Uludag University Health Science Institute Animal Science Masters with Thesis Program

The department offers the second and the third cycles of higher education in terms of ECTS credits (90-120 credits, awarding a Master´s degree/180-240 credits awarding a Doctoral degree). After the successful completion of the program and fulfillment of requirements, a Masters degree in Animal Science is awarded.

Second Cycle

To apply for a Masters program; - Candidates must hold a graduate degree. - For health sciences, holders of Bachelor´s and Master´s degrees must possess ALES with the minimum acceptable score on sciences determined by the Senate. - Among foreign languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Russian and Arabic, and for foreign nationals, among languages such as English, German, and French, candidates must demonstrate proficiency in a language by satisfying one of the following exams; ÜDS, KPDS, TOEFL or equivalent approved by YÖK, and provide the minimum acceptable score as approved by the Senate. Recognition of any other foreign language qualifications is dependent on the Senate. - For foreign nationals, admission requirement shall be any of the following; Turkish Proficiency Exam by TÖMER and corresponding ALES score, or scores in exams such as GRE or GMAT, accepted as internationally equivalent by YÖK. - Candidates for Master´s and doctoral programs must possess a minimum score of 55 points in ALES; 50 language points in ÜDS/KPDS/UÜDS or equivalent for Master´s programs, and 55 language points in ÜDS/KPDS or equivalent for doctoral programs. For foreign nationals, a Document by TÖMER certifying the knowledge of Turkish (except for those studying in Turkey) is accepted equivalent to the score of the exams approved by YÖK as an equivalent language proficiency exam. Those who score below 60 points in overall performance are not admitted. In evaluation, the listed exams are responsible for the following percentages: ALES score 50%, Foreign Language 15%, GPA of Bachelor´s/Master´s degree 15%, interview 20%.

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.

A grduate degree is needed to apply at Animal Science Masters program. To get Masters degree in Animal Science, all students should succeed all common and obligatory courses at least 70 points out of 100. Institute obligatory course Biostatistics with 5,0 ECTS and growing and learning course with no ECTS, as field obligatory course Animal improvement and population genetics, Research methods and ethics, Records and Record keeping Systems in Animal Production, Livestock Economics, Herd Health and Farm Animal Welfare should be taken and succeeded.

In addition to getting knowledge about animal sciences, students at Masters program at Animal Science learn; management, increasing the welfare, decreasing the death and increasing the products in livestock, improving environmental friendly production Technologies, improving production in ecological (sustainable and organic) and alternative production systems; improves resistant, higher adaptation capacity and high producing genotypes with using conventional and/or modern biotechnological; safe food production with using fork to farm techniques; herd health (biosecurity) and herd management, production economy and improvement.

-Can work at Ministry of agriculture (TİGEM; TAGEM) as expert and Veterinarian. -Can manage large livestock farms. -Can work as an expert at animal improvement companies. -Can work as an expert at consulting companies and agricultural credit issuing companies like Ziraat Bank.

The entrance into postgraduate doctoral studies is possible for candidates who have successfully earned a Bachelor´s degree, and can provide ALES with a passing grade and meet foreign language qualifications.

The exams of the courses can be done written, written-oral or applied. In order to take the tests of the postgraduate programs, the attendance of the courses is required to be at least 70% or 80%. The exams are evaluated by over 100points awarded. To be successful, at master with thesis and master without thesis programs, it is required to get at least 70 points out of 100 points; at doctorate and proficiency in art programs it is required to get at least 75 points out of 100 points. Within the frame of the principals mentioned above, to evaluate the points as letter grades; getting AA, BA, BB, CB and CC at master degree and scientific preparation programs, and AA,BA, BB and CB at doctorate programs are considered successful at the courses. At postgraduate programs, a student failed at any course can take the exams at the end of the semester even if the course is not opened up the following semester. The student failed at this exam on the ground of absence or not carrying out the preconditions of the lesson repeats the lesson when it is opened up. If the lesson is subtracted or not opened up, an equivalent lesson to it is determined by the suggestion of the concerned head of department and by the decision of the board. Under these circumstances, the student is responsible of the equivalent lesson instead of the lesson that s/he needs to repeat. The adjustment of the grades of the students who practice upon the national or international student Exchange programs like Erasmus and Farabi are executed by the decision of the board and the decision by the institution directory. These grades are recorded to the academic transcript. The academic standing of the student is determined at the end of every semester on the term grade point averages and general grade point averages that is calculated on the coefficients given as the letter grades according to the concerned regulations. Term grade point averages and general grade point averages are calculated by the grade point averages. Grade point average (GPA) is calculated by the division of the total credits to the total out of the multiplication of the course credits and letter grades’s equivalents. GPA is calculated as two digits after the comma. Both term grade point average and general grade point average are determined by the grades of the courses from AA to FF. All of the grades are recorded to the academic transcript.

Master with thesis program is formed by seven courses providing that they are not less than 21credits and more than 28credits, one seminar at course and dissertation stage, thesis study and thesis exam. Despite not needing scientific preparation program, the student can take up graduation level courses if the supervisor thinks it is needed, and these courses’ credits will not be counted. Doctorate program is formed by at least eight courses providing that they are not less than 24 credits and more than 30 credits, one seminar at course and dissertation stage, proficiency test, thesis suggestion, thesis study, thesis exam and the publications stated at the regulation’s 44th article’s second subsection. For the students accepted with bachelor degrees, the program is formed by fourteen courses providing that they are not less than 42 credits and more than 50 credits, one seminar at course and dissertation stage, proficiency test, thesis suggestion, thesis study, thesis exam and the publications stated at the regulation’s 44th article’s second subsection. The thesis should have one of the following features: novelty to science, developing a new scientific method or applying a known method to a new branch. It should be published as the full text at an international index magazine. The name of the masters student may not be the first one. The publication of the candidate who is going to take the argument of the masters should be about the thesis or the branch he/she is doing Masters.

Full-Time

Prof. Dr. Serdal Dikmen
Uludağ Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi
Zootekni Anabilim Dalı, Bursa

PROFESSORS
Dikmen Serdal (Head of Department) : Ph.D., Uludag University
PETEK, Metin : Ph.D., Uludag University
ORMAN, Abdülkadir PhD. Uludag University.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
ÜSTÜNER, Hakan :Ph.D. Uludag University
Research Areas and Facilities
Department of Animal Science Veterinary Faculty of Uludag University continues its researches and education with Animal Health and Animal Production Research Centre where there are cattle, sheep, goat, laying hens, broiler chickens, quails, dog and pig growing units and Laboratory of Genetics of Animal Science Department which has almost being completed.
1. Cattle Production Unit: In this unit, there are some ongoing researches about management and husbandry of beef and dairy cattle, yield features, detection and improvement of yield features which have economic importance. What is more, this unit has two stationary closed barns, one free movement barn, two half-opened shelter systems and navigation areas, a unit for calves and young animal care, central milking unit, an area of pasture and navigation, silage units, weighting unit, and other equipments.
2. Sheep Production Unit: There are one closed shelter and half-opened experimental units. In this unit, there are some researches going on about detection of yield features and breeding of Ivesi and Kivircik sheep breeds and Saanen goat breed.
3. Poultry Production Unit: There are one laying hen coops and four broiler chicken coops; chick, young, and brood stock animal units; incubation and slaughter house of quails. In these units, some researches are going on about broiler and laying hen hybrids, quails production, and management and husbandry, yield performance and breeding of breeds
4. Pig Production Unit: The aim of this unit which has one closed shelter and one opened navigation area, is to get practical information about pig management and husbandry, yield performance and breeding methods of this species.