PHOTOGRAPHY AND CAMERA OPERATION

Profile of the Programme

This program equips students with the knowledge and skills required to be employed in the profession of photography and camera operation. The courses offered in the program are semester-based, and the period of study is two years. The students of faculties in the Distance Education System take two exams per semester. Students take mid-term and final exams in the province where their distance education bureau is located. There is a total of 33 courses taught in the 1^st and 2^nd years of the program. The quota of the program is limited to 1100 students in the academic year 2014-2015.

Students can transfer from open and distance learning to other open and distance learning degree programs. In order to transfer from open and distance learning to on-campus education programs, a student’s grade point average (GPA) must be 3.20 or higher out of 4.00 or the central placement score in the year registered must be equal to or higher than that year’s base score of the diploma program of the university to be attended.

Within the scope of Second University, students of the Associate Degree Program in Photography and Camera Operation may apply to Faculty of Open Education, Economics and Business Administration within Distance Education System providing that the program for which they apply does not have quota limit and are different from the program they study or they graduated from.

According to the Vertical Transfer Guidebook of 2014, graduates of the Program in Photography and Camera Operation can transfer to the following departments after taking the vertical transfer exam (DGS) provided that students meet the requirements of the university to be attended:

Press and Publication
Film Design
Photography
Photography and Video
Journalism
Visual Communication
Visual Communication Design
Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design
Graphic
Graphic Arts and Graphic Design
Graphic Arts
Graphic Design
Communication
Communication Sciences
Communication Arts
Communication Design
Communication Design and Management
Communication and Design
Media and Communication
Media and Communication Systems
Radio and Television
Radio, Television and Cinema
Cinema and Television
Television News and Programming
New Media
Economics (Open and Distance Education)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Open and Distance Education)
Public Administration (Open and Distance Education)
Finance (Open and Distance Education)
International Relations (Open and Distance Education)
Management (Open and Distance Education)
Hospitality Management (Open and Distance Education)