DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

This program has been initiated in 1983 1984 academic education year under the name of Precious Stone and Novel Metal Manufacturing Program of Technical Programs Division of Izmir Multidisciplinary Vocational School of Dokuz Eylul University. After this, it is the first vocational school based on jewellery industry among the private and state universities. Precious Stone and Novel Metal Manufacturing Program advanced its educational content, academically requirements, teaching staff and its technical sources to the modern limits. As a result of this, in 2006 its named has changed to Gemmology and Jewellery Program to give more meaning to its name. Later in 2010, its name has changed to Gemmology, Jewellery and Design by the higher educational department (YOK).

It is based on a two year, fourteen week semester system. In these two years, academic courses, laboratories and also industry based learning are educated. The curriculum has designed to introduce the trainees to the fundamental concepts of jewellery and industrial chemistry as well as applicable hands on practice and experiments.

It is aimed to supply the needs of the technician who is selfemployed, in the present and future. Thus, the jewellery technician as a member of industrial jewellery team is expected to have much more knowledge and predictions than skilled workers.

This programme aims to graduate students understand jewellery and gemmology sciences, works with gold, silver metals, makes both handmade and using casting jewellery and use CAD programs(JewelCAD, Rhino, Matrix, Vray) to create their own original jewellery designs. In addition, the graduated students are involved in the buying and selling of stones, metals, or finished pieces of jewellery. Similar occupations include retail salespersons and sales representatives in wholesale trade. On the other hand, our graduated jewellers typically do the handiwork required to produce a piece of jewellery, while our graduated gemmologists and laboratory graders can analyze, describe, and certify the quality and characteristics of gem stones. They may work in gemmological laboratories or as quality control experts for retailers, importers, or manufacturers. After using microscopes, computerized tools, and other grading instruments to examine gem stones or finished pieces of jewellery, they write reports certifying that the items are of a particular quality. Many jewellers also study gemmology to become familiar with the physical properties of the gem stones with which they work.

According to this, the main aim of this programme is to graduate students not just having theoretical knowledge of Jewellery and Gemmology but also having practical usage of this field, knowing commerce of jewellery and in the right situation building their own business in this field.

Qualification Awarded

Gemmology, Jewellery Making and Ornament Design Programme, Associate's Degree

Level of Qualification

Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

High school graduates can register for the program by getting enough points from the "Transition to Higher Education" examination administered by the "Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM)".

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

Transfer Students:
The transfer student candidates from Turkish or foreign universities are subject to the YOK Legislation The transfer, double degree, minor degree and inter institutional credit transfer and to the evaluation conditions determined by Dokuz Eylul University Senate.
The transfer quotas are determined and announced by Turkish Higher Education Council (YOK). The evaluation of the candidates are done by the school evaluation commmisin and approved by the management.

The Graduate Transfers:
The short cycle graduates are given the right to be admitted to the first cycle programs if they comply with the conditions set by the The transfer of Short Cycle Program Graduates to First Cycle Programs Legilation of Turkish Higher Education Council (YOK) .

The universities inform YOK regarding the quotas and YOK announces the quotas and conditions in Graduate Transfer Guide and the placements are managed by YOK due to the results of nationwide graduate transfer exam.

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students are not connected to the right for internal transfer, previously taken courses at another graduate programme by another university with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes after the letter of the students includes course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the head of the departments and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing.

Exchange students have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The student must complete 2 years of study acquiring 120 (ECTS) credits. This degree is awarded to students who have successfully completed all courses in the curriculum, compulsory 40 days of internship and have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.00/4.00 and no failing grades.

Profile of the Programme

In the Program, while design, grading and manufacturing based courses are taught by the lecturers in the classrooms, jewellery workplace studios and labs of the vocational high school, lessons are performed with qualifies staff of the program. Also, the students complete their practice lessons to perform their eight weeks industrial based learning in the second class (40 days compulsory). Both formal and evening education are given in Turkish in the program. 50 students at first grade (formal education) and 50 students at first grade (evening education) as total 100 students are educated in the program. 1 Professor and 8 Instructors are currently working in the program. In the program education can be majored in four different areas: Gemmology, Jewellery, Jewellery Design and Jewellery Commerce. Each area can be divided into smaller subgroups.

In the Program, 1 Proffesor (Prof.Dr. Murat HATİPOĞLU (director of the department)); and 8 Instructors (Instr. Hızır Baki BUZLU (director of the program), Instr. Müjgan EMRE, Instr. Huri Aylin SEÇKİN, Instr. Başak GÜRSOY, Instr. Yasemin YARDIMCI, Instr. Seçkin ŞALVARLI, Instr. Sevinç FÜZÜN and Instr. Alper ERDEM ) are on duty.

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Gemmology, Jewellery and Design program is based on the train student to work with jewellery industry. They are qualified with modern and original knowledges of the field. The mainly working area as follows:
Jewellery Industry: With some capital, they can work as master qualified worker with the agreement of the Department of Labour. Advancement opportunities are limited and depend greatly on an individuals skill and initiative. In manufacturing, some jewellers advance to supervisory jobs, such as master jeweller or head jeweller, but for most, advancement means earning higher pay for the same job. Jewellers who work in jewellery stores or repair shops may become managers; some open their own businesses.
Mine and Mineral Industry: They can work in gemmology mines as a producer, advisor of marketer.
Government Service: They can work in Mint and Printing Plant General Management, Foreign Trade Department and Mine Research General Management Department as a jewellery and gemmology expert. They can work as an archeogemmologist in museums and in some business places belongs to Tourism Department as a sales person.

Access to Further Studies

According to the "Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education for Open Education Associate Degree Programs' and Vocational Schools' Graduates", the Vocational School Graduates, who wish to continue to the Undergraduate Degree, may register to the relevant departments by entering and succeeding the Vertical Transfer Examination (DGS).

Graduated students may apply to bachelors programmes in related fields of study such as Jewellery Engineering, Geology Engineering, and Jewellery Design Higher Educational Colleges. In addition, they have a choice to apply to bachelors degree completion programmes in related fields of study such as Economics and Business Administration Departments of the Open Education Faculty in Distance Education System.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Application Principles of Education and Examination of İzmir Vocational School can be accessed from the link below.
http://imyo.deu.edu.tr/mevzuat.php

Graduation Requirements

The student must complete 2 years of study acquiring 120 (ECTS) credits. This degree is awarded to students who have successfully completed all courses in the curriculum, compulsory 40 days of internship and have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.00/4.00 and no failing grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Director of Department: Prof. Dr. Murat HATİPOĞLU
Email : murat.hatipoglu@deu.edu.tr profdermurathatipoglu@gmail.com
Phone : +90 232 301 25 62
Fax :+90 232 420 51 81

Director of Program: Instructor Hızır Baki BUZLU
E-mail: baki.buzlu@deu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 232 301 26 36
Fax : +90 232 420 51 81