MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) DEGREE

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

A student is required to successfully complete a minimum of 7 courses, not less than 52,5 ECTS credits, take the required seminar and the Field Specialization courses and write and defend a Master’s Thesis, have a minimum GPA of 2.50/4.00 and no letter grades lower than CC, YT and no YZ, DZ grades. 1. Master's program with thesis consists of a minimum of 7 courses and a seminar course, being not less than 60 ECTS credits in total, and a field of specialization course and a thesis study, being not less than 60 ECTS credits. The seminar course, the field of specialization course and the thesis work are evaluated with the letter grades of YT or YZ. More than 60 ECTS courses cannot be taken in a semester. The student can take the seminar course from the thesis supervisor as of the second semester.2. At most two of the courses to be taken by the student can be selected from undergraduate courses provided that they have not been taken during undergraduate study. In addition, a maximum of 2 courses can be taken from the courses offered in other higher education institutions with the recommendation of the related institute head of the department / department and the approval of the institute board of directors.3. It is compulsory to take at least one course including scientific research techniques and research and publication ethics during graduate education.4. The duration of the master's program with thesis is 4 semesters for each semester, regardless of whether they have registered or not, starting from the semester in which the courses related to the program they are enrolled in, excluding the time spent in scientific preparation, and the program is completed in 6 semesters at most.5.At the end of 4 semesters, a student who cannot successfully complete the credit courses and seminar course in the curriculum, or has a course (s) with a letter grade of CD, DC, DD, FF, YZ or DZ, or who cannot achieve 2.50 GPA, is dismissed from the program.6. The maximum duration of the master's program with thesis is 6 semesters. The student who fails in the thesis work or does not enter the thesis defense within the maximum period of time is dismissed from the program.7. In order for a graduate student with thesis to be considered successful, he / she must receive a letter grade of YT, CC or above from all the courses taken and must provide a minimum GPA of 2.50.8. In the master's program with thesis; head of the institute department / department, taking the written opinion of the student for each student, a thesis advisor from among the faculty members of the university staff until the end of the first semester; He proposes the subject and title of the thesis determined with the student's advisor to the relevant institute until the end of the second semester. The thesis advisor and thesis topic proposal are finalized with the approval of the relevant institute board of directors. In cases where the nature of the thesis study requires more than one advisor, the second advisor may be appointed from within the University or from outside the University by the institute board of directors, upon the advisor's recommendation. The second thesis supervisor must have at least a doctorate / proficiency in art.9. If there is no faculty member with the specified qualifications in the university staff, a faculty member from another higher education institution can be appointed as a consultant by the institute board of directors, upon the recommendation of the head of the relevant department / department.10. The student of the master's program with thesis, wrote his thesis according to the rules in the Guide; In the fall and spring semesters, he defends verbally before the jury until the deadline for submission of the make-up exam letter grades specified in the academic calendar.11. Students who have completed their thesis; submits his thesis to the thesis advisor. Thesis advisor; examines the compliance of the thesis with the spelling rules in the Guide. Consultant; sends the thesis together with the written opinion that the thesis is defensible to the institute through the head of the related department / department.12. Plagiarism software program report and thesis regarding the thesis received by the institute are sent to the thesis advisor and the jury members. In case plagiarism probability is determined in the data in the report, the thesis is sent to the institute board of directors to be decided with the jury's justification.13. Jury members; It takes the student to the thesis defense examination by gathering the thesis, documents and materials at the specified day and time within 1 month at the latest from the date of delivery to them. The thesis defense exam consists of the presentation of the thesis and the following question and answer section. Exam; It is open to lecturers, graduate students and experts in the field.14. After the completion of the thesis defense exam, the jury is closed to the candidate and the audience, and by absolute majority; It makes a decision of acceptance, rejection or correction. The result of the defense exam is notified to the relevant institute directorate within 3 days following the thesis defense exam by the head of the institute department / department.15. A student whose master thesis is accepted is considered successful. A student whose thesis is rejected is dismissed from the program. The student who has been given a correction decision for his / her master thesis submits the thesis to his / her advisor again by making the necessary corrections within 3 months at the latest. With the advisor's opinion that the thesis is defensible, the thesis is submitted to the institute directorate through the head of the department / department. The student re-defends his / her corrected thesis within 3 months at the latest in front of the same jury in the manner stated in the fifth paragraph. The student who fails at the end of this defense and whose thesis is not accepted is dismissed from the program.16. In the master's program with thesis; The date on which the copy of the thesis signed by the jury is submitted to the institute is the date of graduation.17. Master's student; In order to promote and discuss publications in national and international arena, to increase the number of publications of the University, to increase the quality and to encourage broadcasting; At least one article in the relevant department / department must be published or accepted for publication in national / international refereed journals, or at least one paper (national / international congress, conference, symposium, etc.) must be published in full text.