DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

The Department of Geographic Information Systems (Geographical Information Systems) is an interdisciplinary division of the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. The Department was proposed to be founded by the Board of the Institute on 06.28.2002 and was legally established upon the meeting decision of the Board of the Higher Education dated 03.03.2003 as a department offering master and doctoral programs in English.

Qualification Awarded

M.Sc. in Geographical Information Systems - Non Thesis

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, 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 cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. 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

2 years (excluding one year of English Preparatory School), 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 120 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

A total of 9 faculty members of Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Econometry, City and Regional Planning, Marine Sciences and Technology Institute are involved in interdisciplinary Geographical Information Systems Master's Degree. The lectures are carried out in the GIS laboratory which has a capacity of 20 participants, located in the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. In addition, the Department also provides R&D laboratory facilities for research and professional projects.
Percentage of Courses Taught in English: 100%

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduates of the Program have employment opportunities in relevant units of municipalities, public authorities, and private sector in accordance with their knowledge and skills. Municipalities, Land Registry and Cadastre, General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works, General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Presidency of Disaster and Emergency Management and their regional offices are the examples of the organizations where our graduates undertake responsibilities.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items of Dokuz Eylul 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

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Programme without thesis is comprised of courses (75 ECTS) and Term project (15 ECTS), in total 90 ECTS credits. 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. Okan Fıstıkoğlu
Head of Geographical Information Department
Dokuz Eylul University
The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Schools
Tinaztepe Buca, 35160 Izmir, Türkiye
Tel: +90 232 301 7026
E-mail: okan.fistikoglu@deu.edu.tr