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DIRECTIVE FOR UNDERGRADUATE MINOR PROGRAMS

AIM
Article 1

The aim of the undergraduate minor program is to allow academically successful students to become knowledgeable in another subject that they are interested in.

ESTABLISHING A MINOR PROGRAM
Article 2

A minor program is specified upon the recommendation of the related Academic Commiteee and The Campus Rectorate with the approval of the University Senate and is maintained and coordinated by the Campus Rectorate. A minor program consists of a minimum of 18 credits.

APPLICATION, ACCEPTANCE AND REGISTRATION FOR MINOR PROGRAMS
Article 3

  1. Student quotas for minor programs is determined by the Campus Rectorate and is announced at the beginning of each semester.
  2. Applications to a minor program are made to the Registrar's Office by submitting a formal request and a transcript receipt prior to the deadline specified by the University Senate.
  3. To be eligible for a minor program, a student's cumulative grade point average must be at least 2.50.
  4. Students may apply to a minor program no earlier than the third and no later than the sixth semester of their major program.
  5. The applications that meet the specified criteria are proceeded by the Registrar’s Office.
  6. Acceptance is subject to the proposal of the Academic Commitee and approval of the Campus President.
  7. A student cannot register at the same time to more than one minor program.

ASSISTANCE

Article 4

In order to assist students in selecting and planning the courses for their minor program, Minor Program Coordnators will be appointed who will be responsible for ensuring that the program is carried out in a suitable manner. It is also this coordinator's duty to maintain contact with each student's major program advisor.

PREREQUISITE COURSES

Article 5

The students enrolled in a minor program must have taken the prerequisites for the courses in the program. If the prerequisite courses have not been taken before in the major program, the minor program is followed with the condition that the grades will not be added to the point average (NI status) and the minor program appears on the transcript.

MAJOR AND MINOR PROGRAM

Article 6

The success or graduation of a student in his major program should in no way be affected by his / her status in the minor program. Separate grade reports and transcripts are issued.

Those courses required for both programs will appear on both transcripts but these courses are accepted as one course while calculating the course load. In the event that a student withdraws from a course counted for both programs, the withdrawal will be recorded on both programs. A student is not allowed to withdraw in the event that the total number of courses taken in the major and the minor programs is reduced by 2/3 of the course load in the major program.

In order for the students registered in a minor program to complete these programs, the students must take not less than 4 courses with not less than 12 credits that are in the program of the related minor program and are offered by the department which offers the concerned program. These courses should not be the courses that are taken for both the major and the minor programs and/or are counted in both programs.

COURSE LOAD

Article 7

  1. The students of the minor programs with cumulative grade point average between 2.00 and 2.49 in the major program can take in one semester in the major and the minor programs up to 3 more courses with credits than the total number of courses they can take in their major programs.
  2. The students of the minor programs with cumulative grade point average of 2.50 and above in the major program can take in one semester in the major and the minor programs up to 4 more courses with credits than the total number of courses they can take in their major programs.

SUCCESS AND GRADUATION

Article 8

  1. Any student whose cumulative grade point average is at least 2.00 is considered to be successful and any student whose cumulative grade point average falls below 2.00 is considered to be unsuccessful.
  2. For the students who are registered in a minor program, there is no success rank order.
  3. A student who is eligible for graduation in a major course and has completed a minor program with a grade point average of 2.00 will receive a minor program certificate.
  4. A student who is eligible for graduation in a major course but has not completed the minor program can be allotted at most one extra semester to complete the program. This time can be extended by the related Academic Committee decision. A student who graduates from a major program will receive a diploma from the concerned department at the end of the final semester. For the whole of the extended period, the student will continue to pay the tuition required by the department of the minor program, based on the total number of semesters spent in the undergraduate program. If the student enrolls in a graduate program, the tuition for graduate school will be paid as well. The Faculty that offers the minor program is responsible for making decisions regarding its students.
  5. A student who completes a minor program is not entitled to the same rights and privileges as the graduate of the major program.

TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT LEAVE, DISMISSAL FROM A MINOR PROGRAM

Article 9

  1. A student can request to be dropped from a minor program .
  2. The students who are registered in a minor program can apply to other minor programs provided that they meet the application criteria and can register in a new program provided that they leave the previous program.
  3. A student who is given leave from his major program will automatically be given the same status in his minor program. In the event that a student is prevented from taking a course because it is not offered or conflicts with another, the student can be given a one semester leave from the minor program with the approval of the concerned Academic Commitee.
  4. Any student who neglects to take suitable courses for two consecutive semesters without official leave will be dismissed from the minor program.
  5. Any student whose cumulative grade point average in the major program falls below 2.00 will not be permitted to take courses in the minor program the following semester.
  6. Any student whose cumulative grade point average in the minor program falls below 2.00 for two consecutive semesters will be dismissed from the minor program.
  7. A student who drops out of a minor program will not be required to repeat the minor program courses he was unsuccessful in.

VALIDITY

Article 10

This document refers to the Minor Program Directive , accepted by the University Senate on May,30th 2006  and has been valid since that date.

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 11

This directive is implemented by the Campus President