Department of Biology depends on 240 ECTS credits with first level system in higher education. When programme successfully completed the students have bachelor degree Biology.
First Cycle
Student who wants to register to the department, must pass the examinations and complete the process which identified by OSYM. Students, who had started an education of equivalent programme in or out of the country, can make an application for undergraduate transfer. The acceptations are investigated and evaluated before the start of semester by considering the condition of each student and degree of application.
Admission can be made from the institutions of which equivalency is recognized by Higher Education Council. Successful vocational school graduates to continue their education to obtain Bachelor’s degrees if they are successful in vertical transfer examination are also admitted. The courses to be taken by these students are determined by the relevant department, on the basis of courses they have completed in the programs in vocational school from which they have graduated. Recognition of prior non-formal and in-formal learning is at the beginning stage in Turkish Higher Education Institutions. Ataturk University and thus the department is not an exception to this. However, exams of exemption are organized at the start of each year at the University for the courses of English Language. The students who achieve a passing grade from the exam are held exempt from the related course in the curriculum.
Students must be successful and/or pass all courses on the programme including graduation thesis and internship that are explained education and exam regulation of Ataturk University.
In accordance with the requirements of the 21. century, the major aim of Biology Department is to educate the biologist who have learned the basic biology knowledge, become aware of new scientific and technological developments, can carry out the scientific researches, and are capable of scientific thinking.
Graduates take professional role in establishment of many public and private sector. Graduates that have pedagogical formation can work as a teacher in either Ministry of Natural Education or private sector foundations. In addition this, they can be employed as a biologist both private sector and public organizations belong to Ministry of Health, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
Upon a successful completion of the programme, students are eligible to apply to Master’s Degree programmes at national level and /or international level both in the same and in related disciplines
They are specified in each course. You can look into the course structure for details.
Normal duration is 4 years. Students must take and pass all necessary courses totaling 140 credits (240 ECTS) and reach a minimum (grade point average) of 2,0 before graduation.
Full-time