SUMMER SCHOOL GENERAL INFORMATION

• Summer school is not a regular learning period like the fall and spring semesters.
• In summer school, the opening of the course depends on the request of the instructor and the admission depends on the student's request.
• Summer school is a paid teaching process. Students who want to take courses in summer school are obliged to pay the fee determined for each course they will be enrolled in. Summer school course registration fees are announced on the website of the BAIBU Student Affairs Department.
• The courses planned to be opened within the scope of summer education in our undergraduate programs and the responsible faculty members are announced to the students before the summer education process.
• Summer education is carried out between the dates specified in the academic calendar, consisting of an average of seven weeks between the end of the spring semester and the beginning of the fall semester.

• Students who are not included in the category of students who cannot attend the courses opened in our departments during the summer education, students enrolled in the departments affiliated to other faculties of our university that are equivalent to the courses offered, and students of other universities can be registered as "guest students", provided that they pre-register within the specified periods.
• In order to open a course that is planned to be taught within the scope of summer education in our undergraduate programs, a minimum of 10 students must be enrolled in the course. Otherwise, the course will be closed.
• In summer education, students are required to spend 15 hours of weekly course hours (theoretical, practical, laboratory, practice, etc.) They can take a maximum of 4 courses, provided that they do not exceed.

The total of weekly course hours in summer school is calculated as seen in the following examples;

(Theoretical 3 + Practice 0 = THREE lecture hours), (Theoretical 3 + Practical 2 = FIVE lecture hours), (Theoretical 3 + Laboratory 4 = SEVEN lecture hours) etc.

SUMMER SCHOOL COURSE REGISTRATIONS / COURSES / EXAMS

• Students who will take courses in the summer school are obliged to register for courses in person through the "University Information Management System" within the dates announced in the academic calendar.
• Course registration and payments are made on the basis of the national credit value of the course.
• 15 hours of total weekly course hours (theoretical, practical, laboratory, practice, etc.) Provided that it does not exceed, a maximum of 4 courses can be taken in summer education.
• There is no "Advisor Approvals" process during the summer school course registration stages.
• Summer school courses are taught within the 7-week period specified in the academic calendar, on the day, time, classroom and daytime program specified in the course schedule announced on our website.
• Summer school courses are taught in the weekly curriculum as twice the national credit value of the course. (Such as teaching a 3-credit course for 6 hours per week in summer education.)
• As in the regular (fall-spring) semesters, the attendance requirement in theoretical courses is 70% and 80% in practical courses in summer education.
• In the summer school, where at least 1 midterm and 1 final exam is held for each course registered, there is no make-up exam.
• A student who cannot attend the mid-final exams of the summer school held in the hall on the day, time shown in the exam schedule schedule or similar evaluation activities held without programming due to a short-term health excuse is entitled to a make-up exam once.

 DEPARTMENTAL SUMMER TEACHING

• Students of our faculty can participate in the "Intra-Departmental Summer School" if a course is offered in the department they are enrolled in. In the summer semester of the 2023-2024 academic year, courses were opened in the Mathematics, Turkish Language and Literature Departments of our Faculty. The courses offered are presented in the appendix below.

 FACULTY AND UNIVERSITY SUMMER EDUCATION

• Students of our departments, who carry out in-university course equivalency studies among the courses offered for summer education in the departments of the faculties affiliated to Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, can participate in the "Faculty / In-University Summer Education".
• Course equivalency lists proposed by our Department Chairs and accepted by our Dean's Office as a result of the evaluation are announced on our website.
• It is not possible to register for summer school courses offered by other departments that are not accepted or accepted as courses.
• Students enrolled in the summer school course from other departments of our university or faculty will attend the course and exams to be taught under the responsibility of the faculty member of the relevant department with the name/content of the relevant course in the classrooms of the relevant faculty.
• At the end of the summer education, the grade defined in the University Information Management System by the responsible faculty member of the course is reflected on the student's transcript as the grade of the equivalent department curriculum course.

 SUMMER SCHOOL OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY

• Continuing the active education process in our undergraduate programs,
• There is no ongoing suspension from the university or suspension of registration,
• (If any) To have successfully completed the compulsory foreign language preparatory class education and to have studied in at least one academic semester,
• Not having participated in the odd-even exam in the spring semester of the active academic year,
• The number of courses he/she wants to take inside and/or outside the university should not exceed four, and the total of course hours (theoretical + practical + application + laboratory) should not exceed fifteen,
• As of the year of enrollment in our university, the LYS/YGS/YKS base scores of our department and other undergraduate programs are equal or higher than the other program,
• The content, language of instruction, local credits and ECTS value of the summer school course planned to be taken from another higher education institution are equivalent to the course in the curriculum to which the student is affiliated,
• If courses are to be taken from within and outside the university, the weekly course hours between programs are not located simultaneously,
• Before the start of summer school courses in other higher education institutions, making a written application for approval from the Department Chair,
• At the end of the summer education, the transcript obtained from the other higher education institution must be wet-signed and sealed, and it must be delivered to the Department Chair by registered mail, cargo or hand in a closed and sealed envelope with the phrase "CONFIDENTIAL" on it.

• If the application evaluated by the relevant Department Chair is deemed appropriate, the student participates in summer education at another higher education institution. At the end of the summer school, the transcript submitted by the student is discussed at the Department Board, a decision proposal is prepared and submitted to the Department Chair.
• The decision proposal of the Department Board, the student's application documents and annexes are attached to the cover letter of the Department Chair and submitted to the Dean's Office for discussion at the Faculty Administrative Board.
• The decision of the Faculty Administrative Board, which includes the final evaluation regarding the credit and grade transfer process of the summer school course taken outside the university, is notified to the Faculty Student Affairs Coordinator until the course registration process of the next academic semester, and the process is completed by recording the summer school course and grade on the transcript of the relevant person.

 SUMMER SCHOOL GUEST STUDENT REGISTRATIONS

• First of all, they need to pre-register via the "ubys.ibu.edu.tr" web address. Students should open the menu from the upper left corner of the page opened from the aforementioned address and complete the pre-registration process from the "Summer School Guest Student Application" heading in the application procedures section at the bottom. The pre-registration application of the student who has completed the pre-registration process is approved before the summer school course registration.
• Students whose pre-registration is approved must complete the course registration and payment process within the summer school course registration period.
• The student's username and password to log in to the student information system will be on the screen where he/she pre-registers.
• Students should complete the pre-registration process at least 3 working days before the course registration start date in order to consider the pre-registration approval process and not to experience any grievances.
• The transcripts of the summer school course(s) taken from other academic units of our faculty and/or our university and the article of the education regulation of our university regarding the grade scales are sent to the Rectorate of the university where the student is enrolled by the BAIBU Student Affairs Department by official e-letter.

2023-2024 Academic Year Summer School Calendar

• 2023-2024 Summer School Courses (Updated Date: 13/06/2024)
• Equivalencies of the Courses Planned to be Opened for 2023-2024 Summer School (Update Date: 14.06.2024)
• 2023-2024 Summer School Application Principles
• 2023-2024 Summer School Fees
• 2023-2024 Summer School GUEST STUDENT Pre-Registration Form
• Summer School GUEST STUDENT COURSE REGISTRATION HELP PAGE