Qualification Awarded
Graduates who have successfully completed the program by satisfying all the requirements will be awarded the Associate Degree in Foreign Trade Degree.
Specific Admission Requirements
In our country, you have to succeed in the Transition to Higher Education Examination (YKS) for university entrance. For the Turkish citizen, it only depends on the score they got in this examination. Foreign students are also accepted according to the results of a central examination named Examination for Foreign Students (YOS) from a certain quota framework.
Qualification Requirements
In order to obtain a bachelor degree, the students have to complete all the compulsory and elective courses and their grade point average have to be at least 2.0 on the scale of 4.00.
Recognition of Prior Learning
If the new students enrolling to the Muğla University School of Economics And Administrative Sciences Department of Economics apply in the first week of the academic year, course credits they have completed in the former department/programs of high school and final grades they have gotten from those courses are transferred to the departments and programs they have enrolled with the board decision. Number of the terms that corresponds to these courses is calculated. Considering the total credits of the courses in the education program that are recognized and of which final grades are transferred; and the term credits in the education program the student enrolled.
History
Foreign Trade Program started education and training activities in 2006-2007 academic year depending on Department of Economics and Administrative Programs. With the start of implementation of the Human Resources Vocational Training Development Project (HRMEP)
Profile of the Programme
The Foreign Trade Program offers two years of training after high school education. Higher education transition examination conducted by the student selection and placement center (OSYM). Students have to take and pass each compulsory course..
Exam Regulations & Assesment & Grading
Exams consist of midterm exam, final exam, excuse exam, make-up exam, exemption exam and single course exam. Midterm exams: A midterm exam is done about as opened lessons each semester. Midterm exam assessment, 40% of the score. Final exams: Final exams are done to determine the status of the student’s success completed training courses at the end of semester. Final exam assessment, 60% of the score. Excuse exams: Students who attend the final exam or a midterm exam because of valid and justifiable excuse, excuse exam right is granted by the board of directors. The student should apply to the dean/manager with a petition based upon the excuse situation in three days, and also the student’s excuse should be accepted by the board in order to attend excuse exams. Make-up exams: Students can attend make-up exams. From lessons that failed to pass with FD or FF grade and also from lessons that succeeded with DD or DC. The grade which is gotten at make-up exam is valid instead of final exam. Average grade of midterm exam and make-up exam grade are calculated as final exams. Make up exam’s grade of course is valid regardless of the grade of the course’s final exam. Exemption exams are made on the dates specified in the academic calendar for courses by the senate. Single course exam: The students who has fulfilled for the graduation but failed for only one exam may attend to single course exam for the failed course. Also, the students who could not graduate because of their general grade average is under 2.00 although they succeeded in all courses which they submitted, can attend in single course exam by applying to head of department with a petition and also depending on board’ s decision in order to increase the grade. Single course exam right can be used once. For each course which has taken by students, one of the following letters grades are given by the instructor who has assigned to conduct the course. Grade Semester/End of Year Grade Coefficient 90-100 AA 4 85-89 BA 3,5 80-84 BB 3 75-79 CB 2,5 70-74 CC 2 65-69 DC 1,5 60-64 DD 1 50-59 FD 0,5 49 and below FF 0. Other evaluations; TT- Non-Attendance, MM- Course Exemption, GG- Satisfactory, KK- Unsatisfactory. TT, Students who do not given provide necessary attendance to the courses. Foreign Language Preparatory Program. Students who are admitted to the university must successfully pass the Proficiency Exams, English, German, French courses are exempted from (evaluated by MM). “GG”, Students, who continue to foreign language preparatory program and succeed in the exam held at the end of the semester and the students who receive successful grade in internship. “KK”, Students, who continue to foreign language preparatory program and to fail in the exam held at the end of the semester and the students who receive unsuccessful grade in internship. Final achievement score for each course, midterm and final exam results, work within the semester and taking into consideration attendance and evaluated over 100 points by academic personnel. The lowest grade to be successful in a credit course is: For associate degree and undergraduate degree students; DD Graduate and undergraduate level, carried out the registration, education and training and examination procedures and principles determined Mugla University, graduate and Undergraduate Education Regulations.
Graduation Requirements
In order to be graduated from this program, the students should be successful in all the lessons (totaly 120 AKTS) and should have a graduation average of at least 2.00 from 4.00 maximum average.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates
If their education is taken into consideration, the graduates find place in business life by being hardworking and challenger. The graduate students work in managements according to their field of interests. In recent years, they are generally employed in under secretariat of customs, free zones, foreign trade managements and customs. With KPSS mark, they can find job in public institutions as a civil servant. If they finish a graduate program related to their area, they can be public account and financial advisor candidate and they have the right of entering all the specialization exams of their department.
Access to Further Studies
The graduate students of this program can find job in the banking department, banking and finance department, labor economics and industrial relations, management department, business knowledge management, managements informatics, management education, management-economy, logistic management, medical institution management, capital market, insurance, insurance and risk management, international financing, international management, international trade, international trade and financing, international trade and management, administration informatics systems if they pass the DGS exam. They also can go to faculty of Open University so they can be graduate students.