Uluslararası Ticaret ve Lojistik Lisans Diploması

ISCO-08

ISCO-08

Mission: The mission of the Department of International Trade and Logistics is to provide students with a comprehensive and innovative education, preparing them to become competent professionals capable of producing ethical and sustainable solutions in the fields of international trade and logistics. By integrating theoretical knowledge with practical experience, the department aims to develop various educational programs, research activities, and industry collaborations that enable students to compete in the global business world.

Vision: The vision of the Department of International Trade and Logistics is to be a recognized, respected, and leading center for education and research at the international level. The department seeks to equip students with superior qualities through innovative teaching methods, a strong academic faculty, and partnerships with the global business community. Additionally, it aims to contribute to the national and international body of knowledge by conducting scientific research that addresses industry needs with a sustainable and ethical approach.

Purpose/Objectives: The aim of the program is to follow the national and international developments and new technologies related to the profession, which is based on a strong international trade theoretical infrastructure and supported by close connections with the business world, has advanced knowledge and skills, can work in teams with staff from other disciplines, constantly develops itself with the philosophy of continuous education. Our aim is to raise individuals who can use them in the best way, are prone to teamwork, are researchers and can manage the current situation by reading the future.

Program Educational Objectives:

1. Our undergraduate graduates are aware of the current needs and requirements of the field and innovations in the field of international trade and logistics, aware of professional ethics and rules; they operate against all kinds of discrimination and respectful of differences, within the framework of professional and social responsibility.

2. Our graduates can work in the field of international trade and logistics and related fields in the public sector or in national and international businesses such as banks, logistics companies, export-import companies as experts and managers who are competent in their fields, care about ethical values ​​and teamwork, and know occupational health and safety rules and responsibilities.

3. Students who graduate from our program can establish their own companies in the international trade and logistics sectors, plan future development goals, take precautions against risks, and contribute to economic development by adopting sustainability principles.

4. Our graduates, by providing the necessary additional conditions, can provide consultancy and advisory services by sharing the expertise and current innovative knowledge required in the field of international trade and logistics in accordance with ethical rules and legal regulations.

5. They can continue their academic careers by doing master's and doctoral studies in Turkey or abroad, with an innovative and investigative approach in the basic field of international trade and logistics and other related fields, with the mission of transforming the knowledge and technology they produce into social contribution.

Education and training are provided formally. Courses are given in different environments such as face-to-face classroom environment, online synchronous and asynchronous.

• Comprehends the theoretical background of international trade and operational information such as import, export, foreign exchange, customs and logistics.
• Defines business culture and marketing interaction in globalizing capital, labor and goods trade.
• Follows the global and national basic regulations related to international trade.
• Analyzes international economic and commercial developments.
• Defines the problems related to logistics, gains the ability to offer solutions.
• Gain the ability to use computer and information systems and software used in international commercial operations and data analysis.
• Gain research skills and analytical thinking skills.
• Determines the processes and results of the projects to be taken, considers cause-effect relationships, develops a strategic approach
• Determines the vision, goals and objectives of the institution in the areas in which it is assigned.
• Obtains information from different sources and has the ability to analyze and uses initiative.
• He/she is focused on continuous improvement and innovative in his/her field.
• He/she communicates his/her thoughts in a way that others can understand, communicates horizontally and vertically, and has high persuasion power.
• Has leadership characteristics and is close to teamwork.
• Gains B2 level knowledge in at least one foreign language within the scope of European Language Portfolio Independent User and uses these qualifications in oral and written communication.
• Organizes and implements projects and activities for the social environment in which they live, with a sense of social responsibility.
• Acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in various fields of international trade.
• It analyzes the relations with the stakeholders, monitors the developments and innovations in the field, questions the position of the institution and offers suggestions.
• Has sufficient awareness of the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture and protection of cultural values, environmental protection, occupational health and safety.

Has advanced level of the following key competencies:

• Literacy competence
• Multilingual competence
• Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology and engineering
• Digital competence
• Personal, social and learning to learn competence
• Citizenship competence
• Entrepreneurial competence
• Cultural awareness and expression competence

• There is at least one midterm exam for each course. If the relevant faculty member deems it appropriate, homework, laboratory, project, quiz, presentation and similar studies can be evaluated as midterm exams from the measurement and evaluation methods that can be applied. The weights of these studies in the midterm exam grade are determined by the faculty member and announced by being included in the course outputs at the beginning of the semester.
• In order to ensure consistency and reliability of measurement and evaluation practices across time and people, the ECTS information package is taken as the basis for course syllabuses and measurement and evaluation methods.
• The measurement and evaluation methods that can be applied are as follows: Midterm exam, field study, brainstorming, course-specific internship, attendance, opinion note, participation, board, quizzes, laboratory, article critique, article writing, module group work, assignments, pre-study-reinforcement, portfolio, project preparation and presentation, report preparation and presentation, report submission, role playing, dramatization, logbook, out-of-class study, oral exam, presentation/seminar preparation and presentation, take-home exam, discussion, application, application exam, application review, writing, homework file.
• The mid-term exam is an exam held within the period specified in the academic calendar after the completion of the mid-term courses in the courses included in the curriculum of that semester and opened in each academic semester. At least one mid-term exam is held for each course. A final exam is held at the end of the semester for all courses, except for courses that are deemed unnecessary by the relevant board of directors due to their nature, such as project, laboratory, workshop, practice and internship courses.
• In order for students who registered for the relevant course at the beginning of the semester to be able to take the mid-term exam, they must have attended at least 70% of the theoretical courses and at least 80% of the practical courses.
• Students are subjected to at least one mid-term exam and one end-of-semester exam for each course.
• The contribution of the mid-term exam (scores obtained from measurement tools such as homework, laboratory exam, quiz, etc. can also be taken into consideration as the mid-term exam grade) to the success grade is 40%, and the contribution of the end-of-semester exam is 60%.

In order to monitor the quality of higher education programs;

YÖK is responsible for planning, organizing, managing and supervising the education and training and other activities carried out in higher education institutions.

“University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports” of higher education institutions prepared within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK are published every year. The reports prepared according to these reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.

“Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report” including academic, administrative and financial data of foundation higher education institutions is published by YÖK every year. These reports including quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions are shared with the public by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the “Procedures and Principles for Providing Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs”:

1. Creation and Approval of Curriculum:

1.1. YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required for opening undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions.

1.2. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will provide to students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

1.3. The curriculum of the National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK after being approved by the relevant Deans' Council.

2. Measurement-Evaluation: How the measurement and evaluation of the learning outcomes that each undergraduate program will provide to students will be carried out is carried out in accordance with the education, training and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs receive a bachelor's degree if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions.

4. Self-Assessment-External Assessment: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter the “Internal Institutional Assessment Reports” of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. YÖKAK shares the “Institutional Feedback Report” prepared for the external evaluation of higher education institutions with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation institutions authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also show that the quality assurance of the program qualifications is provided. YÖKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with its legislation.

Social Humanities Basic Sciences Accreditation and Rating Association (STAR)

Accreditation Start-End Date

06/03/2025-06/03/2027

• Student admission to the International Trade and Logistics program is carried out through a central exam conducted by the Student Selection and Placement (ÖSYS) Center within the framework of the regulations implemented by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK). After students declare their program preferences, they are placed in the relevant programs by the center according to the scores they receive from this exam. In addition, horizontal transfer, YÖS, Double Major, Minor student admission, development, recognition and certification procedures for the program are carried out within the framework of the “Regulation on the Principles of Transfer, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions” and the “Istanbul Kent University Associate, Undergraduate Exemption and Adaptation Procedures Directive” based on the Istanbul Kent University Associate and Undergraduate Education, Training and Examination Regulation.

• Foreign students are accepted to the program by applying with the results of exams such as SAT, ACT, GCE, Attestat, YÖS taken within the last two years, which are accepted by YÖK and have the status of a university entrance exam, or with official exam results of high school graduation exams approved by YÖK. The processes related to determining the quotas, application, evaluation of applications and registration are carried out in accordance with our university's International Student and Registration Admission Directive.

• Applications to higher education programs accepting students with special talent exams are made according to the procedures, principles and criteria of the special talent exam. The level of students placed in Turkish programs and the level of English placed in English programs are determined according to the results of the language proficiency exam organized by the university or the results of a valid language exam. Students who fail the language exam are admitted to a one-year Turkish or English Preparatory class.

• The acceptance of exchange students is carried out within the framework of the relevant legislation and bilateral agreements (Erasmus or General Academic Protocol) signed between Istanbul Kent University and the partner university. Guest students can register for the courses offered in this program, provided that the relevant academic unit approves. Exchange students are expected to have sufficient language proficiency to follow the program.

1. Those who have a bachelor's degree can continue to graduate programs and, if they meet the relevant requirements, to doctoral programs accepted with a bachelor's degree.

2. Undergraduate students have the right to participate in double major programs opened by the higher education institutions they are studying in. Students enrolled in double major programs can take courses from two diploma programs simultaneously and receive two separate bachelor's degrees if they are successful.

1. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transfer, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Program Graduates

2. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education (Additional Article-35)

2.1. Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board.

The document is valid continuously.