HANDICRAFT DEPARTMENT
JEWELRY AND JEWELRY DESIGN PROGRAM
Jewelry and Jewelry Design Department students will gain
the basic knowledge and skills required for the profession in workshop courses,
while also receiving the necessary art education that will reveal their
observation, analysis and creativity. Students will be able to capture the
artistic thinking dimension, create methods, gain all theoretical and practical
knowledge and skills in the field in technical and design studies, and during
this process, students will be able to create an original design language in
line with their production ability and personality.
It is important to protect the national assets in our country and to spread our culture by multiplying them. In our country, which has various values in different fields, especially in handicrafts, there is a need for a qualified workforce to transfer these values and to renew them. The aim of the department is to train skilled craftsmen in their field as well as to train qualified individuals in design who believe in the necessity of an intellectual effort in society and art, and to train a workforce that will document examples of our traditional handicrafts such as filigree making and production within the scope of jewelry and jewelry design, which are our regional handicrafts, and to transfer the produced knowledge to today's technology. At the same time, our aim is to bring self-confident designers who will establish their own workshops, produce and provide training in art workshops to the national economy.
Who Can Register for the Program?
Students are accepted to the associate degree program of the Department of
Jewelry and Jewelry Design through the Higher Education Institutions Exam (YKS)
conducted by the Center for Measurement, Selection and Placement (ÖSYM). Those
who have received a score of at least 150 and above in the Basic Proficiency
Test (TYT) score type is entitled to register if they are placed in this
program within the quota in the Student Selection and Placement System (ÖSYS)
preference procedures.
Graduation Requirements
Students who have taken 120 ECTS credits in the associate degree program of the Department of Jewelry and Jewelry Design and successfully completed all courses, have no FF, YZ, DZ grades, have a General Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 60 out of 100 and have fulfilled other obligations can graduate. Students cannot graduate with a missing credit below these credits. In addition, students must complete their internship consisting of 8 ECTS credits included in the fourth semester course program in order to graduate from the program.
Transition to the Next Level
Graduates who successfully complete the jewelry and jewelry design associate degree program can take the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by ÖSYM;
*Accessory Design
*Jewelry and Jewelry Design
*Jewelry Design
*Jewelry Technology and Design
In addition, graduates of the jewelry and jewelry design department have
the right to transfer to the following open education departments in the open
education faculties of Anadolu, Atatürk and Istanbul universities with the
Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS).
*Public Relations and Promotion
*Finance
*Public Administration
*Accommodation Management
*International Relations
*Business Administration
*Public Relations and Advertising
*Economics
*Labor Economics and Industrial Relations
Graduates of the jewelry and jewelry design department can choose these departments.
Jewellery and Jewelry Design Private Sector Job
Opportunities
Department graduates;
*Can open a private jewellery or ornamental stone processing workshop.
*Can work as a salesperson in companies related to the jewellery sector.
*Can work as an art consultant in jewellery design companies.
Jewellery and Jewelry Design Government Job Opportunity
Although limited, sometimes quotas are given to the Jewellery and Jewelry
Design department in KPSS appointments. Jewellery and Jewelry Design graduates
have the chance to be appointed to the following government institutions or
organizations;
*General Directorate of Mint and Stamp Printing
*Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade
*General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration
*General Directorate of Mining Affairs
*State museums
*Relevant units of the Ministry of Tourism