
4 - English proficiency (500 from TOEFL / 6 from IELTS) | | | OBJECTIVE of THE PROGRAMME | | | Established in a region where engineering problems and metallic mineral deposits occur widely, Department of Geology carries out a curriculum to educate students to become geologists who can take a role in the search and extraction of natural resources, recognise the natural events such as landslides and earthquakes, search for their causes and produce solutions for them. The curriculum constructed to achieve these objectives contain courses in the field of physical geology, mineralogy-petrography, ore deposits-geochemistry and engineering geology-hydrogeology, and additional courses such as engineering ethics, computer applications, business management and behavioural sciences. In addition to compulsory courses, the students are given the chance of taking courses from the list of elective courses based on their own preferences, which makes the programme flexible from the students' perspective. This enables the department to educate geologists who have the competency to work individually or in groups to identify geological problems, find solutions for them and apply them with an ethical responsibility. Among the alumni of the department are many geologists who have reached the highest positions in the state companies such as the State Water Works, General Directorate of Motorways, Mineral Research and Exploration Institute and Turkish Petroleum, as well as in many private companies. | | | 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 bachelor's degree in the field of Geology (and thus title of Geological Engineer) the students are required to
(a) have passed all courses in the curiculum with a grade of at least DC form the,
(b) have achieved a cumulative gross point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00,
(c) completed the compulsory practical placement period of 60 days at least at two diferent places and had a passing grade for the reports prepared for these placements,
(d) prepared a graduation thesis, submitted and successfully defended with a passing grade.
| | | 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 Geological Engineering is bound by these regulations. In general, each course is assessed via a midterm exam (a course-specific additional exam composed of quizzes, homeworks and assignments) and a final end-of-term exam, with contributions of 50% and 50% respectively. The marking is made out of 100. Using relative grade system, final course grade is determined. 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 additional midterm exam. | | | GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS | | | The graduation requirements for the Department of Geology are the same as the qualification requirements and regulations. There is no additional requirement to secure the Bachelor's 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 60 days and had a passing grade for the reports prepared for these placements. | | | OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES of GRADUATES | | | The graduates of the geology department has many opportunities of employment in a varitey of state and private companies. The main state companies where they can work include the State Water Works, General Directorate of Motorways, Mineral Research and Exploration Institute, Turkish Petroleum and municipalities. Currently, majority of the graduates find jobs in private sector engaged mainly in mineral exploration and extraction companies as well construction companies working on tunnels, roadworks and dams. There are also cases where the graduates setup up their own jobs manly in the field of drilling and soil investigation | | | ACCESS to FURTHER STUDIES | | | The students who have successfully graduated from the department may apply to post graduate programmes in the field of geology here and in other universities, as well as other fields accepting student from the field of geology. | | | CONTACT INFORMATION | | | | | DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES : | | | The Department of Geology is one of the best of its kind with respect to infrastructure it has. The students have the chance to work in modern laboratories which include state-of-the art optical microscopy lab, micro- and macro-paleontology lab, sedimentology lab, petrography and ore deposits lab. Besides these students lab, there are also research labs including geochemistry lab, ICP lab, XRF lab, fluid Inclusion and research microscopy lab, clay mineral separation and heavy mineral separation labs. Laboratories of Rock crushing and grinding, thin section and polished section preparation have been recently modernised with new instruments. In addition to laboratories in the department, the students feel highly comfortable in 5 lecture rooms and a theatre present in the department, all equipped with computers and high resolution projectors. The department also has a computer lab with 35 up-to-date computers where the students are trained for courses requiring computer applications, and work on their own in the search of knowledge. |
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