GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING

Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department is one of four departments at Educational Sciences Department at Niğde University, Faculty of Education. Our department started its education career in the academic year 2012-2013. 1 professor, 1 associate professor, 1 assistant professors, 1 lecturer and 2 research assistants are currently employed.

Aims and Objectives

Aims

Guidance and Psychological Counseling is a process that helps individual to know and understand himself, to solve his problems, to keep his relations with the environment in a healthy and balanced way, to improve his skills at the highest level and thus it is the process of self-development. The purpose of the Guidance and Psychological Counseling undergraduate program is to train qualified personnel who are equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in order to serve in education, health, industry organizations and institutions.

Objectives

To become one of the best departments of Guidance and Psychological Counseling that follows theoretical developments and pursues advanced level scientific research, to train Psychological Counselors who are critical thinkers possessing leadership skills and capable of interdisciplinary collaboration and who are self-awareness and understanding, innovative, open-minded, objective, reliable.

Level of Qualification and Qualification Awarded

Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded with the qualification of BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING

A Bachelor's Degree Program in GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING 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 GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING 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-3 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.

Contact:International Office

Nigde University, Main Campus, 51240 Niğde, TÜRKİYE

Phone: 0 388 225 21 48
Fax: 0 388 225 23 85

E-mail:erasmus@ohu.edu.tr

Web: http://www.ohu.edu.tr/uluslararasi/index.php?ln=en

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 program 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 Program

Guidance and Psychological Counseling department has been established with a mission to provide the students a high quality program to follow and learn cutting edge theories and techniques and at the same time to participate actively in applied and theoretical research.

Undergraduate (Bachelor's Degree) program in Guidance and Psychological Counseling (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 Health and Welfare: 76 – Social Services
• ISCED 2011 Level: 6, Orientation (Profile): 64, Subcategory: 645 - Academically-oriented "first cycle", bachelor's degree
• NQF-HETR Field of Health and Welfare: 76 –Social Services
• 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 Guidance and Psychological Counseling 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
• Reading
• Assignment (Homework)
• Project Work
• Seminar
• Implementation/Application/Practice
• Social Activity
• Observation in Schools and Individual and Group Counseling Practice



Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Those who graduated from this program have still been working at schools together with guidance and research centers under Ministry Education; at prisons and detention facilities, correctional facilities, family courts under the Ministry Justice; counseling and guidance services under Ministry of Internal Affairs General Directorate of Security; psychological counseling and guidance services under the Armed Forces; units under the Ministry of Family and Social Polities and the private psychological counseling and guidance centers.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The qualification of PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELOR is obtained upon graduation from the GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELINGprogramme, which requires;
• Completion of all the courses designated within the curriculum of the program, 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 program, students may apply to master’s (second cycle) and doctorate (third cycle) degree programs in GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING and PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES IN EDUCATION. According to the National Regulations on Graduate Education, students are admitted to master’s programs 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 programs 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 GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING 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 Document

Examinations

The success of students in achieving the expected learning outcomes of the each course unit within the curriculum of GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING program 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 programs defined by the Regulations. The programs 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 program 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 GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING programme the following conditions must to be met:
• Completion of all the courses designated within the curriculum of the program, 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 Arts in GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING at Nigde University is a full time / face to face program.