Foreign Trade Associate Degree Program

Academic Unit Presenting the ProgramForeign Trade
Program Director
Program TypeAssociate Degree Program
Level of Degree Earned
Degree Earned
Education Type.
Registration Acceptance ConditionsThose who have successfully completed their secondary education are eligible.
Recognition of Prior LearningThe process of recognition of prior education by Turkish higher education institutions is still in its incipient stage. Likewise, the recognition of prior education has neither been started nor implemented by all departments at Namik Kemal University. However, a proficiency exam is held at the beginning of each academic year regarding the compulsory Foreign Language Course which is to be offered in the curriculum of all departments. The students who have embarked on a self-learning period or acquired necessary skills in the course are eligible to enter this exam. Those who have successfully passed the exam are eligible not to take the course.
Degree Requirements and Rules The students studying in this undergraduate program are required to have a Cumulative Grade Points Average (Cum.GPA) of not less than 2.00/4.00 and have completed all the courses with at least a letter grade of DD/S in the program in order to graduate. The minimum number of ECTS credits required for graduation is 120. It is also mandatory for the students to complete their compulsory internship in a specified duration and quality.
Program Profile
Occupational Profiles of Graduates
Access To Upper Degree
Exams, Assessment and Grading

Students will take a minimum of one midterm examination. In addition to midterms, they will be assigned projects and homeworks whose deadlines will be specified at the beginning of the semester. At the end of each semester, the students are required to take a final examination. The course content, the requirements (midterm, project, assignment and final examination) and their contribution to the final grade is specified on the website. Student regulations and the final examination dates are determined by the university and final examinations take place as announced. The students are graded according to their midterm, project, assignment and final examination results.

The passing grade at Namık Kemal University is 60 out of 100. However, the grade of the final examination or the retake should be a minimum of 50. Exams are evaluated on a scale of 100. The final grade of a course is the sum total of %30 of the midterm grade and %70 of the final or the retake examination grades. However, the calculation of the final grade of a course can be determined and announced at the beginning of the semester by the Faculty/College Council as the sum total of ranging between %30 – %50 of the midterm examination and %50 – %70 of the final examination as long as the addition equals to a scale of 100. As a result of the calculation, if the value after the decimal is less than five, the grade is finalized by lowering it to the decimal value; if more than five, upgrading it to the next decimal value.

Final and retake grades are submitted to the Student Affairs along with the evaluation criteria. The grades are announced on the student information system.

 

 

 Grades

 

The grading system to evaluate the student performance is signified by the values in the chart below. For each course students are graded by letters. Letter grades, coefficients and ratios are as follows:

 

Grade

Letter Grade

Coefficient

Status

90-100

AA

4.00

Pass

80-89

BA

3.50

Pass

70-79

BB

3.00

Pass

65-69

CB

2.50

Pass

60-64

CC

2.00

Pass

50-59

DD

1.50

Fail

30-49

FD

1.00

Fail

0-29

FF

0.00

Fail

 

Students are required to retake the courses from which they received DD, FD or FF during the first oncoming semester in which these courses are offered.

Successful Students

Students who complete their associate or undergraduate degree with a grade point average of 3.00 – 3.49 graduate as honor students; 3.50 and above as high honor students. 

Graduation RequirementsThe students earn their academic degree on condition of successfully completing the required courses and compulsory internship education as contained in the Department curriculum. Following the registration at the University, the students embark on their first year of study. However, the students may also volunteer to enrol in a one-year Foreign Language Preparatory Course preceding their first year of study at the Department.
Teaching Methods

Teaching methods are determined so as to improve skills, such as teaching-learning strategies, self-discipline, life-long learning, observation, sharing knowledge, presentation, critical thinking, teamwork, effective use of informatics.

Moreover, the choice of teaching methods pays heed to supporting students with different skills. The teaching methods used in the program are listed below*: 

TEACHING METHODS*

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

MEANS

Course

Listening and interpretation

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector

Discussion Course

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling, critical thinking, question development

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector

Special Support / Structural Examples

Special skills planned beforehand

 

Playing a Role / Drama

Special skills planned beforehand

Standard classroom technologies, special equipment

Problem Solving

Special skills planned beforehand

 

Case Study

Special skills planned beforehand

 

Brainstorming

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling, critical thinking, question development, team work

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector

Small Group Discussion

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling, critical thinking, question development

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector

Presentation

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling

Real or virtual environment suitable for observation

Simulation

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling, informatics skills

Real or virtual environment suitable for observation

Seminar

Research – lifelong learning, writing, reading, informatics, listening and interpretation, management skills

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector, special equipment

Group Study

Research – lifelong learning, writing, reading, informatics, critical thinking, question development, management skills, team work

 

Field / Land Study

Observation / situation handling, research – lifelong learning, writing, reading

 

Laboratory

Observation/situation handling, informatics, management skills, team work

Special equipment

Homework

Research – lifelong learning, writing, reading, Informatics

Internet database, library database, e-mail

Oral Exam

 

 

Survey and Questionnaire Study

Research – lifelong learning, writing, reading

 

Panel

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector, special equipment

Guest Speaker

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector, special equipment

Student Club Activity / Projects

Observation/situation handling, critical thinking, question development, team work, research – lifelong learning, writing, reading, management skills, special skills planned beforehand

 

*One or more of the listed methods can be used depending on the specificity of the course. 

Program Outcomes

1-Has sufficient foreign language information on the profession
2-Being sensitive about the principles of Ataturk.
3-Having knowledge about the European union institutions and associations
4-Having knowledge about the regional institutions and having knowledge about especially Turkey-European Union relations and Customs Union.
5-Knows the promotion law and the financial techniques that are applied in foreign trade and can apply them.
6-Knows the legal rights and responsibilities of people, institutions and corporations related to foreign trade processes and applies his/her responsibilities in a legal way.
7-Knows national and international files that are used in foreign trade and applies them accordingly.
8-Knows the principles of general accounting and applies them especially to foreign trade accounting. Has information about the taxation of foreign trade.
9-Knows custom laws and custom regulations. Follows the custom processes, Knows foreign-exchange legislation and applies it
10-To make a research and write a report in any subject. To be able to use written, spoken and visual communication appropriately.
11-Knows the import and export regulations and knows the application of the procedures related to import and export and applies this information by means of computerized packet programs.
12-Having legal knowledge about the subjects that they have learnt.
13-The student can understand and interpret some important economic problems and applied economic policies in Turkey and in the World within the framework of the theory of economics.
14-The student can understand and interpret the subjects about Turkey’s and the world’s political histories within the framework of the science of politics.
15-Has information about the structure of business by understanding national and international economic events.
16-Has information about international transport and logistic
17-To be able to use mathematical competences on the area of professionalism.
18-Having the ability to learn for a lifetime.

Curriculum

Foreign Trade


1st Class

2024-2025 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
TMH002 Basic Law 2 0 3
TİM107 Business Mathematics 1 1 3
YDİ117 Foreign Language I (English) 2 0 4
DTP101 Foreign Trade Procedures I 3 0 3
GNM004 General Accounting 3 0 3
GNE002 General Economics 3 0 4
GNİ002 General Management 3 0 4
ATİ101 Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution I 2 0 2
TDİ101 Turkish Language I 2 0 2
Elective DIŞ TİCARET 1. SINIF GÜZ DÖNEMİ() 2
DTP102 Customer Relations Management 2 0 2
Total ECTS: 30

2024-2025 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
SGOD152 Commercial Law 2 0 3
YDİ102 Foreign Language II (English) 2 0 2
DTP201 Foreign Trade Procedures I 3 0 3
DTP202 International Economics 3 0 3
DTP204 lnternational Economic Foundations 2 0 2
DTP203 Logistics 3 0 3
ATİ102 Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution II 2 0 2
İST002 Statistics 2 0 3
TDİ102 Turkish Language II 2 0 2
Elective DIŞ TİCARET 1. SINIF BAHAR DÖNEMİ() 7
TBT012 Basic Information Technologies 2 1 4
İSVG202 Occupational Health and Safety 2 0 3
Total ECTS: 30
Total ECTS(Year): 60
2nd Class

2024-2025 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
DTP313 Customs Formalities 3 0 3
GMD303 Foreign Trade Procedures Accounting 3 0 3
BYP409 Labor and Social Security Law 2 0 3
DTP401 Pocket Programs in Foreign Trade 2 1 4
ÖMİ301 Professional English 4 0 4
DTP317 Storage Management 2 0 3
DTP315 Vocational Writing Techniques 3 1 4
Elective DIŞ TİCARET 22-23() 3
GRŞ01 Entrepreneurship 2 0 3
Elective DIŞ TİCARET ÜSOD() 3
UNİSEC-SBMYO 018 E-Commerce 2 0 3
Total ECTS: 30

2024-2025 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
MYOSTJ01 Internship 0 2 5
MYOİU01 Workplace Application 3 0 15
MYOİE01 Workplace Training 2 0 10
Elective DIŞ TİCARET SEÇMELİ DERSLER() 25
DTP406 Banking and Exchange 2 1 4
DTP420 Case Study Analysis in Foreign Trade 2 0 3
DTP418 International Financing 3 0 3
DTP302 International Marketing 3 0 4
DTP311 Supply Chain Management 4 0 4
DTP416 Turkish-EU Relations 4 0 4
Elective 24-25 BAHAR 2. SINIF() 0
UNİSEC-SBMYO 004 Free Zones 2 0 3
Total ECTS: 55
Total ECTS(Year): 85

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