VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN

Visual Communication Design department will continue its undergraduate education in Göztepe Campus as of 2022-2023 academic year.

Visual Communication Design Department accepts students by Yükseköğretim Kurumları Sınavı (YKS) – Verbal score type.

Apart from the course materials like pen, paper, book, etc. needed in the theoretical courses in the Visual Communication Design Department's education program, drawing paper, paints, computer and design software, basic materials for photography and video shooting are required especially for the projects and assignments of the courses with practical hours.

Many courses have practical hours in the Visual Communication Design Department. In some of these courses, practice hours include drawing processes and students are expected to draw. Students take Drawing 1 - 2 and Basic Design 1-2 lessons, where they improve their drawing skills in the first year.

Students admitted to undergraduate programs are enrolled by the Department of Student Affairs (DSA) on the dates specified on the academic calendar. After your registration, you can access the Student Affairs Information System (ÖBS) with the password given to you by the DSA and access your course schedule.

Beginning from the second year, you will make your course registrations yourself, together with your advisor, from Student Affairs Information System (ÖBS). You can complete your course registration with your advisor.

The minimum course load per semester is four credit courses.

The course load of the students in a semester is limited to the normal course load. However, the load can be increased in the following conditions:

A student can withdraw from a class according to the following rules:

a) Course withdrawals are made in the sixth week of the semester.
b) Course withdrawal process is carried out through the student information system with the approval of the advisor after discussion with the student.
c) The advisor who approves the withdrawal informs the course instructor.
d) A student can withdraw from only one course in a semester.
e) A student cannot withdraw from the courses within their first academic year.
f) Withdrawals cannot be made for repeated courses, previously withdrawn courses and non-credit courses. g) Students who take the minimum course load in a/an semester/academic year cannot withdraw from a course.

Newly admitted students or enrolled students can apply for an exemption for the courses they have already taken and passed in another higher education institution. Enrolled students must submit their credit transfer and course adjustment request to their departments within the first month after the classes begin. The exemption request is evaluated and approved by the relevant executive board and the department chair’s opinion is considered when making a decision.

Students are obliged to attend 70% of theory classes and 80% of the applied classes such as lab works and workshops. The absentee students are announced by the relevant faculty member in the last week of the semester and these students cannot take the final and retake exams. For applied classes, students’ absence is excused if they submit a medical report. Students’ attendance to classes is observed and evaluated by the course instructor.

There is no internship requirement for graduation. However, if students who want to apply for internship through the Career Center and are accepted, their insurances are covered by the school, after that they can do an optional internship.

Students with a CGPA below 1.80 at the end of the fourth semester/second year are identified as probation students and these students cannot take courses from the fifth semester. These students must leave the probationary status in order to take courses in the fifth semester / third year and the following semesters / years. Students on probation first repeat the courses they have taken, specifically the courses they have passed with an FF, DD, DC, or YZ grade. They do not repeat the courses they have withdrawn. The minimum course load does not apply to students on probation. CGPA should be at least 1,80 to end the probation period. 

The maximum length of study in a four-year undergraduate program (eight semesters) is seven years. The foreign language preparatory program is not included in this time. 

For those students who cannot meet the graduation requirements at the end of the maximum period of study, the procedures described below are followed:

a) Students are entitled to two supplementary exams for all courses they fail.
b) Students who fail to attend the exam on the announced date are not entitled to a makeup exam.
c) If a student still fails 2-5 classes after taking the supplementary exams, they are eligible for an extension of three semesters. For those students who have not taken any supplementary exams but who still need to pass 2-5 classes to graduate are given an extension of four semesters. If a student fails more than one class at the end of the extension period, they are withdrawn from the university.
d) Those students who cannot graduate due to failing a single class can retake the exams of that class for an unlimited time; however, they cannot benefit from their student rights and privileges.
e) Only the exam grades are included in the calculation of the course grades and letter grades. Other grades assigned during the semesters are not taken into consideration.
f) A student who is granted an unlimited retake right but who fails to take the exam three intermittent or consecutive years is deemed to waive their right and is withdrawn from the university.
g) Students with unlimited retake eligibility continue to pay tuitions and fees. However, these students cannot benefit from student rights except for taking exams.
h) Final year students who are in a position to be withdrawn from the university due to not being able to achieve the required GPA for graduation, despite passing all the required courses, are given an unlimited retake right to improve their grade averages. Students are not required to attend classes except for applied classes and classes not taken previously.

Students can take a leave of absence with the relevant executive board’s permission for the following reasons: medical, financial, family-related, military service, or domestic/international exchange programs. Students can take a leave of absence for a maximum of four semesters, but the absence can not exceed two semesters at one time.

Students who wish to take a leave should submit a petition describing their excuse along with the necessary documents to their department within the first two weeks of the semester/academic year the latest. However, in the event that the excuse for the leave emerges after this period, a student can make an application at any time.

Students who wish to return to school before the end of the leave period must submit a petition to the department before the course registrations begin.

Students may cancel their enrollment by making an application to the DSA. However, tuitions and/or fees are non-refundable.

Those students who have cancelled their registration or who have been dismissed from the university for some reasons are obliged to follow the disenrollment process determined by the university and to pay any dues (e.g., tuition and fees, library dues or dorm fees etc.) in order to obtain their personal records. 

Those, who are awarded associate degrees or withdraw from their enrolled program without meeting the graduation requirements, forfeit their student rights and they cannot reenroll in their program to complete their studies.

A student who fails to take the retake exam but whose excuse is accepted by the relevant executive board may take the make-up exam to be held after the retake exam. The student’s right to take a make-up exam depends on the following conditions:

a) An official medical report,
b) A medical report obtained from a private hospital in case of an emergency,
c) A document indicating the death of a student’s relatives (mother, father, siblings, spouse, children etc.) on a date that prevents them from taking the exam,
d) An official document received from authorities in case of unexpected situations such as traffic accidents, fires, flood, earthquake, collapse, or demolition,
e) An official document received from authorities in case of detention or arrest,
f) Emergence of other excuses accepted by the relevant executive board.

Students who have a valid excuse and fail to take the retake exams might make an application for a make-up exam to relevant faculty/school within 10 days following the exam period. For those students whose application is accepted, the make-up exam is administered on a date determined by the faculty/school.

A student is entitled to take a supplementary exam for a single course if the student has successfully completed all courses of the program they are enrolled in until the last academic semester/year, if they have fulfilled the requirements of the program and have obtained an overall grade point average of 2.00 or above. The student who requests to take the supplementary exam files a petition to the relevant department. The supplementary exam is held at the end of the academic semester/year on a date determined by the relevant department following the retake exams. 

MU is assigned to external transfer students or students who are enrolled at the university via ÖSYM exam, lateral or vertical transfer for courses which are taken previously and are approved by the relevant executive board for equivalence upon the recommendation of department chair.
GR is assigned to a student who fails to take the final exam.
DZ is assigned to a student who fails to meet the class attendance requirements.
YT is assigned to students who complete their studies successfully.
YZ is assigned to students who fail to complete their studies successfully.

A student should receive minimum (CC) for an unconditional pass. A student should not be on probation to be considered successful for a class for which they have received a conditional pass (DC, DD). Otherwise, they should repeat the class for which they received (DC) or (DD) letter grades.

Those students who complete the courses of their study program successfully, who fulfill program requirements, and who have a CGPA of 2.00 and above without an FF grade are eligible to graduate.

Those students, who finish their undergraduate program within the normal period of study, who are not assigned disciplinary sanctions, and who have a CGPA of 3.00 – 3. 49, graduate with honors. Students with a CGPA of 3.50 and above with the same qualifications graduate with high honors.

Students of our department who want to participate in the DMP - Minor programs in other faculties will be able to benefit from this opportunity if the relevant faculties accept their applications.

For the 2021-2022 Academic Year, undergraduate programs where our students can enroll in a double major program; Social Work, Tourism Management, Economics, Political Science and Public Administration, Political Science and Public Administration (English), International Relations, Business Administration, Business Administration (English), Public Finance, History of Science, Turkish Language and Literature, History, Sociology, Information and Document Management and Spanish Language and Literature.

For the 2021-2022 Academic Year, Double Major (DMP) - Minor students from other faculties are not accepted to our department.

Our students work in creative fields such as Motion Graphic Design, Mobile Application Design, Interface Design, Interactive Design, Photography, Video, Animation, and Illustration.

Our graduates are employed in the design and advertising agencies, art, culture, and media units of public and private sector organizations, and non-governmental organizations.