History : Manisa Celal Bayar University Alaşehir Vocational School was established in 1986 under the affiliation of Ege University. It was then affiliated to Manisa Celal Bayar University after its establishment in 1992. Plant Protection Programme started education and training in 2013.
Qualification Awarded : Associate Degree in Plant Protection.
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) : Pre Bachelor
Specific Admission Requirements : Candidates mıst have a high school diploma or equivalent, and the score of the Higher Education Institutions Examination by the the Centre for Measurement Selection and Placement, which has a score of sufficient score, indicates that they are placed in the relevant department.
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) : Students enrolled in the program can be exempted from the courses they have achieved in the higher education institutions they have already studied. Also; An exemption examination is opened at the beginning of each academic year for the foreign language course and the proposals of the relevant committees and courses approved by Senate. Students who score 65 or more on the exemption exam are exempt from these courses.
Qualification Requirements and Regulations : In order to graduate from the Plant Protection program, students must have successfully completed 120 ECTS credit hours and have successfully completed 40 workday summer internship. In addition to this, it is essential that the overall academic grade point average is at least 2.00 over 4.00.
Profile of The Programme : The objectives of Associate Degree programme in Plant Protection are; to provide theoretical knowledge and to give practical training to students on agriculturally important diseases and pests, biology and ecology of pathogens and pests, host-pathogen interactions pesticides and their effects in the environment, mechanical, cultural, chemical, biological, biotechnological control and integrated pest management for pathogens and pests; to provide qualified employee needs of the private and public agricultural industry for crop protection.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : Graduates may find employment opportunities; Public Institutions; (Provincial/District Directorates of Agriculture, Municipal Departments of Parks, Gardens and Green Fields), Companies of Agricultural Chemicals, Environmental Health Services, Firms of Biotechnical Control Products, Firms of Seeds, Saplings and Seedlings, Pesticide Residue Analysis Laboratories, Firms of Organic Farming, Firms of Biological Control Products
Access to Further Studies : Graduates are vertically transferred to departments of Plant Protection in Agriculture Faculties.
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading : Whether the students are successful or not is assessed in two stages: a midterm exam and a final exam. Besides midterms, quizzes, projects, assignments, other activities that researchers and instructors consider appropriate can be done. The number of these activites and their contribution to the achievement grade is indicated in the course plan by the instructor. All exams are evaluated over 100 points. 40% of the midterm and 60% of the final exam constitute the success grade. Success grade is converted to a letter grade via Relative grade system.
In order for a student to be considered successful in a course, he must obtain CC as a minimum grade. Students with a GANO score of at least 2.00 (DC) and (DD) are considered successful in the courses they have taken. Students who do not have a failed course, but whose GANO is below 2.00, must first repeat the courses (DC) and (DD) to get their GANOs above 2.00 in order to graduate.
Graduation Requirements : In order to complete the program successfully, it is necessary to take a total of 120 ECTS courses, to pass these courses, to obtain a weighted GPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and to complete the 40 workday summer internship.
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) : Full time.
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent : Head of the Programme : Prof. Dr. Sinan ANLAŞ
Programme ECTS/DS Coordinator : Prof. Dr. Sinan ANLAŞ
Address : Manisa Celal Bayar University Alaşehir Vocational School, 45600, Alaşehir-Manisa/TURKEY
Phone : +90 236 654 12 01- 654 31 53
Fax : +90 236 654 12 00
Web Address : http://alasehirmyo.cbu.edu.tr/bitki-koruma.2647.tr.html
E-mail : alasehirmyo@cbu.edu.tr
Facilities : Entomology, Arachnology, Microbiology and Computer laboratories, library.