27 Eylül 2024 Cuma
An academic year at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Arts and Sciences consists of two semesters called fall and spring. In an academic semester consisting of a 17-week period, courses are held in 14 weeks, final exams in 2 weeks, and make-up exams in 1 week.
This article, in which the "Course Process", which is the third stage of the fall and spring semester educational activities, is revealed in detail, has been prepared to inform our stakeholders.
Determination and Announcement of Semester Course Schedules;
The curriculum schedule is prepared by the commission appointed by the relevant Department Chair. The content of the schedule, which is prepared to cover all the weeks in the active education semester, includes the day-hour-hall data where the courses to be taught will be taught. Before the course registration process, it is defined in the UBYS module by our Department Secretariats and also published on the website of our faculty.
First curriculum courses are taught between 08:30 and 17:00, and second education program courses are taught between 17:00 and 22:00, on the days and times of the week specified in the schedule. Classes are not held on weekends, religious, official and administrative holidays.
The duration of one lesson hour is 45 minutes. There are 15-minute breaks between consecutive classes.
The courses in the curriculum of our undergraduate programs are taught as a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 6 hours per week. (Course hours vary on a course basis.)
Lessons;
- Courses are taught 100% in Turkish in our History / Turkish Language and Literature / Sociology departments, 100% in English in Biology / Physics / Chemistry / Mathematics / English Language and Literature / English Translation and Interpreting, and 70% Turkish & 30% English in our Psychology department.
- English preparatory class education is given within the School of Foreign Languages and in the building of our university.
- The theoretical courses of our undergraduate programs are taught in the classrooms with a capacity of 60 to 90 people and in our lecture halls with a capacity of 120 to 160 people located in the 4-storey classroom building of our faculty. In all of our classrooms and lecture halls, which have a double fixed row layout, natural gas central heating system, online connected presentation computer, projector contribute to the realization of education and training activities in an ideal environment.
- The application and laboratory courses of our Biology – Physics – Chemistry – Psychology departments are held in our laboratory building consisting of 4 floors, which has all kinds of tools and equipment to be used in education and R&D activities.
- In the undergraduate program courses taught in the classrooms of our faculty, educational activities are carried out by combining the lecture of the responsible faculty member, the presentations of the students, debates, and interactive education methods.
- At the beginning of the academic year, the courses are taught by using materials such as books, articles, etc., announced to the students by the responsible faculty members.
- In accordance with the Higher Education Law No. 2547; Turkish Language I, Turkish Language II, Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I, Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II, English I, English II, which are in the category of compulsory courses to be taught in higher education programs, are taught online within the scope of the distance education program. Students enrolled in these courses are required to mark the course code in the "My Courses" menu in UBYS and attend the courses online via Microsoft Teams from the link left here. Since these courses are taught online, students do not need to be present at the faculty. The exams of these courses are held in the classrooms of our faculty.
- The practical courses written below are not taught in classrooms. (Department of History: Seminar I and II), (Department of Turkish Language and Literature: Graduation Study I and II), (Department of Physics: Grudation Project I), (Department of Chemistry: Research Project I and II), (Department of Mathematics: Grudation Project I and II). The subject of these practice courses is determined by the student, advisor and responsible faculty member at the beginning of the academic semester, and the work carried out by the student is reported and presented to the responsible faculty member at the middle and end of the semester.
- Except for the above-mentioned application courses and distance education program courses, other theoretical courses are taught in the classrooms of our faculty with the face-to-face education method.
- Within the scope of the "Eduroam" system implemented in universities that are members at the international level, wireless internet access is offered to our students free of charge in the common use and activity areas of our faculty.
- The relevant provisions of the Student Discipline Regulation are applied to those who engage in discourses and actions that evoke all kinds of discrimination within the areas and periods where educational activities are carried out, those who disrupt the course order, those who record and broadcast through visual and audio devices without the permission of the instructor in charge of the course, and those who share these areas in the written and visual media or virtual media tools or social media accounts.
- The national credit value of the courses in the curriculum of our undergraduate programs is equal to the course hours in which the course is taught. Students are obliged to attend the courses, practices and laboratory courses they are enrolled in on the day, time and hall specified in the curriculum.
- Absenteeism is applied on a course basis. The maximum number of hours of absence is calculated separately for each course, based on the weekly course hours in which the course is taught, the number of weeks in the academic semester and the maximum absenteeism percentage.
- According to the course student lists that the faculty members in charge of the course have transcribed from the University Information Management System, the attendance status of the course is monitored with the attendance minutes created by having the students enrolled and participating in the course signed. Students who are found to have exceeded the maximum absenteeism rate in the course they are enrolled in are given an absence grade by the responsible instructor of the course (DZ/NA). Students can follow their attendance status from the "Student Attendance Status" menu on the University Information Management System portal.
- A student who does not fulfill the attendance requirement of the course in which he/she is enrolled cannot take the final and make-up exam of that course. If the student takes an exam that he does not deserve, the grade he / she receives will be canceled, even if it has been announced.
- The student with a health report is treated as absent during the periods when he cannot attend classes.
- Students who are not registered in the course are not admitted to the course, practices and exams.
- Provided that the attendance requirement has been fulfilled before, it is decided by the Faculty Administrative Board whether the attendance requirement for the repeated course will be sought.
- In the active education semester, the rate of compulsory attendance to theoretical courses is 70%. 8.4 _ for a two-credit course, 12.6 _ for a three-credit course, 16.8 _ for a four-credit course, 21 _ for a five-credit course, 25.2 _ for a six-credit course, an absence grade (DZ/NA) is applied to the student who does not attend the course hours. The maximum number of hours of absence for theoretical courses is shown in the table below;
| Maximum Absenteeism Rates in Theoretical Courses |
| Weekly Course Hours |
X |
Number of Weeks in the Academic Semester |
= |
Total Course Hours Per Semester |
Maximum Absenteeism Percentage |
Maximum Hours of Course Absence |
| 2 |
x |
14 |
= |
28 |
%30 |
8.4 |
| 3 |
x |
14 |
= |
42 |
%30 |
12.6 |
| 4 |
x |
14 |
= |
56 |
%30 |
16.8 |
| 5 |
x |
14 |
= |
70 |
%30 |
21 |
| 6 |
x |
14 |
= |
84 |
%30 |
25.2 |
These rates may vary according to the number of weeks in the active education semester.
- In the active education semester, the rate of compulsory attendance to practice and laboratory courses is 80%. 5.6 _ for a two-credit course, 8.4 _ for a three-credit course, 11.2 _ for a four-credit course, 14 _ for a five-credit course, 16.8 _ for a six-credit course, an absence grade (DZ/NA) is applied to the student who does not attend the course hours. The maximum number of hours of absence for practice and laboratory courses is shown in the table below;
| Maximum Absenteeism Rates in Practice and Laboratory Courses |
| Weekly Course Hours |
X |
Number of Weeks in the Academic Semester |
= |
Total Course Hours Per Semester |
Maximum Absenteeism Percentage |
Maximum Hours of Course Absence |
| 2 |
x |
14 |
= |
28 |
%20 |
5.6 |
| 3 |
x |
14 |
= |
42 |
%20 |
8.4 |
| 4 |
x |
14 |
= |
56 |
%20 |
11.2 |
| 5 |
x |
14 |
= |
70 |
%20 |
14 |
| 6 |
x |
14 |
= |
84 |
%20 |
16.8 |
These rates may vary according to the number of weeks in the active education semester.
