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accordance with the relevant legislation provisions of Higher Education Institutions. While determining the vocational courses, modules and elective courses applied in the program; sector demands, regional needs, conditions of the educational institution, and student orientations and demands were taken into account.

Our students will graduate with 120 ECTS credits after 2 years. The courses are theoretical, practical, compulsory and elective, and courses on the health, care, development and education of children and youth aged 0-18 are given. Cooperation with official and private pre-school education centers, special education and rehabilitation centers for applications.

 
The most important feature of the program is its wealth in courses capable of training educators able to work in the fields of health, rehabilitation and education, as well as the opportunity of providing students, who choose to work on the field of either preschool education or special education and complete their undergraduate education on these fields, of choosing one of 2 branches in order to receive education in their desired branch by taking optional courses. The program was enriched with applied courses, which constitute the basis of vocational education, in addition to theoretical courses.
 
The objective of the program is to raise child development personnel who, in keeping with the changing scientific, technological, educational and health requirements, support the development and education of 0-18 year-old children and youth who are healthy or who have special requirements, illuminate families and the society with respect to the healthy development and education of children, are skilled in caring, protecting, educating and research, are aware of their professional responsibilities and committed to ethical values, are diligent, possess creative and critical thought skills, are sensitive toward social issues, are able to take individual responsibility and are respectful towards diversity and human rights. Graduates of “child development” departments of vocational high schools as well as high school graduates are eligible to apply for the program. Graduates of the Child Development, Child Development and Care and Child Development and Education fields of Vocational and Technical Secondary Educational Institutions can take the Child Development program without having to sit an examination.
 
Graduates of the child development program may find employment with the preschool education centres of private and public schools under the Ministry of National Education, kindergartens, day care centres / nursery schools / crèches under the Social Services and Child Care Institution, special education and rehabilitation centres and with the playrooms of paediatric clinics of hospitals. The language of the Child Development program is Turkish.


 

To train child development personnel with caring, protection, education and research skills, who will respond to the intermediary staff needs of the field and who will support the development and education of healthy children and youths / children and youths requiring special care between ages 0-18 and illuminate families and the society on the healthy development and education of the child in keeping with changing scientific, technological, educational and health requirements.

VISION

To increase the importance of education in the field of Child Development, to create awareness on the relation between child development and other disciplines and professional fields, and to become a program training creative and self-confident child development personnel who are aware of the society’s values, who are able to provide care and education services and who are highly sought in the national and international field of health and education. 

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Students who successfully complete the programme will be awarded an Associate Degree in Child Development.

It is a program that provides associate degree education.

The admissions of students to the programs are made according to the Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM – University entrance exam) within the framework set by the regulations of Higher Education Council (HEC). After students inform the Student Selection and Placement Center about what programs they want to study at, students are placed in the related programs according to their scores they got from the exam. 

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

The admission of students of General Academic Exchange Protocol to the related programs are done within the framework of the bilateral agreements (ERASMUS, FARABI, etc) signed between Duzce University and the partner universities. Guest students may enroll into the courses in this program, if the related academic unit approves. Sufficient language knowledge is required to monitor the program.

To complete the available courses in the program (a total of 120 ECTS) successfully, the students have to get at least 50 points out of 100 and required to achieve 2.00 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 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.

The objective of the Child Development Program is to raise individuals who support the development and education of children and youths between ages 0-18 who are healthy/who require special care in pace with changing scientific, technological, educational and health requirements and who illuminate families and the society on the healthy development and education of the child. Another objective is to train child development personnel who are capable of taking charge of the care, protection and education of children, who are ethically responsible, who are capable of creative and critical thinking, who are sensitive to social issues and who are respectful towards diversity and human rights.

No	Program Requirements
1	To raise individuals who are committed to Atatürk’s reforms and principles and to Turkish Independence, patriotic, and have a republican vision
2	To know the structure and rules of Turkish language, to use Turkish properly and effectively
3	To spend effort for children to use Turkish accurately
4	To know the basic concepts and development processes of child development and education field, to keep up-to-date with the developments in the field
5	To possess knowledge and skills about children’s psychology and mental health
6	To possess knowledge about children’s health and diseases
7	To implement teaching and learning processes by taking into account children’s development and individual differences
8	To know how to design and use teaching methods, techniques and equipment related to child development and education
9	To perform drama, play and music events that support child development and education
10	To possess professional ethics, responsibility and qualities as a child development specialist
11	To have knowledge of nutrition in relation to child development and education and prepare diets
12	To have children gain the skills needed for primary education
13	To implement appropriate educational activities for children requiring special education and offer guidance
14	To understand the relations among the society, the family, and the child and implement activities for family involvement
15	To use information and communication technologies and computer software needed in the field, to perform computer-assisted activities

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Ministry of Education depends on the private and public school pre-school education centers, kindergarten, Social Services and Child Protection Institution, depending on the day-care homes, kindergartens and nurseries, child care centers, children's clinics game room, special education and rehabilitation centers, child development institutions are some of the graduates can work.

Students who graduate from this program, in accordance with relevant regulations ofYOK can make transition horizontal and vertical. 

Child Development Program, arranged to be 96 are  local and 120 ECTS credits.In program the lessons which are determined by Higher Education Law and the Common Core Courses in English and other common courses determined by the University Senate is located.

For each course, the method of assessment and grading is defined "Course Information Form" in details. Click for more information about regulations.

In order to graduate from the Child Development Program, the total number of national credits that students have to complete is 21 credits for elective courses. The total amount of ECTS credits is determined as 30 for each semester. Training period of Child Development Program is 2 years. In order for students to graduate, they need to be at least 2.00 by achieving the courses in the Child Development Program lesson plans.

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