History : Manisa Celal Bayar University Alaşehir Vocational School was established in 1986 under the affiliation of Ege University. It was then affiliated to Manisa Celal Bayar University after its establishment in 1992. Viticulture Program started education and training in 1986.
Qualification Awarded : Associate Degree in Viticulture
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) : Pre Bachelor
Specific Admission Requirements : Candidates mıst have a high school diploma or equivalent, and the score of the Higher Education Institutions Examination by the the Centre for Measurement Selection and Placement, which has a score of sufficient score, indicates that they are placed in the relevant department.
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) : Students enrolled in the program can be exempted from the courses they have achieved in the higher education institutions they have already studied. Also; An exemption examination is opened at the beginning of each academic year for the foreign language course and the proposals of the relevant committees and courses approved by Senate. Students who score 65 or more on the exemption exam are exempt from these courses
Qualification Requirements and Regulations : Students should fulfill 120 ECTS which has been predetermined at department programme including must and elective courses. Sector Applications (INTORN) are required to complete their education. In addition, Cumulative Grade Point Average must be at least 2.00/4.00 to earn Pre-Bachelors degree for machine program.
Profile of The Programme : The objective of viticulture program is to train knowledgeable and responsible viticulture technicians who will be able to choose the right rootstock-type combination appropriate for that region in order to grow high quality grapes, provide the required annual care and nutrition of the grape vines, evaluate fresh grapes as table grape or dried grape after the harvest or take part in technological assessments such as wine, vinegar, vine leaves brine making.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : Viticulture technicians can work at publicly or privately owned vineyards, cold storages which process table grapes, dried grape enterprises, wine and vinegar enterprises, leaf brine enterprises, agrochemical companies, fertilizer companies, Viticulture Research Institutes under the Ministry of Agriculture. They can also earn a good income by cultivating their own vineyards.
Access to Further Studies : Graduates can do vertical transfer to Horticulture Departments of Agriculture Faculties.
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading : Whether the students are successful or not is assessed in two stages: a midterm exam and a final exam. Besides midterms, quizzes, projects, assignments, other activities that researchers and instructors consider appropriate can be done. The number of these activites and their contribution to the achievement grade is indicated in the course plan by the instructor. All exams are evaluated over 100 points. 40% of the midterm and 60% of the final exam constitute the success grade. Success grade is converted to a letter grade via Relative grade system.
In order for a student to be considered successful in a course, he must obtain CC as a minimum grade. Students with a GANO score of at least 2.00 (DC) and (DD) are considered successful in the courses they have taken. Students who do not have a failed course, but whose GANO is below 2.00, must first repeat the courses (DC) and (DD) to get their GANOs above 2.00 in order to graduate.
Graduation Requirements : To be successful in all of the courses available in the program (120 ECTS credits) and achieve a GPA of at least 2.00 over 4.00. In addition, sector applications need to complete their education.
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) : Full time.
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent : Head of the Programme : Prof. Dr. Sinan ANLAŞ
Programme ECTS/DS Coordinator : Prof. Dr. Sinan ANLAŞ
Address : Manisa Celal Bayar University Alaşehir Vocational School, 45600, Alaşehir-Manisa/TURKEY
Phone : +90 236 654 12 01- 654 31 53
Fax : +90 236 654 12 00
Web Address : http://alasehirmyo.cbu.edu.tr/bagcilik.2753.tr.html
E-mail : alasehirmyo@cbu.edu.tr
Facilities : Practice vineyard, practice laboratory, library, computer laboratory.