Second Cycle Programmes (Master Degree)

General Description

History

The department of Biology Education has offered Master of Science Degree since 1999.

Qualification Awarded

Biology Teacher Education, Master’s Degree

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)

Successful students who have completed at least one semester in the graduate program of another institute within the university or another higher education institution may apply for a transfer in the announced dates if the quota is determined by the Board of Directors. The conditions for admission of the transfer are determined by the institute board.

Exemption requests of students for the courses taken at graduate program of another department/university with a successful grade are evaluated by the Administrative Board of the Institute by the recommendation of the head of the departments according to the provisions of Dokuz Eylül University Exemption and Adaptation Directives.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The program consists of a minimum of seven courses, a seminar course and a thesis study, but not less than 21 local credits. The program contains compulsory and elective courses. The student workload for a semester is 30 ECTS, the total workload required to complete the master’s program with thesis is 120 ECTS.

In addition to midterm and final exams, learning activities such as reports, assignments, quizzes, seminar presentations and project studies can be used in the performance evaluation of the student during the semester. In order for the student to be successful in this course, this grade must be at least 75 out of 100 (at least 2.50 out of 4.00). Seminar, thesis work and specialization courses are evaluated as successful / unsuccessful.

Profile of the Programme

The program is designed to promote personal and professional growth for both education and computer education fields. The language of instruction is Turkish.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	To have knowledge accumulation in the level of expertise, show skills to develop and elaborate up to date and advanced knowledge in biology education.
2	By using expert level knowledge, be able to approach new knowledge systematically in the field of biology education and do advanced researches in the field.
3	Through researches completed by using higher order mental processes, make contribution to knowledge accumulation in the field of biology education.
4	Have knowledge regarding various disciplines, educational areas and sub disciplines related to biology education.
5	By using scientific methods develop evidence-based and research-based recommendations to complex problems and topics in the field of biology education.
6	Be able to take responsibilities and perform duties actively in individual and/or group works in scientific researches in the field of biology education.
7	Accept principals of life-long learning and professional development and use them in his/her studies.
8	Be able to share the knowledge in the field of biology education written or orally in the national and international level.
9	Be able to investigate social relations and norms leading the relations critically.
10	Be able to use at least one foreign language to perform written and oral communication.
11	Use advance level of up to date computer software and information and communication technologies in data collection and analysis levels of a research in the field of biology education.
12	Appreciate scientific and universal ethical values in scientific researches in the field of biology education.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The graduates of Biology Education enjoy productive careers in public and private schools run by the Ministry of National Education as teachers and work in these institutions as educational technologists, researchers and senior advisers and in many other areas of the public service as civil servants. In addition, students may work in related areas of the private sector.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates who successfully completed the Masters Degree may apply to doctorate (third cycle) programmes in the same or in related disciplines.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
Academic Plan consists of 2 compulsory and 20 elective courses. There is a total of 20 elective courses included in the department elective courses pool; 10 courses in fall and 10 courses in the spring semester. The ratio of compulsory courses to elective courses in the curriculum is 6 / 145 ECTS.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
G	1	FMB 5031	NEW APPROACHES IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	8
G	2	EBE 5039	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
G	0	–	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	–	–	–	17
TOTAL:								30

1 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	EBE 5003	STATISTICAL METHODS AND APPLICATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
G	2	EBE 5005	PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF INSTRUCTIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
G	3	EBE 5037	INQUIRY – BASED SCIENCE TEACHING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
G	4	FMB 5035	BASIC CONCEPTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
G	5	FMB 5015	APPLIED ECOLOGY EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	6	FMB 5023	MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	7	FMB 5029	TEACHING OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	8	FMB 5007	ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGY EDUCATION CURRICULUM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

2 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	FMB 5032	BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	8
B	2	FMB 5096	SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	3
B	0	–	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	–	–	–	19
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	EBE 5002	TEST DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
B	2	EBE 5000	USING OF COMPUTER IN ACCESING AND REPORTING THE KNOWLEDGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5
B	3	FMB 5006	ECOPHYSIOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	4	FMB 5008	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	5	FMB 5034	LABORATORY APPLICATIONS AND EXPERIMENT DESIGN IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	9
B	6	FMB 5018	INTERNET AND COMPUTER USING IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	7	FMB 5026	PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	8	FMB 5030	ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	9	FMB 5016	METHODICAL APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

3.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	FMB 5198	EXPERTISE FIELD	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3
G	2	FMB 5199	THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	27
TOTAL:								30

4.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	FMB 5198	EXPERTISE FIELD	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3
G	2	FMB 5199	THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	27
TOTAL:								30

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Students must attend classes, practices and examinations. In order for students to qualify for midterms they should attend 70% of the theoretical classes and 80% of the application/lab classes. Students attendance is followed by their Instructor. For almost all required and elective courses there are two written examinations: One midterm examination (given during each semester and dates of which are announced by the Department in the first month of the semester) and one final exam. The instructor announces the weekly course content, the course book and how students will be evaluated and the dates of the exams to the students and the Institute at the beginning of the semester. The instructor evaluated the students depending on their midterm and final grades, attendance to the class, their additional work such as projects, presentations and assignments which were presented at the beginning of the semester.
A make up exam is offered for graduate classes. Upon the approval of the Institute Board students can take the exam from the lessons that they have already passed in order to increase their GPA.
To be able to pass a lesson a graduate student must have minimum CB.
See for the DEU Graduate School Regulations for more information.
http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=13260

Graduation Requirements

The programme consists of a minimum of seven courses delivered within the graduate programme of the department and in related fields, one seminar course, and thesis, with a minimum of 21 local credits. The total ECTS credits of the programme is 120 ECTS. Graduation requirements in detail are explained in the section Qualification Requirements and Regulations.

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

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Educational Sciences, 35150, Buca-Izmir-Turkey
Web Page: http://ebe.deu.edu.tr/ lang=1&menu_id=5

Head of Department:
Dr.Öğr.Üyesi Behlül GÜLER
behlul.guler@deu.edu.tr

AKTS/DS Coordinator:
Dr.Öğr.Üyesi Behlül GÜLER
behlul.guler@deu.edu.tr