Information on Spring 2025 Semester

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Information on Spring 2025 Semester

February 17, 2025

Dear Students,

Spring 2025 courses will start on February 17, 2025. Course enrollments are currently ongoing and the course add-drop period will continue through KUSIS until Friday, February 28th. The deadline for course withdrawals (with a W grade) is May 2, 2025, which is also available in the academic calendar. The deadline for audit requests is also at the end of the add-drop period, on Friday, February 28th. Students are expected to strictly comply with these deadlines.

The primary method of teaching for Spring 2025 is face-to-face. However, there will be a limited number of courses to be offered online only. The method of teaching for each course is available in KUSIS under  “Class Search” / “Instruction Mode”. Class attendance regulations will be applied as stated in the course syllabi.

Examinations (midterm(s) and final) for face-to-face and online courses are to be held face-to-face on campus. Faculty members may also consider using other assessments including take-home assignments, online quizzes, online assignments, online discussions, reports, presentations, etc. to assess student learning. If these evaluation tools are to be used, the syllabus should clearly state their weights in grading.

Below are important information and reminders about the Spring 2025 semester:

1. Class Attendance Requirement:

As class attendance is compulsory in formal education programs, students must meet the attendance requirement. In accordance with YÖK’s announcement titled The Fundamental Principles of Article 44/b of Law No. 2547 dated February 19, 2024, starting from the Fall 2024 semester, students who cannot meet the attendance requirements specified in the course syllabus will fail the course due to absenteeism. Students who fail due to absenteeism will not be able to participate in the end-of-semester evaluation, such as the final, if there is one. This rule will not apply to courses with no attendance requirements specified in the course syllabus. Attendance requirements, if available, must be included in the course syllabus at the beginning of the semester.

1. Remedial exam rules and regulations are available here.
2. Course overload are available here.
3. Information about payments/refunds to be made according to the application time and reason for a leave of absence is available here. Starting from the Spring 2024 semester, students can take a LoA for a maximum of two semesters in a row at a time and a maximum of four semesters during their education period, except for leave of absences due to health and force majeure reasons.
4. For undergraduate students, rules regarding the total number of courses that can be withdrawn (W: withdraw) which was determined as six courses and the minimum number of credits that students are expected to enroll per semester are available here.
5. Starting from the Fall 2025 semester, the number of core program courses that undergraduate students can take is limited to a maximum of 8 courses. There will be no limit on the number of core program courses in Spring 2025 semester.

Students whose successfully completed core program course count is 8 or more, regardless of whether the relevant courses are included in the GPA, will not be allowed to enroll in additional core program courses, starting from the Fall 2025 semester course enrollments. If there are students missing core courses within the requirements of their curriculum despite having successfully completed 8 or more core program courses, they can apply to the University Executive Council with a petition before the Fall 2025 course enrollment period. The rule will apply to all current and new students. Core program courses include ASIU, ECSA, EQUR, ETHC, HUMS, SCIE, SOSC courses in the major and double major curricula, if any, for which the student is responsible.

1. Student petitions will be evaluated by the following academic and administrative units:
2. Tuition and scholarship requests, objections to disciplinary action decisions and undergraduate student requests for a leave of absence will be evaluated by the University Executive Council.
3. Graduate student requests for a leave of absence will be evaluated by the respective Graduate School Executive Council.
4. Course overload requests (1 or 2 courses), evaluation of a course substitution that is not currently allowed in the curriculum will be evaluated by the respective College based on the student’s major program, requests for withdrawal from courses and requests for participation in courses due to course conflicts will be evaluated by Colleges to which the courses are affiliated.
5. Requests for a change in GPA by replacing a passing course with a different coded passing course in common core, area and general elective course lists, requests for placing courses taken in the correct category within the program template, requests for transfer course, credit and grade controls, template change requests, course and requests for credit checks towards graduation, University additional exam and amnesty exam applications for YÖK Article 44, maximum education duration period control requests will be evaluated by the Registrar and Student Affairs Directorate.

If you have questions about course enrollments, you can send them to [email protected] or you can consult the respective Dean’s Office or email [email protected] for questions regarding other issues mentioned above.

With best wishes for a successful and a healthy semester,

Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs