Uluslararası Ticaret ve Lojistik (İngilizce) Lisans Diploması

ISCO:08

ISCO:08

• The main objective of the Department of International Trade and Logistics at Atılım University is to train individuals to have an interdisciplinary outlook by combining together the disciplines of international trade and logistics. It is aimed to ensuring that our graduates adopt the vision of “Earth Citizenship” with their competence in the international concepts, organizations and rules of the sector, openness to the improving, changing world and the competition and innovations that globalization brings, and their strong analysis and synthesis capabilities. Furthermore, it is aimed to train qualified graduates who can work as experts or managers in the public sector, private sector and professional organizations, and who can establish national or international businesses with an entrepreneurial spirit.

• Education progresses in the forms of formal, open, or distance education. In addition, practical education is provided through internship studies, or professional training at laboratories and workshops within higher education institutions or in the industry, at health care institutions, and workplaces.

• The ability to have and use theoretical and practical information in international trade and logistics
• The ability to define problems, as well as to collect, evaluate, analyze, and interpret data, and to devise solutions, making use of the information, skills, and competencies in the field
• The ability to perform numerical analyses and research through accessing different resources of information in the field
• The ability to take part in intra- and interdisciplinary, or multi-cultural working groups, as well as work individually
• The ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English, and to make use of at least 1 foreign language
• The ability to act responsibly, and with the awareness in the issues of environmental sensitivity, sustainability, transparency, social responsibility, and ethical values
• The ability to read, understand, and interpret the relevant legislation in the field of international trade and logistics, and to see the global, and social effects of practices
• The ability to question and interpret the acquired interdisciplinary pieces of information within the framework of the current economic, social, and environmental conjuncture
• The ability to stay up to date regarding the local, regional, and global changes in the international trade and logistics, and the supply chain sector; and relevant through improvements on professional competencies and backgrounds, and to devise quick and effective solutions to possible problems through an innovative approach
• The ability to track national and international regulations in international trade and logistics, to learn logistic procedures and risk management, to use current instruments of technology and informatics, to analyze and improve processes, to devise new ideas and suggestions, to manage activities for change, and to report and document these processesn

The student possesses the following key competences at an advanced level.

• Competence in applying the methods relevant to the current issues of their own field
• Competence in reading and writing
• Digital competence
• Personal and social competence, and competence in learning to learn
• Citizenship competence
• Entrepreneurial competence
• Cultural awareness and competence in expression

• Measurement and evaluation methods, exam types and their contribution to the course grade are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by the Higher Education Council (YÖK).
• Various methods are used for the purposes of measurement and evaluation, such as homework, projects, practice sessions, midterm and final exams.
• Letter- and/ or number-based grading systems are used to evaluate student success.

In order to monitor the quality of higher education programs;

· YÖK is responsible for the planning, organization, management and supervision of education and other activities at higher education institutions.

· “University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports” of higher education institutions are prepared and published every year within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK. Reports prepared on these documents, containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations for higher education institutions, are publicized by YÖK.

· The “Report on Foundation Higher Education Institutions” which includes academic, administrative and financial data regarding foundation higher education institutions is published annually by YÖK. These reports including quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions are publicized by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the “Procedures and Principles on Quality Assurance regarding the Diploma Programs in Higher Education”:

 1. Creation and Authorization of Education Programs:

1.1. YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required to initiate undergraduate degree departments and programs at higher education institutions.

1.2. The curricula of undergraduate degree programs at higher education institutions, as well as the learning outcomes to be expected in relation to students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the relevant basic principles determined by YÖK.

1.3. The curricula of National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK, upon their acceptance by the relevant Council of Deans.

 2. Measurement and Evaluation: The  measurement and evaluation processes on the learning outcomes to be expected for each undergraduate degree program in relation to students are undertaken in accordance with the regulations on education and examination prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the relevant basic principles determined by YÖK.

3. Documentation: Upon successful completion of their course credits, as well as other obligations determined by higher education institutions, students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs receive a bachelor’s degree.

4. Self-Evaluation - External Evaluation: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions upload their “Institution Internal Evaluation Reports” of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (THEQC) at the beginning of each year. The “Institutional Feedback Report” by THEQC regarding the external evaluation of higher education institutions is then publicized. In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by THEQC also show that the quality assurance is ensured for the qualifications of these programs. THEQC undertakes regular reviews on the qualifications determined in accordance with their legislation.

5. Social, Humanities and Basic Sciences Accreditation and Rating Association (STAR)

• Within the framework of the regulations determined by the Higher Education Council (YÖK), students are admitted into this program via the Higher Education Transition Examination (YGS) and the Undergraduate Degree Placement Examination (LYS) organized by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM).
• Once students finalize their preferred programs lists, they are placed into the relevant programs by the Student Selection and Placement Center based on their exam scores.    

• Holders of bachelor's degrees may continue with graduate degree programs, and then, if they meet the relevant conditions, with doctorate degree and proficiency in art programs requiring a bachelor’s degree for admission.
• Undergraduate students have the right to participate in double major programs opened by their higher education institutions. Students enrolled in double major programs may take courses from two degree programs simultaneously, and receive two separate undergraduate degrees, if completed successfully.
• In recent years where global invesing activities are becoming intense and Turkey has emerged as an important actor in the international trade area, the need for well-supported work force both in international trade and logistics sectors are more than ever. In this sense, it is aimed for our graduates to meet the qualified work force deficit in our country.
• After the education where they develop capability to evaluate and implement all aspects of their field, graduates can be employed in a wide range of firms and agencies particularly in those which specialized in export/import and logistics, in foreign exchange and finance deparments of the banks and in customs consultancies with promising positions. Moreover, our specialist graduates can also apply job examinations of the public sector since the legislation in force allow them.

1. Higher Education Law no. 2547

    1.1. Regulations on the Principles of Transfers between Associate Degree and Undergraduate Degree Programs; Double Major, Minor Programs and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer for Higher Education Institutions

    1.2. Regulations on Continuation with Undergraduate Degree Programs for Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open-Education Associate Degree Programs

2. Higher Education Law no. 2547 (Additional Article-35)

    2.1. Regulations on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and the Higher Education Quality Council

Qualification is continuous