Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

The department of Environmental Education has offered Master of Science Degree since 2009, and has offered the MS degree to 5 students at present.

Qualification Awarded

Environmental Education, Master's Degree

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle (Bachelors Degree) diploma, minimum score of 65 from the nation-wide Academic Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related fields, acceptable minimum score of 50 from Foreign Language (German, English, French) Exams (UDS/KPDS) or the equivalent exams scores obtained from TOEFL/IELTS/etc. or being successful at the foreign language examination of the Institute (minimum score of 70) and being successful at the science examination (interview) of the Institute in the related fields (with a minimum score of 65). If the student will attend the graduate school for a foreign language study he has to pass the language test from another language. MS canditates should be present their first cycle transcipts.
Their interview grades are calculated as 60 % of their written exam grade + 40 % their oral exam grades.
Candidates whose interview grades are 65 and above will be considered successfull according to the DEU Graduate School Regulations. Their ALES grades, cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and interviewing grades are calculated as their Evaluation Grades.
Evaluation Grades: % 50 of their ALES grades, % 25 of their cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and % 25 of their interview grades.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students are not connected to the right for internal transfer, previously taken courses at another graduate programme by another university with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes after the letter of the students includes course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the head of the departments and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses, one seminar course, and a thesis study, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme are 120 ECTS.
In addition to students midterm and final grades, students reports, quiz results, seminar presentations and project results can be used to evaluate the students semester performances. In order for a student to be successful, he has to get minimum 75 out of 100 (2.5 out of 4.00). Seminar lesson and the thesis are considered as non credit courses and students are evaluated as successful and unsuccessful.
A MS student,, must write the results of the thesis according to the specifications of the Graduate School Thesis Writing Guide and must defend the thesis in front of a jury with an oral presentation. After oral presentation, the jury vote the thesis as acceptance, reject or correction. A student may be given, by a decision of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School, up to three months to complete the corrections and defend his thesis in front of the same jury.
See for the DEU Graduate School Regulations for more information.
http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=13260

Profile of the Programme

Environmental Education program is designed to promote personal and professional growth for environment topics. The language of instruction is Turkish.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	To have the pedagogical knowledge and skills about environment education and know, measurement and assessment techniques and methods.
2	To know the developmental properties and learning patterns of student who will be working with and plan, develop, and evaluate proper educational or instructional materials.
3	Developing and exploring the current and high-level knowledge in the field with the use of critical thinking and research and carrying out studies that will bring new knowledge in science education.
4	Grasping the inter-disciplinary feature related to environment education and designing and conduction in science education.
5	Developing a new idea, design or application which brings about innovation in environment education and researching, understanding, designing and applying an original topic.
6	The ability to analyze, synthesize and evaluate the research and ideas in the fields.
7	Adding new knowledge to the area of environment education by producing scientific works and presenting these studies in national or international platforms.
8	Developing new ideas and methods in environment education by making use of intellectual processes such as critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
9	To discuss ideas in environment education in national or international platforms with experts and an effective communication.
10	Contributing to the solution of social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems found in the field.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The graduates of Environmental Education English Language Education enjoy productive careers in public and private sectors.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates who successfully completed the Masters Degree may apply to doctorate (third cycle) programmes in the same or in related disciplines.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
Academic Plan consists of 2 compulsory and 24 elective courses. There is a total of 24 elective courses included in the department elective courses pool; 12 courses in fall and 12 courses in the spring semester. The ratio of compulsory courses to elective courses in the curriculum is 6 / 178 ECTS.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
G	1	ÇEP 5037	ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	9
G	2	EBE 5039	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
G	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	16
TOTAL:								30

1 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	EBE 5037	INQUIRY - BASED SCIENCE TEACHING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
G	2	ÇEP 5009	INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	3	ÇEP 5023	ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	4	ÇEP 5011	INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	5	ÇEP 5019	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLEMENTATIONS AND PROJECTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	6	ÇEP 5033	BIODIVERSITY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	7	ÇEP 5007	THEORETICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOURS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	8	ÇEP 5021	ENVIRONMENT-ART INTEGRATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	9	ÇEP 5015	TECHNOLOGY AIDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	10	ÇEP 5031	INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	11	ÇEP 5027	INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LIVING THINGS AND ENVIRONMENT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

2 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	ÇEP 5096	SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	3
B	2	ÇEP 5000	CONCEPT DEVELOPING AND TEACHING IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	6
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	21
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	EBE 5000	USING OF COMPUTER IN ACCESING AND REPORTING THE KNOWLEDGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
B	2	ÇEP 5008	POLLUTION ECOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	3	ÇEP 5036	ENVIRONMENT-SOCIETY AND TECHNOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	4	ÇEP 5022	ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND POLICIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	5	ÇEP 5004	THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATIC PROPERTIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN LIFE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	6	ÇEP 5042	CLASSIFICATION OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	7	ÇEP 5016	FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	8	ÇEP 5026	CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	9	ÇEP 5034	ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT EVALUATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	10	ÇEP 5006	GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	11	ÇEP 5010	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	12	ÇEP 5012	MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

3.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	ÇEP 5199	THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	30
TOTAL:								30

4.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	ÇEP 5199	THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	30
TOTAL:								30

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Students must attend classes, practices and examinations. In order for students to qualify for midterms they should attend 70% of the theoretical classes and 80% of the application/lab classes. Students attendance is followed by their Instructor. For almost all required and elective courses there are two written examinations: One midterm examination (given during each semester and dates of which are announced by the Department in the first month of the semester) and one final exam. The instructor announces the weekly course content, the course book and how students will be evaluated and the dates of the exams to the students and the Institute at the beginning of the semester. The instructor evaluated the students depending on their midterm and final grades, attendance to the class, their additional work such as projects, presentations and assignments which were presented at the beginning of the semester.
A make up exam is offered for graduate classes. Upon the approval of the Institute Board students can take the exam from the lessons that they have already passed in order to increase their GPA.
To be able to pass a lesson a graduate student must have minimum CB.
See for the DEU Graduate School Regulations for more information.
http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=13260

Graduation Requirements

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses delivered within the graduate programme of the department and in related fields, one seminar course, and thesis, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme is 120 ECTS. Graduation requirements in detail are explained in the section Qualification Requirements and Regulations.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate School of Educational Sciences, Environmental Education Department, 35150, Buca-Izmir-Turkey
Web Page: http://ebe.deu.edu.tr
Head of Department:
Prof.Dr.hc. Dr. Ibrahim ATALAY,
ibrahim.atalay@deu.edu.tr
AKTS/DS Coordinator:
Assist.Prof.Dr. Hasan CUKUR
hasan.cukur@deu.edu.tr

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