MINOR BRANCH PROGRAM and APPLICATION CONDITIONS
-It is a program that allows students enrolled in a diploma program to obtain a document (minor certificate) that does not replace a diploma, by taking a limited number of courses on a specific subject within the scope of another diploma program within the same higher education institution, provided that they meet the stipulated conditions.
-Successful students who meet the conditions specified in the "Uludağ University Directive on the Principles of Transfer Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs, Double Majors and Minors" are given a minor field license certificate in order to ensure that they are informed in a side field of their interest.
-Minor program can be carried out between programs of the same level at the same or different higher education institutions, or between associate degree programs and undergraduate programs.
-Minor Program consists of at least 30 ECTS. When deemed necessary by the department running the Minor Program, the student may be given internships and similar practices.
-The relevant unit that will open the Minor Program announces the minor course program and registration dates to the students, stating the quotas determined at the beginning of each semester.
-The student applies to the unit that offers the Minor Program in which he/she wishes to study, on the specified date, with a petition in which he/she includes the contents of the courses he/she has taken and the transcript.
-During the application, the student must have taken and successfully completed all courses in the Major Program up to the semester for which he/she is applying, his/her overall academic grade point average must be at least 2.50, and his/her application must be approved by the board of directors of the relevant unit.
-Students enrolled in associate degree programs cannot apply to minor programs opened in undergraduate programs.
-The student can apply to the Minor Program at the earliest in the third semester of the Major Program in which he/she is registered, and at the beginning of the sixth semester at the latest.
-In applications to diploma programs that accept students through the Special Aptitude Exam, success in the Aptitude Exam is required.
-In applications to departments/programs that include foreign language courses in the minor program, the student is required to have passed the preparatory class in the relevant foreign language or to have received the required scores from the exams specified in the Foreign Language Education and Examination Regulations of Bursa Uludağ University School of Foreign Languages.
-A student can enroll in a maximum of one Minor Program during his/her education in the Major Program.
SUCCESS AND GRADUATION
-In order to continue with the minor program, the student's GPA average in the major program must be at least 2.29 out of 4. A student who loses this requirement will be deregistered from the minor program.
-A Minor Certificate is given to the student who graduates from the Major Program and completes the Minor Program with a GPA of at least 2.00. With this certificate, the rights and authorities granted for the associate/bachelor's degree cannot be used.
-The student may leave the Minor Program at his/her own request.
-A student whose registration is canceled from a Minor Program cannot re-register for the same Minor Program.
-Minor Program students cannot participate in the success rankings in the Minor Program.
-Students who have the right to graduate from the Major Program but cannot complete the Minor Program are given an additional period of at most one semester in the academic year following graduation by the unit executive board of the unit in which the minor is studied, to complete the program. The student who cannot complete the Minor Program at the end of the additional period will be dismissed from the Minor Program. During the additional period used, the student continues to pay the student contribution/tuition fee determined for the department where the Minor Program is carried out, taking into account the total time spent in the associate/undergraduate programs.
-A student who does not take courses from the Minor Program for two consecutive semesters will be deregistered from the Minor Program.
-The courses that the students whose registration is withdrawn from the minor program were successfully taken in the minor program and were not accepted in the major program are included in the major transcript and diploma supplement without being included in the major GPA.