Landscape and Ornamental Plants Breeding Program

General Information About Our Program:

Our program was established in 2013. 30 students are placed in our program. With 3 academic staff within the program, we try to provide our students with an education that will compete with other universities in the national and international arena by using all the opportunities of modern education.

There are 1 (one) glass greenhouse, 5 (five) plastic covered greenhouses and 1 (one) microbiology laboratory that can be used in the detection and diagnosis of ornamental plant diseases that our program students can benefit from.

The education period in the program is 2 years. Our students graduate with 120 ECTS credits at the end of 2 years. The program offers theoretical and practical, compulsory and elective vocational courses.

 

DEGREE EARNED

Landscape and Ornamental Plants Cultivation, Associate Degree

Landscape and Ornamental Plants Cultivation Technician's Duties

Landscape and Ornamental Plants Technician;

plays an active role in the landscaping, design and implementation of plans as an assistant to the landscape architect. The planting, planting, maintenance, fertilization, pruning and watering of landscape and ornamental plants are among the duties of the landscape and ornamental plants technician.

 

Required Professional Qualifications

- Love of nature,

- Not allergic to plants,

- Able to work in the field,

- Resistant to open air or greenhouse conditions,

- Physically strong and durable,

- Able to communicate well with others,

- Special interest in plant morphology and physiology,

- Interested in diseases and pests of ornamental plants,

- It is recommended that they be individuals.

 

Employment Opportunities:

Our program graduates are employed as professionals in both the public and private sectors.

Working Environment and Conditions

Ornamental plants have a wide working area. The working environment is mostly open areas. They do their work individually or in teams.

 

Acceptance and Registration Conditions:

Students are accepted to this program according to TYT Results. High school diploma and document showing that they have been placed in the department they preferred in the Higher Education Placement Exam.

 

Qualification Conditions Rules:

The student must have a 2.00/4.00 GPA, no FF grades and have taken 120 ECTS credits.

Program qualifications:

1. Providing training and technical experience in the fields of land and location selection, greenhouse processing, landscaping and environmental arrangement, corrections, plant selection, disease and pest control, plant production techniques, general cultivation.
2. To gain the ability to choose modern techniques and equipment required for landscape and ornamental plant applications.
3. To gain the ability to apply modern methods.
4. To discover new methods to improve knowledge.
5. To gain the ability to apply selected techniques in landscape and ornamental plant nursery businesses.
6. To gain the ability to adopt and apply the basic principles of landscape project drawing and ornamental plant cultivation techniques.
7. To provide effective communication in the landscape and ornamental plant sector and with the society in a wide area.
8. To act professionally and ethically in the landscape and ornamental plant sector.
9. To gain individual responsibility and multidisciplinary teamwork and individual effective working skills.
10. To gain the ability to defend one's ideas in Turkish and English in front of the public on the subjects of Landscape and Ornamental Plants, and to gain self-confidence.
11. To gain the ability to develop oneself, to follow the developments in science and technology, and to learn throughout life.
12. To gain the ability to produce technical solutions that protect people and nature.

 

Transition to Higher Degree Programs:

Graduates from our associate degree program of Vocational Schools and continue their undergraduate education in Agricultural Engineering (Horticulture or Landscape Architecture), Forestry Engineering and Landscape Architecture according to the results of the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by ÖSYM.

 

Assessment and Evaluation:

Exams, evaluation and classification are held in accordance with the regulations prepared by the University Senate. There is one midterm and one final exam for each course. The weight of the midterm exam (40%) and the final exam (Final Exam) is calculated as 60% and the course grade cannot be less than 60 according to the 100-point system. The final evaluation is carried out by the academic staff responsible for the course.

All students are required to perform summer practices (internships) as part of their graduation requirements. They must complete at least 30 working days. For the internship evaluation, students must present and present their internships. Internship Evaluation presentations are taken as a course in the fall semester and evaluated by the internship evaluation committee. In addition, the internship evaluation committee evaluates the performance of each student and an average score is calculated for the student.

 

Education Type:

Full Time

Face to face and distance education

 

Graduation Requirements:

In order for a student to graduate, he/she must receive at least (CC) from all courses specified in the program he/she is following and (B) from internships within the legal period specified in article 8 of this regulation. Students with a GPA of 2.00 and above are also considered successful in the courses they have taken (DC) and (DD). GPA is also the graduation grade point average.

 

ADMINISTRATION

Lecturer Gürhan MUTLU (Department Head)

Academic Staff

Lecturer Gürhan MUTLU

Lecturer. Dr. Halil KARAN

Lecturer Ayhan TURHAN