Exchange Programs
Erasmus Exchange Program
EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER SYSTEM (ECTS)
The European Credit Transfer System, which is another field of activity supported within the scope of Socrates-Erasmus, is an academic equivalence system and its main purpose is to ensure that the results of the courses taken by the exchange students studying in the educational institutions of different countries are mutually recognized by the relevant institutions as fairly as possible. The long-term aim of this system is to ensure Europe-wide standardization in credit and grading issues, thereby strengthening the educational dimension of European Integration. In this respect, the European Credit Transfer System is characterized as a Europe-wide 'common language' in the field of higher education.
ECTS was developed by the EU towards the end of the 1980s to facilitate student mobility and to ensure that students' education abroad is recognized in their home country.
•ECTS was first established in 1988 under the ERASMUS Programme.
ECTS was included in ERASMUS after the success of the 6-year pilot implementation (1995-1999).
• At the beginning of 1998, the European Credit Transfer System Guidance Network was established.
•In order to see the functioning of ECTS in place, the institutions where the system is implemented are visited by two international ECTS experts.
•These experts, after identifying successful practices, make an evaluation, make various suggestions and ensure the stable development of the system in all EU institutions.
Considering that 200,000 students are in circulation every year within the scope of Socrates, the necessity of ECTS becomes more evident.
Basic Features of ECTS
•Students studying abroad within the framework of ECTS can stay at the higher education institution they have attended, not only for a period of time, but until they complete their programs if they wish.
•Students who wish can also transfer to a third higher education institution.
•The acceptance of such requests, the determination of the conditions for obtaining a diploma or horizontal transfer, the success of the guest student are under the authority of the relevant higher education institutions.
•Institutions apply all the courses and exams taken by their students for guest students without making any changes in the current course structures and assessment methods.
The first thing to be done by a student who decides to study abroad within the framework of ECTS is to determine the higher education institutions that have the program he/she follows.
For this purpose, the information package prepared by the institutions participating in ECTS, which gives information about the institution, the structure of the course curriculum and the contents of the courses, is used.
•After the institution to be visited is determined, the application form is filled by the student and a learning agreement is made between the student and the student's own institution and the institution where they will study abroad in order to guarantee academic recognition.
• Due to the differences in education and grading systems between countries, it is obligatory to use a kind of “common language” in determining the course load of the students and transferring the grades they received.
•For this purpose, ECTS credits are determined for each course, and grades are converted into letter grades with the help of the ECTS grading scale.
•In all these works, ECTS coordinators take an active role and act as consultants and help in solving any problems that may arise.
What is ECTS Credit?
ECTS credit is a unit that expresses all the work (theoretical course, practice, seminar, individual study, exams, assignments, etc.) that a student must do in order to successfully complete a course.
ECTS is a student-centered system based on the student workload required to achieve the purpose of a program. Learning outcomes (Learning outcomes) and Skills (Competences) to be gained should be specified when explaining the objectives of the program.
Learning Outcomes(LO)= Skills set: It is a list of what the student will know, understand and do after completing the learning process or in the long term.
Student Workload: It is the load given considering the time required to complete the planned learning activities. This load consists of the total time of attending the course (theoretical lecture), laboratory, practice, seminar, independent or private study, project preparation and examination.
In ECTS, 60 credits are given for one academic year (two semesters) education and 30 credits for one semester (semester or semester).
•In institutions that have 3 semesters in 1 academic year, 20 ECTS credits are given for each semester.
•Students graduate with a total of 240 ECTS credits at the end of four years of education.
• When creating a total of 60 ECTS in one year, 1 ECTS = 25-30 working hours (assuming that the student works 8 hours in a day).
•This corresponds to a workload of 1500-1800 hours per year (37.5-45 weeks/year).
•The ideal calculation method is to measure the total time students have spent on any course.
Thus, the total workload amount calculated separately for each of the courses that students have to take in a semester is considered as 30 ECTS (one-semester credit amount), and the ECTS corresponding to each course is determined within the total workload.
• It is extremely important to ensure the participation of students with surveys in calculating the total workload of the courses.
In short, ECTS credit is a number indicating how much study the relevant course requires, relative to the total study time required to complete an academic year full-time in any higher education institution.
Determination of ECTS Credits for Courses
It is compulsory that the sum of the credits of all courses to be taken in an academic year must be 60.
The right way to give ECTS credits: In order to reach the LO determined for each course, the workload of an average student should be estimated and given realistically.
•ECTS credits should not be given according to course hours. There is no linear relationship between course hours and credits. A one-hour class may require three hours of independent study, while a three-hour seminar may require one week of preparation.
•ECTS credits should not be awarded based on status or prestige. The prestige of the lecturer or the status of the course cannot be used to determine credits.
While ECTS credits are given, it will be appropriate to give credit to the common courses taught at the university (Foreign Language, History of Revolution, etc.), then to the common courses taught at the faculties (Mathematics, etc.), and finally to the departmental courses taught in the departments.
IĞDIR UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE-ASSOCORATE EDUCATION AND EXAM DIRECTORATE 22 June 2014
http://oidb.igdir.edu.tr/ogrenci-isleri-yonetmelik
European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
ERASMUS CODE: TR IGDIR01
PIC NUMBER: 949315042
ORGANISATION ID (OID): E10085493
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