Mersin University Catalog

VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES
Organization Information:
The Mechanical Program was established in the 2002-2003
academic year under the Technical Programs Department within
the Technical Sciences Vocational School. The education activity
in the Machine Program started by taking students to evening
education in the 2002-2003 academic year. Since 2010, it has been
continuing its education and training under the title of Machine
and Metal Technologies Department under the name of Machine
Program.
Degree Earned:
Mechanics technician
Level of the Degree:
Undergraduate
Admission and Registration Requirements:
To have a high school diploma.
Recognition of Prior Learning (formal, non-formal, non-formal) Rules:
Recognition of prior education in Turkish higher education
institutions is at the beginning stage. For this reason, recognition
of prior education has not been fully initiated in all programs of
Mersin University. However, an exemption exam is held at the
beginning of each semester for courses such as English in the
compulsory curriculum of departments. Students who complete
the learning process on their own from these courses or who
think that they provide the learning outcomes in these courses in
different ways have the right to take these exams. Those who pass
the exam are exempted from the relevant course in the curriculum.
Qualification Requirements and Rules:
The conditions required by the students to gain the Mechanical
Technician title from the machine program; a) To pass all the
courses in the curriculum successfully, b) To have at least 2.0
weighted average out of 4.0, c) To have completed the 40-day
compulsory professional experience program
Program Profile:
The Machine Program is a program that provides theoretical and
practical education specific to the field of machinery such as design,
production, materials and measurement, as well as courses for
basic sciences. The main goal of the program is to train technicians
who have the knowledge required by rapidly developing science
and technology, the skills to transfer this knowledge to practice,
and also to analyze and synthesize.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates:
The graduates of the Machine Program can find employment
opportunities in many areas related to their profession in the public
and private sectors and can also establish their own businesses.
Transition to Higher Degree Programs:
It is possible for our graduates to transfer to undergraduate
programs with the DGS exam.
Exams and Evaluation:
Students are subjected to midterm exam, mid-term study (project,
seminar, quiz, homework or a second midterm) and final exam for
each course. There is a contribution of 40% of midterm exams, if
any, of mid-term studies and 60% of the final exam to the success
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