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. Laboratory Technology program was opened in 1999 with the name of Agricultural Laboratory Program and, in 2008 it was named Laboratory Technology. This program is designed to train Laboratory Technicians who can work in the laboratories of agriculture, food, feed, chemistry and health.
Qualification Awarded : Short Cycle Degree in Laboratory Technology.
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) : Pre Bachelor
Specific Admission Requirements : Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent, and the score of the Higher Education Institutions Examination by the Center 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 : In order to graduate from the Laboratory Technology program, students must have successfully completed 120 ECTS credit hours and have successfully completed 30 workday summer internship. In addition to this, it is essential that the overall academic grade point average is at least 2.00 over 4.00.
Profile of The Programme : The purpose of the Laboratory Technology Program is to train the staff who are familiar with general laboratory techniques, who can use the instruments and devices in the laboratory in the analysis of different materials (soil, food, plants, feed, etc.), and who can follow the innovations in laboratory technologies and report the results.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ministry of Agriculture Provincial Directorates, State Hydraulic Works, Agricultural Chambers, Agricultural Credit Cooperatives and specially established soil-water-plant, fertilizer analysis laboratories, feed plants, all kinds of food, medicine, agricultural input producing factories, waste reclamation laboratories belonging to private or official institutions are work areas.
Access to Further Studies : Graduates are able to do vertical transition to Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering, Bioengineering, Nursing, Nursing and Health Services, Chemistry, Plant Protection, Plant Production and Technology, Agricultural Buildings and İrrigation, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Food Technology and Organic Farming related undergraduate programs through vertical transition exam.
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 : In order to complete the program successfully, it is necessary to take a total of 120 ECTS courses, to pass these courses, to obtain a weighted GPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and to complete the 30 workday summer internship.
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) : Full-time.
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent : Head of the Programme : Prof. Dr. Şenay AYDIN
Programme ECTS/DS Coordinator : Assist. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin YENER
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://www.alasehirmyo.cbu.edu.tr/laboratuar-teknolojisi.2646.tr.html
E-mail : alasehirmyo@cbu.edu.tr
Facilities : Computer laboratory and 3 laboratories with sufficient equipment and infrastructure for soil, water, plant, food, feed and chemical analysis.