General Description
History |
The Division of Mentally Disabled Education at Dokuz Eylul University was established in 2010 with the goal of training teachers of mentally disabled people. Our division which started to teach in 2012-2013 academic year under the Department of Special Education has been implementing formal education curriculum. It has an undergraduate education that is four-year in progress as well as a masters degree program is in progress at the Institute of Educational Sciences. The language of instruction in all undergraduate and graduate programs of Mentally Disabled Education is Turkish. |
Qualification Awarded |
Mentally Disabled Education, Bachelors Degree (B.Sc.), Teacher of Mentally Disabled |
Level of Qualification |
First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
Specific Admission Requirements |
High school diploma, placement through a nation-wide Student Selection Examination. |
Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) |
The Regulations Concerning Transferring Between Associate Degree and Bachelors Degree Programs, Double Major and Minor Programs and The Interagency Credit Transfer and the Evaluation Terms and Conditions for parallel transfers determined by the University Senate are applied to students in Turkey and foreign countries, who wish to transfer from higher education Institutions to Dokuz Eylul University. |
Qualification Requirements and Regulations |
4 years, 2 semesters per year,16 weeks per semester, 240 ECTS in total. |
Profile of the Programme |
The purpose of this department is to research,convey and employ universal knowledge in the field of Special Education and Development in the direction of our mission. |
Key Learning Outcomes |
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Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples |
Graduates of the Division of Mentally Disabled Education enjoy productive careers in public and private schools run by the Ministry of National Education as teachers, in RAMs as assessment staff and in many other areas of the public service as civil servants. |
Access to Further Studies |
May apply to second cycle programmes. |
Course Structure Diagram with Credits |
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Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading |
Measurement and evaluation methods for each course are defined in the course syllabi prepared by the instructor/s. Exam and passings grades are regulated according to the rules and regulations of Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Faculty of Education undergraduate programs as indicated in their catalogs. According to these students must attend classes, practices and examinations. Students attendance is followed by the Instructor concerned. 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 semester grades are determined by adding forty percent of the midterm exam and sixty percent of the final exam grade. In some courses, additional work such as projects, presentations and assignments could be given to students. If there is an additional work given in that course, then the semester grades are: 30 % of the midterm exam, 10% the midterm project and 60 % of the final exam. Students are successful in the course if their grades are (AA), (BA), (BB), (CB), (CC), (DC), (DD) and (B); if their grades are (FD), (FF) and (Y), they fail. Students whose GPA are lower than 1.80 cannot register for a new course. Those who have failed in the final exam may take the make-up exam of which grade replaces the final exam and students grades are computated again based upon the make up exam results. |
Graduation Requirements |
Student must successfully complete all of the courses in the four-year program, in order to graduate. This degree is given to students who pass all courses in the curriculum, successfully complete a minimum of 240 ECTS credits and obtain an overall grade point average of at least 2.00/4.00. |
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) |
Full-time |
Programme Director or Equivalent |
Head of Division: Asst. Prof. Dr. Alev Girli |