History : The historical origin of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, which is the first higher education institution in Manisa, is based on Ege University, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences founded in 1975. Started as a two-year degree school of Accounting, our School has begun undergraduate education in 1977-1978 academic year as School of Finance – Accounting. It was transformed into the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences with the law numbered 3389 issued in 1987. Our department has accepted students to the formal education (daytime and evening) since 2013-2014 academic year.
Qualification Awarded : Bachelor degree is achieved in the field of Political Science and International Relations
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) : First Cycle
Specific Admission Requirements : In our country, in order for admission to universities, it is required to be successful in the Student Selection Exams (ÖSS). For citizens of Turkish Republic, admission to the bachelor degree is conditioned to the score taken from this exam and not to be registered to any other institution of higher education. Foreign students are also admitted to the related programs with the scores of central exam of YÖS (Foreign Student Exam) within the framework of certain quota. For the registration; Applicants must have a high school and an equivalent school diploma and the result certificate showing that the related division has been placed by taking sufficient points from the related field of the Undergraduate Placement Examination (LYS) made by the Centre for Measurement, Selection and Placement.
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 proposal of Foreign Language and related boards and courses approved by Senate. Students who score 65 or more on the exemption exam are exempted from these courses
Qualification Requirements and Regulations : To complete all the courses available in the program (30 ECTS per semester, a total of 240 ECTS credits) successfully, students are required to achieve 2.00 on a 4.00 weighted grade point average.
Profile of The Programme : The purpose of the department is to make graduate students eligible to approach national and international developments scientifically through giving them educational background for the discipline of political science and international relations. Our department, which has a must intern program on the eighth semester, is planning to give students ability for analytical thinking, entrepreneurship, to approach critically to the phenomena, and to work in accordance with the ethical values
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : Graduates of Political Science and International Relations (POLS & IR) specialize in the field. Our graduates may be employed by a variety of public and private sector institutions such as international organizations, banks, universities, media organizations, and etc.
Access to Further Studies : Our students can pursue an academic career if they get a sufficient score from academic personnel and postgraduate education entrance exam and fulfil the requirements set by Institute of Social Sciences such as a good level of English Proficiency and GPA.
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading : Evaluation criteria for each course is determined by the faculty member who is teaching the course and this evaluation criteria is available on the University Course Information Catalogue. The students are required to take at least one midterm and one final exam in the scope of each enrolled course. In addition to these, quizzes, homeworks, presentations, projects etc. are determined by the faculty member to be involved in the evaluation criteria. At the end of the year, the grades of the students are calculated by the combination of midterm and final exam grades, in-year activities and participation in class.
When passing grade is determined, midterm exam is 40% and final exam is 60% effective. All exams are evaluated over 100 points. The note that the student gets when calculating the success grade is converted to the letter grade in the relative system. The student must receive at least CC letter grades to be successful in a course. Students with a GANO score of at least 2.00 (DC) and (DD) are considered to be successful in grades. Students who do not have a failed course, but whose GANO is below 2.00, must first take the courses (DC) and (DD) to get their GANOs above 2.00 in order to graduate.
Graduation Requirements : In order to graduate from the programme, it is required to pass all the courses in the programme (equivalent to total 240 ECTS) and to have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 over 4.00
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) : Full Time
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent : Head of the Program: Prof. Ahmet UÇAR, ACTS/DS Coordinator: Assist. Prof. H. Kutay AYTUĞ, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Uncubozköy Campus, Manisa/TURKEY,
Phone :+90 236 233 0657 Fax: +90 236 233 2729 E-mail: sbui@cbu.edu.tr
Facilities : The Department uses part of the classrooms belong to the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, and two fully equipped computer labs with other departments. By designing part of the classrooms as a technological classes, the use of smart boards and projection machines become possible. Students can study in contractual universities at most two semester through Erasmus, Mevlana and Farabi programmes. In the department, 9 faculty members, including 1 professor, 5 associate professors, 2 assistant professors and 1 lecturer, and 7 research assistants work. Each academics is able to make use of university library database through internet-enabled computers.