History : Physics Department has been established under the Faculty of Art and Science in 1992 and started to its bachelor education since 1993-1994 Education Year.
Qualification Awarded : Physicis Bachelor Degree
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) : First Cycle
Specific Admission Requirements : Students should have a diploma of high school and equivalent schools, and take the proficient score from the related area of Bachelor Placement Examination(LYS) done by Evalutaion, Selection,and Placement.
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) : The student admission is done to our department by vertical transfer from the first class to the fourth class. The quaota and admission conditions for vertical transfer are announced and evaluated every semestre. Students who make their registration to department and the vertical and horizontal transfer students can be exempted from the courses which have been succeded in the previous higher education institutes. moreover, at the begining of semestre, the exemption examination is opened for Foreign Language Courses and the courses accepted by the Senate of university and the related commission. Students who take grade of 65 and over get exemption from these courses.
Qualification Requirements and Regulations : In order for students to graduate with a Bachelors (First Cycle) Degree, they need to successfully complete at least 240 ECTS and have a GPA 2.00/4.00. Student must complete all required internships/summer training properly and in the given period of time.
Profile of The Programme : In first year, fundemental sciences and compulsary courses are studied. Starting from the second year, the student starts to take physics courses. There are two compulsary courses in third year class and one compulsary course in fourth year class. The remaining courses in third and fourth year classes are elective courses. At the end of 8 semestres, students have to take a 240 ECTS course.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : Job Positions for graduated students: Physics Teacher at Middle and High schools, Lecturer at universities. Moreover, Physicists can be beneficial at research and development laboratories of various industrial areas.They can work at govermental and private sector institutions such as Institution of Mineral Research and Exploration, Institution of State Hydraulic Works, The Scientific and Research Council of TÜRKİYE, Turkish Atomic Energy Authority.
Access to Further Studies : Graduates holding a Bachelor's (first cycle) degree are eligible to apply to a Masters (second cycle) degree program at national level and/or international level both in the same and in related disciplines with the condition of having the required ALES(Academic Graduate Education Examination) score and a knowledge of foreign language at the proficiency level .
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading : Evaluation criteria for each course are determined by the faculty who is offering the course and are announced in the course syllabus at the beginning of the semester. The students take at least one midterm and one final exam in the scope of each enrolled course. In addition to these, quizzes, home works and projects that are determined by the faculty in the syllabus can also be involved in the evaluation criteria. At the end of the year, the grades of the students are calculated by the contribution of midterm and final exam grades, in-year activities and participation in the class. The department administration informs the Student Affairs about the courses that will not have midterm or final exams. At the end of the semester, the faculty responsible for that particular course conveys the grades and evaluation criteria to the Student Affairs.
To be successful from a course, a student must achieve at least “DD” from that course. If a student gets “FF” or “FD” from a course, has too many absents or fails from a non-credit course, the student repeats that course when it becomes available and cannot enroll the courses that it is prerequisite of. At the end of the semester, the course grades are given as letter grades.
Beginning from the end of the second semester, the GPAs of the students are monitored. The students with a GPA lower than 1.80 repeat their last semester. In the final semester, they repeat all the courses with grades lower than “DD”. Moreover, with the approval of their advisor, they can enroll to additional courses whose number is equal to the courses that they got “CC” grade and above in the last semester. The students with a GPA 2.00 are considered successful in that semester.
Graduation Requirements : It is compulsary to get 2.0 GANO(General Weighted Grade Average) out of 4, and succeed all courses in program corresponding to 240 ECTS.
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) : Full time
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent : Prof. Dr. İsmail MARAŞ, Head of Physics Depertment,Programme Director, e-mail:ismail.maras@cbu.edu.tr,Phone number:+90 2362013100
Prof. Dr. Tahsin BABACAN, ECTS / DS Coordinator,e-mail:tahsin.babacan@cbu.edu.tr,Phone number:+90 2362013104
Facilities : In undergraduate program, the following laboratories are available: General Physics, Modern Physics, Electronics, Optics, Atomic Physics, Nuclear Physics, Molecular Physics. As research laboratories, there are Luminecence, ICP and Atomic and Molecular Physics laboratories.