- INFORMATION ON
THE INSTITUTION
- INFORMATION ON
DEGREE PROGRAMS
- GENERAL
INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
Name and Address of the Institution
S.Çikrikçioglu Vocational College
S.Çikrikçioglu Meslek Yüksek Okulu
Address: Erciyes Üniversitesi, S.Çıkrıkçıoğlu Meslek Yüksek Okulu,
38039 Kayseri, Turkey
Tel: +90 352 4375277
Fax. +90 352 4371383
Website: http://scmyo.erciyes.edu.tr
E-mail: scmyo@erciyes.edu.tr
Academic Calendar
2005-2006 Academic Year
Fall Semester 2005-2006
- Final Registration: September 19-September 23
- Courses Begin: September 19
- Mid-term Examinations: January 16
- Courses End: October 31
- Final Examinations: January 16-February 5
Spring Semester 2006
- Final Registration: February 6- February 10
- Courses Begin: February 13
- Mid-term Examinations: April 10
- Courses End: May 27
- Final Examinations: May 29-June 18
Academic Authorities
Director, Professor Hasan YETIM, hyetim@erciyes.edu.tr
Vice Director, Assist. Prof. Sibel SILICI, silicis@erciyes.edu.tr
Programmes
Head of Technical Programmes, Professor Hasan BAL
1. ANIMAL HEALTH AND BREEDING
Programme Coordinator, Assist. Prof. Zeynep Pınar ÜN
2. DAIRY PRODUCTS
Programme Coordinator, Lecturer Elif BOROĞLU
3. AGRICULTURE
Programme Coordinator, Prof. Hasan BAL
4. MEAT INDUSTRY
Programme Coordinator, Lecturer Ali KÖSE
5. POULTRY BREEDING
Programme Coordinator, Lecturer Mürsel KARABACAK
6. BEEKEEPING
Programme Coordinator, Assist. Prof. Sibel SİLİCİ
7. FOOD TECHNOLOGY
Programme Coordinator, Prof. Hasan YETİM
VOCATIONAL COLLEGE BOARD
President Professor Hasan YETIM
Member Professor Hasan BAL
Member Assist. Prof. Sibel SİLİCİ
VOCATIONAL COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
President Professor Hasan YETIM
Member Professor Hasan BAL
Member Assist. Prof. Sibel SILICI
Member Assist Prof. Mahmut DOGAN
Member Lecturer Mehmet OZKAN
General Description of the Institution
The Safiye Çikrikçioglu Vocational College was founded in 1991
with animal breeding and health programme under the name of “Kocasinan
Vocational College” and finally the current name was given in 1998
for the memory of the mother of philantropist Çikrikçioglu brothers.
College building consists of 12 classes, 6 laboratories, 20 offices,
20 lecturer offices, library, conference hall and a canteen locating
on 3 floors. The teaching stuffs include 2 senior, 2 assistant
professors and 6 lecturers. There are 1 school secretary, 5
officers, 1 salesman, 1 technician and 1 office-boy in management
stuff.
There are 423 students in the Vocational College in 7 programs as
Animal Health and Breeding, Meat Industry, Dairy Products,
Agriculture, Poultry Breeding, Apiculture and Food Technology. The
research and practice center- addicted to our university by National
Estate Agency- is placed in Mithat Pasa region. This field (1.5
million m2) had been used for Feed Plants Production Station by the
Minister of Agriculture and exchanged with practice field in Günesli.
There are a total of 33 cows (13 milking cows, 6 heifers and 14
calves) used in dairy farming. There are 100 sheep in Yavas Research
Center. The daily yield of milk (app. 250 l) is sold to the
practical hospital of faculty of medicine, day-nursery and
university stuff via our market. In addition cheese, yoghurt, butter
and in summer ice-cream are produced in serve of the dairy products
program students practice.
List of Degree Programs Offered
Animal Health and Breeding Program, Poultry Breeding Program,
Dairy Products Program, Meat Industry Program, Agriculture Program,
Apiculture Program and Food Industry Program.
Admission/Registration Procedures
To graduate from Vocational school or equal profession school
(certificate obtained from a foreign country must be approved by
National High Education Council). Students of Vocational College are
accepted without exam by OSYM except Apiculture Program. College
registrations are done between the denoted registration dates by the
candidate themselves
Main University Regulations
Erciyes University Vocational Schools and collages
education regulations could be achieved from website of Erciyes
University.
Main University Regulations
Vocational College Coordinator: Zeynep Pinar ÜN (zpun@erciyes.edu.tr)
Department Contact Persons:
Animal Health and Breeding Zeynep Pınar Ün zpun@erciyes.edu.tr
Diary Products Elif Boroğlu boroglu@erciyes.edu.tr
Meat Industry Ali Köse akose@erciyes.edu.tr
Poultry Breeding Mürsel Karabacak mkarabacak@erciyes.edu.tr
Agriculture Mustafa Demirkaya mustafad@erciyes.edu.tr
Apiculture Sibel Silici silicis@erciyes.edu.tr
Food Industry Hasan Yetim hyetim@erciyes.edu.tr
Qualifications Awarded
Vocational College serves to teaching-learning
facilities at seven programs. The education courses are two years
(four semesters), and those who are successful at the end of this
period are awarded a diploma with the title of technician in the
related area.
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements common to all programs are as follows: 1)
high school diploma 2) placement score by Turkish Student Selection
and Placement Center and direct placement though Vocational High
Schools.
S.Cikrikcioglu Vocational College doesn’t have master and
doctorate education programs.
Educational and Professional Goals
Vocational education has been primarily
school-based with the emphasis on teacher-led instruction and
workplace experience. Major goal is success in student preparation
and readiness for the work environment. The aim of our College was
to install a work-based learning programme to give students better
preparation for the work place, and given them experience of work
practice through work placements and then evaluate the out-comes of
the experience.
- Animal Health and Breeding Program’ aims of that veterinary
technicians graduated from this school are educated as
indispensable persons of veterinary health and care team.
Students getting education of animal care and management, also
learn basic principles of normal and abnormal vital situations
in routine laboratory and clinical methods of this purpose.
Veterinary technicians are educated with both theoretically and
practically given lessons.
- Dairy Products Program’ aim is production of dairy products
as cheese, yogurt, butter, milk, milk powder, and ice-cream
under hygienic conditions, preservation of the quality of these
products until consumption. To achieve these purposes, the
chemistry and biochemistry of dairy products, processing
techniques, quality control, and the byproducts obtained during
the process of production constitute the major topics of the
curriculum.
- Meat Industry Program’s aim is to raise thestudents who are
educated on the subjects of meat technology, microbiology,
hygiene, retail cutting, grading, turning into products,
control, inspection.
- Apiculture Program’s aim is to prepare the students who are
educated on the subjects of honeybee care and management,
honeybee disease, nectariferous plants. Also, to prepare the
students production of such apiary products as honey, polen,
propolis, bee venom, royal jelly, queen and preservation of
these products until consumption.
- Poultry Breeding Program’ aims of that to prepare the
students broiler breeding, layer breeding, turkey breeding and
quail breeding with research and practice oriented and prepare
the skills of the students to meet the needs of a changing
poultry industry.
- The fundamental purposes of Food Industry Program are to
supply reliable and successful personnel to food industry and to
transfer necessary knowledge, skill and experiment. After the
graduation, the students will be furnished with up to date food
technology backgrounds like fundamentals of food engineering,
research and development, management, food process technology,
design-planning process and quality control, food microbiology,
hygiene-sanitation, preservation-packaging, professional
practices.
- The aim of Agriculture Program is to educate technicians
with knowledge of theoretical and practical processes on the
subjects such as growing and caring of vineyard and garden
plants, cope with diseases and harmful insects, agricultural
mechanization, soil, vegetable growing and greenhouse.
Access to Further Studies
The graduates of the programs can obtain
employment opportunities in the Ministry of Agriculture and private
companies. Students can ask to vertical transfer examinations for
bachelor degree related with self branch (Example: The student who
graduate from Animal Health and Breeding department can acquire
Bachelor from Veterinary Faculty or Agricultural Faculty).
Course Structure Diagram with
Credits
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Animal Health and Breeding Program
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Dairy Products Program
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Agriculture Program
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Meat Industry Program
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Poultry Breeding Program
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Apiculture Program
-
Food Technology Program
Final Test, if any
No final test is required in any of the programs.
Examination and Assessment
Regulations
Attendance to classes: It is compulsory to attend at least 80% of
the classes in all of the degree programs.
Exams and Course Grade: The course grade will be based upon the
performance of the student on the midterm exam and the final exam.
The weights of the grades received in the midterm and final exams
are 0.3 and 0.7 respectively. Properly done homework, project papers
and active class participation will be valued in favor of the
student.
Course Grades for the courses in the Degree Programs: The curve
system which conforms to the European standards is applied only in
the all of the programs. A letter grade of at least CC is required.
A minimum of 50 out of 100 points in the final exam.
ECTS Contact Persons
Vocational College Coordinator: Zeynep Pinar ÜN (zpun@erciyes.edu.tr)
Department Contact Persons:
Animal Health and Breeding Zeynep Pınar Ün zpun@erciyes.edu.tr
Diary Products Elif Boroğlu boroglu@erciyes.edu.tr
Meat Industry Ali Köse akose@erciyes.edu.tr
Poultry Breeding Mürsel Karabacak mkarabacak@erciyes.edu.tr
Agriculture Mustafa Demirkaya mustafad@erciyes.edu.tr
Apiculture Sibel Silici silicis@erciyes.edu.tr
Food Industry Hasan Yetim hyetim@erciyes.edu.tr
Description of Individual Course
Units
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Animal Health and Breeding Program
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Dairy Products Program
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Agriculture Program
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Meat Industry Program
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Poultry Breeding Program
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Apiculture Program
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Food Technology Program
Accommodation
The University has two dormitories in Kayseri (one
for males the other for females) each with a capacity to house 1500
students. The rooms vary from two to six beds. Central heating and
hot water are available. Lunch and dinner are served.
Barbers/hairdressers, internet cafe, laundry facilities, dry
cleaning services and study halls are the additional conveniences
that are provided. Private dormitories, student hostels, or flats in
Talas or in the city center are among the other accommodation
alternatives. No matter where the student stays, he/she can easily
commute to and from the campus by means of public transportation.
Meals
A dining hall with a capacity of 2500 students is
available on the main university campus in Kayseri. The menu is
prepared by dietitians and is served throughout the academic year
between the hours 11.00-13.00. The meals are nutritious, warm and
palatable. Half of the total cost of the meals is covered by the
Students Social Service Fund. There are also faculty canteens,
restaurants and pastry shops where students are regularly served
tea, coffee, soft drinks and various dishes prepared under hygienic
and healthy conditions.
Medical Facilities
Students who apply to Medico-Social Health Center are given
medical treatment for a small charge. If the need be, they are
transferred to Gevher Nesibe Hospital of the university.
The students with dental problems are treated in the dental unit
of the Medico-Social Health Center. Tooth pulling, cavity filling,
and canal treatment are among the services provided by the center
various medical tests are also done at the Medico-Social Laboratory.
Psychological counseling and guidance is also provided for the
students by the Medico-Social Unit.
Facilities for Special Students'
Needs
In the faculty building a lift has been installed
and a classroom made available on the ground floor to serve the
physically challenged students. Free accommodation in the furnished
flats of Demir Karamanci Housing Complex is offered by the
University to the highest-achieving undergraduate students.
Insurance
Insuring all of the students against minor
accidents has been put into practice as of 2004-2005 academic year.
Insurance that covers the costs of therapy, prolonged injury and
death is provided at a very small cost to the students.
Financial support for students
Our students are provided with a scholarship by
various people and organisations due to the success efforts of the
university. A great number of students are given the opportunity of
jobs in the various units of the university and thus are provided
with financial support in return for their services. Among the
foundations and institutions providing scholarships are Erciyes
University Foundation, Turkish Education Foundation, Turkish Piety
Foundation etc.
Student Affairs Office
Erasmus Contact Person:
Asst. Prof. Sibel SILICI
TEL: 0352 437 49 01-41503
Fax: 0352 437 13 83
ECTS Contact Person:
Asst. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Pinar ÜN
TEL: 0352 437 49 01-41527
Fax: 0352 437 13 83
Study Facilities
All students can use the books and periodicals in Kadir Has
Merkez Library, in the Kayseri Campus.
International Programmes
Erasmus
Leonardo Da Vinci
Internship
After the education of 2 years, students must do an internship in
the related programme.
Sports Facilities
“Erciyes University Sports Club” was
established at our university to enable students to participate in
sports activities every year. Competitions among faculties and
vocational colleges in various fields, under the title of “Principal
Cup” and “Spring Fellowship”, are organised.
Extra-mural and Leisure
Activities
Spring Festival, Sport and Theatre Festivals are
organized all over the University.
Student Associations
The clubs established by the student leisure activity board
formed by the pricidency of the university perform their activities
incoorporation with the students. They are music club, book club,
first aid and rescue club etc.
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