Equivalence and Transfer:
ARTICLE 5-(Amended: Senate-24/5/2019 2019-09)(1) In order for a course to be considered equivalent by the Department/Program Course Equivalence and Transfer Committee, the following conditions must be met:
- a) (Amended: Senate-21/9/2022 2022-17) In the course equivalence process; if the grade of the course to be considered equivalent is expressed as a letter grade, the letter grade shall be determined as the equivalent grade at our university, regardless of its 100-point equivalent.
- b) (Amended: Senate-06/11/2024 2024-17) For the equivalence assessment of successfully completed courses, the grade must not be lower than the lowest passing grade at ADÜ. This grade is the grade specified for that course in the curriculum, if any, and D1 for other courses.
- c) (Amended: Senate-06/11/2024 2024-17) Equivalency is not granted for failed courses. ç) Turkish Language and History of Atatürk's Principles and Revolutions courses are considered equivalent regardless of their credits.
- d) (Amended: Senate-06/12/2023 2023-20) Students who submit the original document proving that they have obtained a sufficient score in one of the national or international exams listed in the table at the end of the Aydın Adnan Menderes University Foreign Language Education Guidelines, or the original preparatory class success certificate, to the unit where they are enrolled, are exempt from the foreign language requirement. or the original preparatory class success certificate to the unit they are enrolled in, shall be deemed successful and exempt from the compulsory Foreign Language I and Foreign Language II courses in the teaching program, by decision of the relevant unit's administrative board.
- e) (Amended: Senate-21/9/2022 2022-17) Courses taken from non-formal (correspondence, distance learning, open learning, external learning, etc.) educational institutions are also taken into account in equivalence and adaptation assessments.
- f) If more than one course is considered equivalent to a single course, equivalence is determined by considering the weighted grade point average calculated using the formula in Annex 2. If a course is considered equivalent to more than one course, the grade for that course is valid for all courses accepted as equivalent.
- g) If the language of a course requested to be considered equivalent is a language other than Turkish or English, the course will be evaluated if the student provides an approved Turkish translation.
ğ) The name of a course requested to be considered equivalent does not have to be exactly the same as the course to be considered equivalent. Course credit, intended learning outcomes, and content are taken into account in the course equivalence assessment.
- h) The local or ECTS credit of a course requested to be considered equivalent must be at least equal to 2/3 of the local or ECTS credit of the course to be considered equivalent, regardless of the course hours. At the same time, based on the weekly course schedule and intended learning outcomes, at least 2/3 of the content of the course to be considered equivalent must be the same as the content of the course to be considered equivalent. This criterion is not required in national and international exchange programs.
ı) If the course plan includes independent laboratory and independent project courses that are to be considered equivalent, the equivalent courses must also be of this nature.
(2) The grades of courses taken by the student as a special student or within the scope of student exchange programs at other higher education institutions are recorded in the grade transcript and these courses are included in the GPA.
(3) The grades of courses taken by students who have previously studied at any higher education institution or who have enrolled at ADÜ through horizontal or vertical transfer, which are equivalent to courses at ADÜ, are recorded on the grade transcript and these courses are included in the GANO.
(4) For students who have previously studied at any higher education institution and enrolled at our University, and whose equivalency has been determined based on the recommendation of the department/program course equivalency and equivalency commission and the approval of the unit management board, the maximum study period and class assignment are determined according to the total ECTS credit value they have earned: Regardless of the semester/year of their equivalent courses, students who have successfully completed at least 60 ECTS credits in the educational program to which they have been transferred are considered 2nd-year students, and students who have successfully completed at least 120 ECTS credits are considered 3rd-year students. In calculating the maximum duration of study for these students, the period up to the grade they are transferred to is deducted from the maximum duration of study.
(5) A student who has been transferred cannot graduate unless they have earned at least 1/3 of the total ECTS credits required to graduate from the program they are enrolled in from the program they have been transferred to.
