General Information
BANKING AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Finance and Banking Department at Ömer Halisdemir University was founded on March 30, 2011 within the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ömer Halisdemir University, which was established with the approval of Executive Board Chairmanship of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK).

The Bachelor’s Degree Program of the Department of Finance and Banking is 240 ECTS credits, 4-year program composed of eight semesters, each of which has a 30 ECTS workload. One ECTS equals to 30 hours of student workload per semester. The department has a young and dynamic academic staff. 4 Assistant Professors and 3 Research Assistants are currently employed. Also the Department of Banking and Finance is supported by the Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors at the Department of Business Administration.

In this program, freshmen take basic courses like Introduction to Business Science, Economics, Accounting, Business and Economics Mathematics, Basic Concepts of Law, Mathematics of Finance, Management and Organization, Behavioral Sciences with common core courses such as Basic Computer, Turkish Language, Atatürk Principles and the History of Revolution, Foreign Language. Sophomores take professional courses in addition to some formation courses such as Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Statistics, Commercial Law, Human Resources Management, Cost Accounting, Marketing Management, Banking & Insurance Law, Applied Statistics, Financial Statements Analysis, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. Students who pass their year and who complete studying the fundamentals of Banking and Finance concentrate on their future studying areas. Senior students who pass their related courses and thesis graduate, having a degree in “Bank Staff Member” and “Finance Staff Member”.

The Department of Finance and Banking at Nigde University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences is located in the central campus area with its fully equipped modern building. The aim of the faculty is to raise thinking and examining individuals with the support of computer and projection device equipped classes and computer labs.

Aims and Objectives

Aims

By transferring the basic knowledge of Banking and Finance through the applications of Public and Private sector, it is aimed to raise expert personnel who lead presenting high quality products and supporting service supply with scientific managerial skills.

Objectives

Basic goal of our department is to raise individuals with entrepreneurial spirit, self-confident, who have scientific and social competence which is also supported by scientific thinking and leading abilities, who also have wisdoms of interdisciplinary skills with managerial ingenuity which is encouraged by innovative and unique problem solving techniques. By this way it is expected to increase the employment of the graduate students. To be in the first 10 in the national and international exams, to involve in national and international supported projects, publish articles in the academically cited journals and publishing books can be counted as primary goals.

Level of Qualification and Qualification Awarded

Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded with the qualification of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BANKING AND FINANCE.

A Bachelor's Degree Program in Finance and Banking is a 240 ECTS Credits, 4-year program. The program meets the requirements by both the ECTS credits and level descriptors of the first cycle degree qualifications of the Overarching Framework of European Qualifications Framework HE(QF-EHEA) and the 6th level qualifications of the Turkish Qualifications Framework for HE (TYYÇ, NQF-HETR). The level descriptors also meet the 6th level requirements of the qualifications of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF-LLL).

Specific Admission Requirements

Admission of national students to the Finance and Banking program is contingent on success on the nationally centralized Student Selection Examination (OSYS) conducted by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (OSYM). Candidates who succeed on the LYS examination (Undergraduate Placement Examination) are enrolled according to their type TM-1 score preferences.

Admission of foreign students is possible through an evaluation of students’ individual application to the university. For further and detailed information please visit General Admission Requirements and Registration Procedures in the menu items of the Information on the Institution.

For further information, please contact to Nigde University International Office.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning

With an understanding of lifelong learning, Nigde University recognizes the previously taken courses in another institution and exempts them from graduation credit, as long as the courses match with the learning outcomes of the registered programme at Nigde University. The learning outcome match and the exemption are decided by the Faculty Board in line with the related laws and regulations.

Profile of the Programme

The need for qualified personnel who acquire the knowledge of banking transactions, financing patterns and finance activities is on the increase. Corporations today tend to devolve their export and import transactions upon to finance firms. Thus, specialization in banking and finance area is the most important attribution for the purposes of those firms. For that reason, banking and finance appears to be among the most popular careers of today and the future.

Today, it is almost impossible to maintain banking without modern finance activities. It is an advantage for our students to enroll in our department which combines banking and finance management.

Undergraduate (Bachelor's Degree) program in Finance and Banking (First Cycle in QF-EHEA and 6th level in TYYÇ ) is an academically-oriented program giving access to degree and non-degree research program and professional practice demanding high levels of knowledge and skills. The classification of the program with respect to "ISCED (The International Standard Classification of Education) 2011" and "NQF-HETR (The Turkish Qualifications Framework for HE)" and the codes of the fields of education can be listed as follows:

ISCED Field of Education: 34 –BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION
ISCED 2011 Level: 6, Orientation (Profile): 64, Subcategory: 645 - Academically-oriented "first cycle", bachelor's degree
NQF-HETR Field of Education: 34 –BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION
NQF-HETR Profile of Education: Academically-oriented "first cycle", bachelor's degree
Learning and Teaching Methods

The most frequently used Instructional Methods of the educational programs of Nigde University are given below. Programs commonly apply these methods as appropriate instructional approaches in accordance with their aims and objectives.

The instructional methods applied for achieving the goal of meeting the expected learning outcomes at the Finance and Banking program at large are indicated in the section of ‘program learning outcomes’, and those methods utilized for individual course units are indicated in the relevant section of “description of individual course unit”.

Examples of Learning and Teaching Methods

Lecture & In-Class Activities
Group Work
Laboratory
Reading
Assignment (Homework)
Project Work
Seminar
Internship
Web Based Learning
Implementation/Application/Practice
Practice at a workplace
Occupational Activity
Social Activity
Thesis Work
Field Study
Report Writing
Occupational profiles of graduates with examples

Our graduates will be ideal applicants for the sector because of their professional (foreign language, computer software) skills. They may be employed by national/international banks and financing firms, finance departments of corporations or firms that give banking & finance services. Furthermore, considering the academic staff vacancies in this field, they may also apply for various universities to be employed as lecturers. When they succeed in public personnel selection examinations, they are appointed to career jobs such as supervisor, controller, regulator, expert etc. as well as senior manager positions in the state institutions and organizations; or they may work as civil servant. The students who have the necessary qualifications can enter the administrative justice judgeship exam and when they succeed in the written exam by Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM) and the oral exam by The Ministry of Justice, they can take work as administrative judge. Our graduates may practice based on computer in various institutions with their computer skills which they improve and learn themselves with the help of university facilities. Our graduates are employed in various scientific research institutions; they can produce projects and be academician. In our department, domestic and international scientific studies are carried and education seminars are given to the institutions which demand.

They may also develop an academic career by enrolling in related M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs of the universities in Turkey or abroad.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The qualification of Finance and Banking is obtained upon graduation from the programme Finance and Banking, which requires;

Completion of all the courses designated within the curriculum of the programme, having a total of 240 ECTS Credits, with passing grades.
Achievement of a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least 2.00 out of 4.00.
For detailed information: Please see "Nigde University's Rules & Regulations for Undergraduate Education"

Access to Further Studies

Upon successful completion of this programme, students may apply to master’s (second cycle) and in some cases, to doctorate (third cycle) degree programs in or related fields of Finance and Banking. According to the National Regulations on Graduate Education, students are admitted to master’s programmes taking into account their undergraduate (first cycle degree) achievement level and the scores on the subject-specific entrance examinations of the Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) centrally administered by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM). Within the framework of the national regulations, regulations endorsed by the senate of each university stipulate the weight of ALES Examination results in the overall evaluation of candidates. Depending on the institutions’ regulations, for some programmes to be accessed, a certain level of foreign language proficiency is also required.

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

The methods applied for assessment of the achievement of the expected program learning outcomes for the entire program of Finance and Banking are shown below and those for the individual course units are given in the relevant section of the course description with their contribution to the final grades.

Mid-Term Exam
Final Exam
Make-up Exam
Short Exam
Homework Assessment
Presentation of Report
Computer Based Presentation
Presentation of Thesis
Presentation of Document
Examinations

The success of students in achieving the expected learning outcomes of the each course unit within the curriculum of Finance and Banking programme is evaluated via assessments of in-term activities and final examination which takes place at the end of each semester.

Assessment of in-term activities includes a minimum number of a mid-term examination, homework and a short-exam (quiz) as compulsory assessment methods for all the course units within all degree programmes defined by the Regulations. The programmes are encouraged to define more assessment methods for the in-term activities depending on their needs for measuring the achievements of the outcomes at the programme and course unit levels in order to ensure the educational aims and objectives. The nature and number of the assessment methods used for each course unit together with their contribution the final grades are given under the title of “Assessment and Grading” in the sections of course descriptions. These arrangements are announced in advance, at the beginning of each semester and published in the sections of the course descriptions on this web site.

Mid-term and final examinations are conducted in dates, places and times determined and announced by the University. The students’ final semester grade is given by their instructors based on mid-term examination, homework evaluation, short-examinations, final examination and, if there is any other assessment results taking into account the students’ compliance with attendance to the course activities.

The contributions of the grades of the in-term activities and final exam grade to the final success grade of a course are determined by the course instructor and announced to students within the first two weeks of the semester. Moreover, the contribution of the final exam cannot be less than 40 % and higher than 60% for all the courses within all the degree programmes defined by the Regulations

Course units, which do not require a mid-term, homework, short-exam and/or a final exam, such as work placement, are determined by the administration of the related departments and specific assessment and grading methods for these courses are also announced through the same channels described above. Evaluation of such activities is made through the procedures defined by the Senate and assessed by Pass (P) or Fail (F) grades.

Grading

The success of a student for each assessment (in-term and final) defined for each course unit is evaluated by the instructor. Evaluations are made over a scale of 100 points and converted to the letter grades at the end of the semester taking into account the standard deviation of grades and grade point average of the class and using the relative evaluation method, principles of which have been set by the Senate.

Please see the section of “Grade Evaluation” for detailed information.

Graduation Requirements

In order for a student to graduate from the Finance and Banking program the following conditions must be met:

Completion of all the courses designated within the curriculum of the programme, having a total of 240 ECTS Credits, with passing grades.
Achievement of a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least 2.00 out of 4.00.
For detailed information: Please see "Nigde University's Rules & Regulations for Undergraduate Education"

Mode of Study

Bachelor of Science in Finance and Banking Department at Nigde University is a full time / face to face programme.



Program Outcomes of the Department

1. Knowledge, equipment and ability of working in and international environment

2. Ability to propose resolution to problems of banking and financial methods

3. Ability to exploit international market opportunities

4. Ability to utilize quantitative and qualitative methods in decision-making

5. Ability of analytical thinking and synthesis

6. Ability to effective use of information technologies

7. Ability of organizing new business partnerships on international markets

8. Ability to gather appropriate factors for accessing necessary research information, analysis and application



Learning Outcomes of the Department

1. Necessary knowledge of banking and finance

2. Mastering of banking regulations

3. Mastering of basic statistics and modeling methods applied in decision-making

4. Efficiency in human relations and communication

5. Knowledge of production processes in the sector of profession

6. Following up international economic developments

7. Featuring in national and international market positions

8. Ability to take investment decisions in related fields

9. Ability of communication with international commercial organizations

10. Preparation and interpretation of financial tables of related fields

11. Evaluation and adaptation of international marketing strategies in terms of market conditions of operation

12. Ability of working with different disciplines adaptively