[] About Program

School of Physical Education and Sport aimed to improve the students with program which has been prepared with contemporary approach to education. Students can learn sport-specific teaching methods, improving the materials, preparing the education plan in the this program. Moreover, students will have various features such as information and skill of sport education at any stage.

[] Goals

The target is to give gualities, teachers personality traits to teachers; to train them as the contemporary qualified teachers of physical education and sport; to teach them generating new solutions for problems.

[] Objectives

The purpose of this program is to train enough teachers with effective teaching skills in many respects.

[] Education Language
Turkish
[] Degree to Be Won
Students who successfully complete the programme will be awarded an Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education and Sports Teaching.
[] Earned Level of Qualification
It is a programme that provides undergraduate (first cycle) education.
[] Admission Requirements
The admission of students to the programmes is made according to the Student Selection and Placement Centre (OSYM – University entrance exam) within the framework set by the regulations of Higher Education Council (HEC). After students inform the Student Selection and Placement Centre about what programmes they want to study at, students are placed in the related programmes according to their scores they got from the exam.

Foreign students are admitted to the related programmes with the scores of internationally acceptable exams such as SAT, ACT or are admitted to the related programmes with their high school graduation grades (Undergraduate and Graduate Programmes for Foreign Students Admission Guidelines).

The admission of students of General Academic Exchange Protocol to the related programmes are done within the framework of the bilateral agreements (ERASMUS, FARABI, etc) signed between Duzce University and the partner universities. Guest students may enrol into the courses in this programme, if the related academic unit approves. Sufficient language knowledge is required to monitor the programme.
[] Course's Contrubution To Program
To complete the available courses in the program (a total of 240 ECTS) successfully, the students have to get at least 50 points out of 100 and required to achieve 2.50 on a 4.00 weighted grade point average. To graduate from the programs students should get at least DD in all of the courses provided. Students are also required to complete the compulsory practice in the specified time.
[] Recognition of Prior Learning
Students enrolled in DU might be exempted from certain courses within the framework of certain regulations. A student can be exempted from a certain course provided related course content previously received from another institution complies with that of DU, which is subject to approval and verification by the Board of faculty/graduate school/school.

Recognition of Education Abroad

DU recognises academic terms and courses studied by a student that has been involved in an exchange programme for one or two terms at the universities with which a partnership was established.

Students that are selected to avail themselves of Student Mobility for Studies under ERASMUS are obliged to draw up an education agreement with relevant ERASMUS Unit Coordination prior to the mobility term. The education agreement demonstrates the courses to be studied at the partner university the student intends to go, as well as appropriate ECTS credits.

In addition to this, students shall be asked to issue a Recognition Sheet, which refers to the equivalent of foreign courses in DU, so that the credit transfer is planned and approved.

At the end of the exchange term, the courses studied abroad are recorded and demonstrated in the transcript, together with the original course codes and names and ECTS credits. Pursuant to ERASMUS Programme and Collaboration Agreements concluded thereunto, official transcripts will quote, an abbreviation signal of ET, European Transfer, for the courses studied abroad.
[] Description of Program

Physical Education and Sports Teacher is an interdisciplinary program with education, science, sports psychology, kinesiology, biomechanics, sports physiology, motor learning, motor skills, training science. Graduates from this program are equipped as modern, productive, qualified, searching.

[] Program Requirements
No Program Requirements
1 He/She can identify the interests and needs of students. Also, he/she has theoretical and practical knowledge related to the field
2 He/She explains the legal basis for sport and the legislation.
3 He/She explain how to contact other organizations in the his/her fields. He/She use learning to learn, self-regulation, life-long learning, critical thinking, creative thinking.
4 He/She arranges the organizations to improve the results.
5 He/She knows and use the basic principles of Turkish National Education System.
6 He/She uses the information which has been taken in the profession lessons, in the profession life.
7 He/She can tell the information on physical and sport education to students.
8 He/She can use information and communication Technologies.
9 He/She can improve the attitudes and practices associated with learning processes.
10 He/She can design action steps of teaching, and He/She explain occupational health and safety in this field.
11 He/She directs students to the sports branches based on their ability.
12 He/She arranges sports organizations and execute them.
13 He/She arranges the ceremony and celebration for special days.
14 He/She uses installation and training methods for any stages of students.
15 He/She can understand the informations in this field and use the language to contact with others
[] TYYÇ - Based on the Adequacy-Relationship Adequacy of Program
[] Professional Profile of Graduates

Graduates from this program will be appointed in the State Schools; Ministry of State for Sports; Clubs, Municipalities, Special Provincial Administrations

İnstitutions will provide employment for graduates;

  • Sports Clubs,
  • Resorts,
  • Tourism,
  • Municipalities,
  • Private Industrial Enterprises,

General Directorate of Youth and Sports.

- Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports,

- Federations,

- Youth Camps,

Private Administrations,

There is a need for professional staff in public institutions and organizations and private sector clubs in Turkey. Short-term courses can not meet demand. The real purpose of this program is to educate students as qualified professional staff.

[] The Upper Stage of a Transition

Undergraduate students who graduate from this program, can apply to study graduate programs

[] Program Structure

 Physical Education and Sports Teaching undergraduate programme was schemed to be a programme where formal education with 161 local credits and 240 ECTS credits is given to students. 

The programme has common courses designated by University Senate along with the compulsory common courses and English course partaking in Higher Education Law.

Students are  required to particapate in any summer practice to be graduated.

[] Examinations, Assessment and Grading
[] Graduation Requirements
    Students are required to complete 161 credits at the national level, 20 credits of which comprise elective courses to graduate from the Physical Education and Sports Department, Faculty of Education. The credits required for the European Credit Transfer System are determined as 30 for each term, totalling to 240 credits overall. Physical Education and Sports is a four-year program and the medium of instruction is Turkish. Every term comprising a 14-week academic term includes midterms, assignments, projects and such assessment activities besides final exams at the end of the term. In addition, to qualify for graduation, each student is required to perform a 14-day internship in industry. Although internship is a prerequisite for graduation, it happens to be a non-credit requirement. The experience to acquire during internship and the required workload are addressed upon the analysis of the content, the practice and the required workload of the courses in the program. Besides, each student is required to accomplish a graduation project and to present his or her thesis as well. To qualify as graduates of the Physical Education and Sports Department, it is required that students attend the courses in the program and to be successful in all with a GPA (General Point Average) at least 2.50 out of 4. Students are expected to have completed all the courses indicated in the instruction plan and fulfilled the demands in line with the regulations and rules of action ,completing the required credits. Also students are required to have participated in one of the camps in the training program (Summer, Winter and Mountain Camps)

 

 

[] Type of Training
Full-Time
[] Dean and Assistant Deans
Director
Prof. Dr. Selahattin AKPINAR
E-Mail:selahattinakpinar@duzce.edu.tr

[] Programme Director
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Levent GÖRÜN
E-Mail:leventgorun@duzce.edu.tr
[] Academic Staff
  • Head of Department
       Assoc. Prof. Dr. Levent GÖRÜN
       leventgorun@duzce.edu.tr

  • Faculty Member
       Prof. Dr. Hakkı ÇOKNAZ
       hakkicoknaz@duzce.edu.tr

  • Lecturer
       Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pelin USTAOĞLU HOŞVER
       pelinustaoglu@duzce.edu.tr

  • Lecturer
       Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kadir TİRYAKİ
       kadirtiryaki@duzce.edu.tr