Graduate Degree Programs Educational Objectives

Master's Program Educational Objectives

• To train agricultural engineers who acquire the ability to examine, develop and produce horticultural crops whose cultivation is considered commercially important in terms of morphology, physiology, anatomy and biotechnology using scientific methods,
• To solve the current problems encountered in the cultivation of horticultural crops, and to improve product quality and yield by taking into account the developing agricultural technologies with global climate change,
• To be preferred by the public and private sectors due to the knowledge, skills, competence, basic values ​​and professional equipment gained in theoretical and practical aspects during their postgraduate education,
• To adopt ethical values ​​in their working lives, to be sensitive to environmental and social problems and to produce solutions.

Doctoral Program Educational Objectives

• To educate agricultural engineers who are PhD graduates who plan to solve the current problems encountered in the process of growing horticultural products, which constitute an important part of agricultural production, and who carry out research and development activities to improve product quality and yield, and who can develop, execute, supervise projects accordingly, and who can analyze the obtained data and transfer them to stakeholders,
• To be preferred by the public and private sectors due to the knowledge, skills, competence, basic values ​​and professional equipment that graduates gain from theoretical and practical aspects during their postgraduate education,  To provide graduates with the ability to work and communicate by establishing interdisciplinary relationships outside their own areas of expertise,
• To monitor agricultural production and research processes in the fields of agricultural technology that develop with the changing climate at the global level, who are open to development, inquisitive, entrepreneurial, have contemporary qualities, and believe in teamwork and have the ability to plan accordingly,
• To train agricultural engineers who have adopted ethical values ​​as a principle in their professional life, who are sensitive to environmental and social problems and who are engaged in solution-producing activities.

Graduate Degree Programs Learning Outcomes

Master Degree Program Learning Outcomes

1. To have integrated theoretical and practical (land and laboratory) information on growing and breeding of fruits, vegetables, grapevine and ornamental plants, and to use and transfer these information accurately
2. To have theoretical and practical (land and laboratory) information on growing and breeding of fruits, vegetables, grapevine and ornamental plants, and to use and transfer these information accurately
3. To have the skill of utilizing different techniques for sustainable usage and protection of genetic resources in horticultural area and environment
4. To have the information on good agricultural practices and ecological agriculture, and by the way, to decide the right time of cultural practices of the horticultural crops, and to have the ability of describing the pest and diseases of horticultural plants
5. To have the skill on observing the changes through harvest, post harvest, and storage of horticultural crops, and to have the integrated information on storage conditions
6. To have the ability of getting the data on horticultural area, and evaluation, recording, project creation and application skills
7. To have the ability of working in individual, multiple and different disciplined teams, and having the responsibility
8. Ability to communicate in written and oral forms in Turkish/English; proficiency at least one foreign language.
9. Awareness of life-long learning; ability to reach information; follow developments in science and technology and continuous self-improvement.
10. Understanding of professional and ethical issues and taking responsibility

Doctorate Degree Program Learning Outcomes

1. The ability to develop, expand and deepen the competencies gained at undergraduate and graduate levels in the cultivation and breeding of fruit, vegetables, vineyards and ornamental plants at the level of expertise.
2. The ability to define, analyse and solve complex problems that arise in the fields of study of the Department of Horticulture
3. Ability to develop new ideas and thoughts by using modern techniques and tools in the field of Horticulture
4. Ability to access information used in different fields, evaluate and interpret information and apply it to one's own field
5. Ability to obtain data through research in the field of Horticulture, evaluate, record, write and implement projects
6. Ability to work effectively in individual, multidisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams, to lead, to gain creativity and to take responsibility in this regard
7. Oral and written communication skills in at least one foreign language
8. Transferring the acquired knowledge to the academic environment and practice, raising awareness of the society and putting it into practice
9. Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning; ability to access information, follow developments in science and technology, and constantly renew oneself