Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

Marine Chemistry PhD Program was established in 1975 when the Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology was founded.

Qualification Awarded

Ph.D. in Marine Chemistry

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines. Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first or second cycle (with thesis) cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. However, ALES requirement is waived for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs as well as for the admissions to the graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

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

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students may be accepted for graduate transfer with the approval of the Department Directorate and decision of the Board of Directors of the Graduate School in case the student fulfills the graduate transfer regulations decided by the General Council of the Graduate School. Previously taken courses at another graduate programme with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes with the written request of the students including course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the Department Directorates and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students may have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective by the decision of the Board of Directors.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

4 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 240 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

In this program, have understanding in the field of Chemical Oceanography, national and international waters in accordance with the information expanded by living and nonliving properties of chemical data collection, evaluation, capable of scientific and technical studies and scientific publications, capable of generating strong social relationships, environment friendly, decision-making and problem-solving trained experts.
Aims of program;
* The field of marine science to gather data, obtained by passing the quality control data to provide a data set of qualified users,
* Improve methods of monitoring the technological developments and new methods to produce the current analysis,
* Chemical oceanography and international literature related to the field to follow the research track,
* Evaluate and improve national and international research results.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	Taking responsibility in scientific researches and problem solving,
2	Gaining the necessary practical view point in order to improve experimental skills,
3	Being researcher having scientific ethics,
4	Interpreting and improving national and international research results,
5	Being a researcher with the critical and original standpoint aiming at the future,
6	Being active in performing and coordination in multidisciplinary organic cooperation of Marine Sciences organizations,
7	Knowing and applying the standards, norms and regulations to the solution of environmental problems,
8	Communicating in written and verbal forms with the other researchers and being updated in the research related to the field of chemical oceanography,
9	Contributing to teaching and educating related in his/her field of interest,
10	Developing approaches and application plans and presentation of these results obtained for the benefit of society,
11	Being an innovative, creative and rational expert.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Career opportunities for graduate students from the Ph.D. program include to work as government officials or academics in various institutions. Students may also choose to pursue further academic careers. Employment is also commonly found within the various departments at the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the many environmental research companies and the research & development departments of various companies as well as in quality control laboratories for environmental and food samples.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to post doctorate programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Unit Type	T	P	L	ECTS
In addition to the compulsory courses of the programme, students register to elective courses appropriate for their thesis topic, on the consent of their supervisor. If necessary, on the consent of their supervisor, they can also register to courses from other programmes (from DEU or other universities). It is obligatory to register MAT5101 Applied Mathematics (3 0 0) or MAT5102 Numerical and Approximate Methods (3 0 0) or MAT5141 Mathematical Mehods (3 0 0) with approval of the supervisor. In the case of one of these courses taken during the M.Sc. education, these are not obligatory. The registration must be noticed to the Institute during course registration period by the supervisor.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
ALL COURSES
Z	1	MCP 5020	HEAVY METALS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	2	MCP 5011	PETROCHEMICAL POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	3	MCP 5026	MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	9
Z	4	MAT 5101	APPLIED MATHEMATICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
Z	5	MCP 5021	ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	6	MCP 5024	PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SEAS SURROUNDING TURKEY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	7	MCP 5022	ACCUMULATION AND EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS IN MARINE ORGANISMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	8	MCP 5003	SAMPLING AND INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS IN CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY - I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	9	MCP 5010	SAMPLING AND INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS IN CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY - II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	10	MCP 5012	MARINE PROCESSES AND POLLUTION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	11	MCP 6007	SOURCES AND FATE OF TRACE METALS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	12	MCP 5017	MARINE CHEMISTRY-I	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	13	MCP 5008	MARINE CHEMISTRY-II	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8
Z	14	MCP 5019	MARINE ECOTOXICOLOGY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5
Z	15	MCP 5013	MARINE BIOCHEMISTRY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5
G	16	CDK 5021	DATA ANALYSIS IN OCEANOGRAPHY	REQUIRED	3	0	0	7
Z	17	MAT 5141	MATHEMATICAL METHODS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
Z	18	MAT 5102	NUMERICAL AND APPROXIMATE METHODS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
B	19	FBE 6666	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ETHICS	REQUIRED	3	0	0	5
B	20	DEN 6094	PH.D. SEMINAR	SEMINAR	0	3	0	5
B	21	DEN 6099	PH.D. THESIS	THESIS	0	0	0	150
B	22	DEN 6098	PH.D. RESEARCH	EXPERTNESS	3	0	0	9

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items of Dokuz Eylül University Regulations of Graduate Education and Exams and related items of Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences Regulations of Education and Code of Practicing Exams are applied for the exams and course grades.
The course evaluation criteria are defined for each course by the instructor(s) of the corresponding course and are given in the Course Description Form found in the information package.

Graduation Requirements

Third Cycle (Doctor of Philosophy) Programme is comprised of courses (at least 67 ECTS),Ph.D.Seminar (5 ECTS), Ph. D. Research (18 ECTS) / Ph. D. Thesis (150 ECTS) courses, thesis proposal, doctoral qualifying examination and thesis examination with a total credit of 240 ECTS. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 / 4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

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

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Assoc.Prof.Dr.A.Harun ÖZDAŞ
Bakü Bul. No:100 35430 İnciraltı-İzmir
Tel: (232) 278 5565 / 5272 / 6515 / 6525 / 5085 / 5083
Faks: (232) 278 5082
E-Posta: imst@deu.edu.tr

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