Department of Mathematics and Science Education Science Education Master´s Program; It is a graduate program opened in the 2012-2013 academic year, under the Institute of Educational Sciences, in order to renew and improve its teaching according to universal standards and the needs of the age. Our program aims to provide students who want to develop themselves in the teaching profession or become researchers in the academic field with a scientific understanding, professional knowledge, skills and competencies with its distinguished faculty staff.

Students who meet the conditions specified in the Qualification Requirements and Rules section are awarded a Master´s degree in the Department of Mathematics and Science Education Science Education.

Second Cycle

1-To have a bachelor´s degree, 2-To have the score stated in the advertisement from the Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam (ALES), 3- Those who meet the foreign language proficiency requirement specified in the advertisement can apply to the Science Education Master´s program. Candidates applying to the program are ranked according to the weighted total scores of ALES (50%) + undergraduate success average (20%) + written / interview (30%) scores, and students are admitted to the program according to the quota, starting from the candidate with the highest score.

The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.

Taking at least 28 credits (equivalent to 120 ECTS) from the courses available in the graduate programs of the program or other related departments and successfully completing all of them, achieving a weighted grade point average of at least 70 out of 100 and successfully preparing a thesis in a field related to the subject, defenders are awarded a master´s degree in Science Education. The master´s program with thesis consists of at least eight compulsory and elective courses and a seminar course, the field of specialization course to be taken each semester and a thesis study, provided that it is not less than 120 ECTS credits. Seminar course, field of specialization course and thesis work are evaluated as pass or fail. Related courses and studies are not included in the average. In addition, additional publication or scientific / artistic activity may be required by the decision of the Senate.

The purpose of the Department of Mathematics and Science Education Science Education Department; To raise experts who have the knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience to conduct education, training and high-level research in the field of Science and Technology, who can think critically, have high self-confidence and have the competencies to follow the innovations in their field on a national and international scale.
Goals
1. To become a well-equipped branch of science that provides graduate education in the field of Science Education, where research is carried out, and that ensures and improves physical and academic continuity.
2. To create a research environment that produces solutions to the education and training problems in the field of science education by using quantitative and qualitative scientific research methods effectively, designs, develops and implements programs.
3. To become a department that produces permanent solutions and develops programs with new approaches for current problems or unforeseen complex situations during the applications of science education.
4. To train well-trained and equipped experts, science teachers and academicians at national and international level.

1. To gain all the knowledge in Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Math fields, to improve theoretical and practical skills in the proficiency level, and to produce new knowledge by combining the findings in various fields.
2. To be able to practice and provide solutions to the problems which require expertise in the field of science and technology by using the quantitative and qualitative research methods, to work independently and to take responsibility.
3. To be able to develop new approaches to unexpected complicated problems, design methods and take part in teamwork.
4. To be able to make critical evaluations of the knowledge in science and technology field to control and lead the learning and to acquire life-long learning skills.
5. To share their knowledge and findings in the field of science and technology in the form of oral or written presentations in national and international conferences, make discussion about these studies, to evaluate the current developments within the country’s realities, to develop strategies, policies and practicing programs in their interest subjects and to evaluate their results from quality process perspective.
6. To be able to critically evaluate the knowledge acquired in the fields of Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Science Education, to determine the needs, to try to evaluate his life-long learning, to follow the developments and to use technology effectively to achieve the current changes in the field.
7. To have the knowledge about evaluating the reliability and validity of the information of Science and Technology through the nature, the source and the limits of the field.
8. To discuss information, production and methods related to Science and Technology practices.
9. To know and apply the teaching programs and measurement and assessment techniques and practice used in the field.

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Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples

The graduates of the program can be employed as researchers, expert teachers or consultants in public or private institutions and foundations.

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Access to Further Studies

Those who have successfully completed the Master´s Program can continue their education in the Mathematics and Science Education Doctorate Programs in the Educational Sciences Institutes of other universities or in the doctoral programs provided that the close programs meet the prescribed conditions.

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Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Each student must attend at least 70% of the theoretical courses and at least 80% of the practices in order to register for the courses at the beginning of the term and to enter the final exam.

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Graduation Requirements

a) The duration of the master´s program with thesis is a maximum of four semesters for each semester, regardless of whether the student is registered or not, starting from the semester in which the courses related to the program he / she enrolled in, excluding the time spent in scientific preparation, and the program is completed in six semesters at most. The student has to spend at least one semester at the thesis stage. b) Those who cannot successfully complete the credit courses and seminar courses in the curriculum at the end of four semesters or fail to fulfill the conditions / criteria stipulated by the University within this period; Students who fail in their thesis work or fail to defend their thesis are dismissed from the institute within the maximum periods. c) A student in a master´s program writes his results in accordance with the thesis writing rules accepted by the institute board of directors and defends his thesis orally before the jury. Before the defense of the master´s thesis; For theses for which corrections are given, after the correction process, the student completes the thesis and presents it to his advisor. The advisor submits the thesis to the institute together with the opinion that the thesis is defensible. The institute takes the plagiarism software report for the thesis in question and sends it to the advisor and the jury members. If a real plagiarism is detected in the data in the report, the thesis is sent to the institute board of directors to be decided with its justification. d) A student enrolled in a master´s program with thesis defends his thesis orally in front of the jury. d) The student must be successful in his thesis defense.

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Mode of Study

Full-Time

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Address and Contact Details

Prof.Dr. Rıdvan EZENTAŞ
Matematik ve Fen Bilgisi Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı Başkanı
Doç. Dr. Dilek ZEREN ÖZER
Fen Bilgisi Eğitimi Bilim Dalı Yüksek Lisans Programı Bologna Birim Koordinatörü
dzeren@uludag.edu.tr
Adres: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü
Fen Bilgisi Eğitimi Bilim Dalı Doktora Programı
Görükle-Nilüfer/BURSA
e-mail: egtbil@uludag.edu.tr
web: http://egitimbilimleri.uludag.edu.tr

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Facilities

Education and training activities in Science Education Subdivision are carried out in technically equipped classrooms and laboratories. There are 2 Science Laboratories in our department. In these laboratories, microscope, stereo microscope, oven, dryer, centrifuge, desiccator, oven, various animal and human models and implants, plant models, animal and plant collections, chemical and glass materials, refrigerators, experiment sets and other instruments on physics. supplies are available. A large number of computers and printers, smart boards, etc., which have been made available to the faculty members of the Department of Science Teaching and their assistants. It is used for educational and academic activities.
In the Department of Mathematics and Science Education, there are classrooms, laboratories and also rooms with internet and computers open to the use of graduate students. These rooms are kept ready for students´ use outside of class hours.
Our university´s central library is rich in periodicals and online databases. Bursa Uludağ University Central Library and Education Faculty Library are actively used by our students.

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Curriculum