Su Ürünleri Doktora Diploması

• To describe sea-lagoon, wetland and inland waters, to recognize and classify the organisms live in those environments, to know biology, behavior and population structures of aquatic organisms, to have a sufficient knowledge and defense for sustainable management of the resources, to have awareness of conservation.
• To have scientific awareness for investigating of geographical distribution of aquatic organisms and their relationships with other organisms and with environmental elements; for investigating of the effects of industrial and domestic negations upon aquatic organisms, and to define ecological problems and to find solutions with describe of ecotoxicologic, microbiologic and chemical norms.
• To have sufficient projection knowledge for establishment of an aquaculture facility and to have ability to make projects of aquaculture facilities, and to take role for implementation of the projects.To know the position and the importance of aquatic products in human diet, and to have ability to explain it basically to the consumers.
• To have ability to take task in procedures of processing, packing, transportation under the requirements of cold chain, storage and marketing of aquatic organisms.
• To know and apply the quality standards to serve the aquatic products to consumers.
• To have basic knowledge about national and international legislations applied to aquaculture and fishery area, to know legislation authorities and stakeholders, to distinguish whom to apply in official correspondences and to use legislations correctly in correspondences.
• To have ability to follow changes in legislations and to know how to apply it in different conditions.To know economy, robustness and sustainability which are the basics of aquaculture and fisheries, to follow improvements in the area and to contribute them to implement. To do market research, to interpret economical and socio-economical indicators in aquaculture and fisheries.To know basic stages of aquaculture (i.e. hatchery, grow, biotechnological applications, transportation of live fish, new species), to distinguish the stages when differentiate in aspect of species, to prepare appropriate fish feed rations and to know its technology.
• To monitor and interpret growth performance of the cultured species, to have knowledge about environmental effects of aquaculture facilities.
• To know the subjects of diagnosis and treatment on the diseases of aquatic organismsTo know and implement the organization, production planning, human resources management and control strategies. To analyze the problems on management and to decide rapidly and correctly.
• To know project cycle management and logical frame approach.
• To analyze actual situation of the region in respect of aquaculture and fisheries.
• To make projection for the future by define opportunities and threats.
• To have knowledge on fishing techniques and technology.
• To have basic knowledge on maps and geographical information system.
• To use computer and internet basically, and to follow professional publications, to use the terminology of aquaculture and fisheries area, and to apply basic statistics, to make researches and experiments on the subject.
• To have ability to give a seminar on a subject, to write and discuss reports and articles.To have basic knowledge on diving and sailing theoretically.
• To know humanity and ethos, to have awareness of professional ethics.
• To know and defend the rights of employers, and to take initiative, to have self confidence.

The students are subjected to various evaluation methods such as exam(s), homework, project(s), practice(s) and final exam. The evaluation methods include: written exam(s), true-false test(s), short-answered test(s), multiple-choice test(s), oral exam(s), homework, project(s), designs(s), portfolio, and performance duties (application/laboratory/workshop/field work/seminar/presentation/term paper/dissertation). This part is explained in detail on the individual course information page for each course.All exams and other activities are graded based on 100 points. The midterm and final exams represent 40% and 60% of the final grade, respectively. However, a student who gets a grade below 30 out of 100 is graded as FF. A student obtaining one of the grades of (AA), (BA), (BB), (CB), (CC), (G), and (B) is considered successful in that course. To enter exams, students must meet following requirements that are specifically outlined in “İskenderun Technical University Regulation for Vocational and Undergraduate Education and Examination”:

a) Enrolment for the course in question,

b) At least 70% attendance of the course,

c) At least 80% attendance of the practices in the course,

d) Successfully completing practical projects. Other matters related to learning and exams are given in “Iskenderun Technical University Regulation for Vocational and Undergraduate Education and Examination”.Grade conversion is carried out from the 100 grade scale into the Letter grade scale and 4 point grade scale using the table given below for Bachelor’s Degree Programs at Iskenderun Technical University.Grade in Points Grade in Letters Grade in Points Status90-100 AA 4,00 Successful85-89 BA 3,50 Successful80-84 BB 3,00 Successful75-79 CB 2,50 Successful70-74 CC 2,25 Successful65-69 DC 1,75 Fail*60-64 DD 1,25 Fail*55-59 FD 0,75 Fail 0-49 FF 0,00 Fail NA 0,00 Not Attended/Not fulfilled practice requirementS: Successful in non-credited courses,U: Unsuccessful in non-credited courses, P: Successful in yearly courses at the end of first semester,EX: Exempted as a result of examination carried out by Mustafa Kemal University, NI: Not included in the calculation of Grade Point Average (GPA).Courses necessary for a program must be taken and completed successfully totaling to 240 ECTS (PhD)

The applicants who hold a Master’s Degree and willing to enroll in the Doctorate programme may apply to the Directorate of Graduate School with the documents. 1-Sufficient score (at least 55 out of 100) from the Academic Staff and Graduate Study Education Exam (ALES) conducted by Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM) or GRE Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score equivalent to ALES score of 55. Students, willing to enrol in this graduate programme, must comply with the legal and academic requirements to access the studies in Mustafa Kemal University according to the process established by the YÖK (Higher Education Council) regulations. The detail information about the application (once or sometimes twice a year) and access requirements are released before academic year starts on its web site

The graduates of the department has many opportunities of employment in a variety of state and private companies. Mainly they may find jobs at Universities, Private, Ministries (Agriculture ect.), Institutions, TUBITAK, DPT, DSI, TMO, TUIK and Municipalities.

Qualification is continuous