| History |
| In the Food Processing Department is Food Technology, which opened in 2015. |
| Qualification Awarded |
| Graduates gain the title of "Food Technician". |
| Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) |
| Short Cycle |
| Specific Admission Requirements |
| High school or equivalent school diploma - With the transition to higher education exam (YGS) held throughout the country, from the relevant departments of vocational high schools without an exam. |
| Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) |
| Students are exempted from the courses they have taken at the higher education institution where they have studied before, and the courses that hold ECTS/Credits and course content. An exemption exam is held at the beginning of the fall semester for the English course, which is also included in the compulsory curriculum of the departments. Students who have completed the learning process from this course on their own or who think that they have achieved the learning outcomes in these courses in different ways have the right to take this exam. Students who are successful in the exam are exempted from the relevant course in the curriculum. |
| Qualification Requirements and Regulations |
| Successfully completing all the courses available in the program (for a total of 120 ECTS), having a weighted grade point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and successfully completing a 30-day summer internship are the required qualification conditions for graduation. |
| Profile of The Programme |
| The aim of the Food Technology Program is to become a "Food Technician" in the production and quality control laboratories in the food industry, who has theoretical and practical knowledge about food raw materials and food composition, food processing, physical, chemical and microbiological quality control, food safety and food legislation. is to train the manpower that can work with its title. |
| Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples |
| Food Processing Department graduates are employed in public and private sector organizations related to the food industry (enterprises where fruit and vegetable products, meat and dairy products, vegetable oil and cereal products and fermented products are produced, ready-made food industry and private laboratories and their R&D and quality control). laboratories) can work as technicians. |
| Access to Further Studies |
| Graduates of our department can transfer vertically to some departments of the Faculty of Agriculture of universities, to 4-year undergraduate programs such as Food Engineering, Nutrition and Dietetics, Chemistry and Agricultural Biotechnology Departments, with the DGS (Vertical Transfer Exam) conducted by OSYM. |
| Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading |
| Each student must have attended at least 80% of the courses in order to take the final exam. Students are subjected to at least 1 midterm and final exam for each course. The contribution of the midterm exam (the scores obtained from measurement tools such as homework, laboratory exam, quiz, etc.) to the success grade is 40%, and the contribution of the final exam at the end of the semester is 60%. All exams are evaluated over 100 points. A student who fails a course is subject to a make-up exam to be able to take the exam a second time instead of the final exam in order to be successful in the course. Students who get one of the letter grades of AA, BA, BB, CB and CC from a course are deemed to have succeeded in that course. DC grade is conditional passing grade. In order for a student to be successful in a DC course, his or her GPA must be at least 2.0. |
| Graduation Requirements |
| In order to obtain an associate degree from the Food Processing Department, students must successfully complete all of the compulsory and elective courses (total 120 ECTS) and have a GPA of at least 2.0 out of 4.00. |
| Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) |
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| Address, Programme Director or Equivalent |
| Program Coordinator: Assoc. Dr. Volkan GÜL, Bayburt University, Aydıntepe Vocational School, Bayburt/Aydintepe, tel: 0458 311 44 26, fax: 0458 311 44 66 |
| Facilities |
| The Food Technology Program provides practical training as well as theoretical knowledge. The applications of the courses are carried out in the laboratories equipped with the necessary tools, equipment and consumables within the scope of Food Engineering. |