YOBU

Department of Forestry - 2025 Committees and Memberships

Task / Committee	Chair / Representative	Members	Duties and Responsibilities
Department Board	Assistant Professor Ayşe Esra HAKVERDİ	Assistant Professor Esra Özge AYGÜL Assistant Professor İbrahim KILIÇ Lecturer Aşkın Nur ÇETİN	Provides opinions on preparing the plans and principles of cooperation necessary to make the most effective use of the educational, instructional and research programs, equipment, resources and physical facilities of the department and, where applicable, its affiliated programs. Proposals prepared by the Department Board on these matters are implemented after approval by the Head of Department.
Applied Training Commission	Assistant Professor Ayşe Esra HAKVERDİ	Assistant Professor Esra Özge AYGÜL Assistant Professor İbrahim KILIÇ	Responsible for the planning, implementation and coordination of applied training activities. Carries out the measurement and evaluation of learning outcomes achieved upon completion of workplace vocational training or internship.
Horizontal Transfer, Course Exemption, Adaptation and Graduation Commission	Assistant Professor Ayşe Esra HAKVERDİ	Assistant Professor Esra Özge AYGÜL Assistant Professor İbrahim KILIÇ Lecturer Aşkın Nur ÇETİN	Conducts the preliminary review of horizontal transfer applications and submits the results to the unit administrative board. Determines the class/year in which an accepted transfer student will be placed, taking into account the courses previously completed in the department/program from which the student transferred. Submits an opinion to the Vocational School Administrative Board on whether an internship completed by the student in another associate degree program should be accepted. Reviews course transfers in accordance with the relevant legislation, using the University forms, and submits them to the administrative board. Carries out course exemption procedures and submits the relevant file to the administrative board. Examines whether courses and activities taken from programs that do not lead to a diploma may be transferred to out-of-field elective/vocational elective courses and submits the result to the unit administrative board. Determines the equivalent, within the Yozgat Bozok University grading system, of courses to be transferred from a different grading system. Reviews the courses for which applying an SD grade is appropriate for the student and submits the result to the administrative board. Reviews graduation evaluations of students referred by the programs in coordination with the unit student affairs office and carries out the necessary graduation procedures.
Career Center Representative	Lecturer Aşkın Nur ÇETİN		Provides effective support services regarding students’ career development in the unit, works on organizing informative seminars, panels and conferences, and records students’ internship/job requests for submission to the Center’s database. Updates information on the unit’s graduates annually and forwards it to the Center through the Unit Career Coordinators. Participates in information and consultation meetings organized by the Center. Supports the instructor teaching the Career Planning course in matters such as planning and conducting the course.
UZEM Representative	Lecturer Aşkın Nur ÇETİN		When invited, participates in information and evaluation meetings organized by UZEM (Distance Education Application and Research Center). Ensures that practices introduced by UZEM regarding technical matters and processes are implemented in the unit and carries out the necessary information activities within the unit.
Department and Program Accreditation Commission	Assistant Professor Ayşe Esra HAKVERDİ	Assistant Professor Esra Özge AYGÜL Assistant Professor İbrahim KILIÇ Lecturer Aşkın Nur ÇETİN	Conducts the accreditation processes of the department and its programs.
Academic Incentive Application and Review Commission	Assistant Professor Ayşe Esra HAKVERDİ	Assistant Professor Esra Özge AYGÜL Assistant Professor İbrahim KILIÇ Lecturer Aşkın Nur ÇETİN	Conducts the review of applications submitted by department academic staff as part of the academic incentive process.
Assessment and Evaluation Commission	Assistant Professor Ayşe Esra HAKVERDİ	Assistant Professor Esra Özge AYGÜL Assistant Professor İbrahim KILIÇ Lecturer Aşkın Nur ÇETİN	Carries out the assessment and evaluation of courses at the end of each semester.
Program Outcome Alignment Evaluation Commission	Assistant Professor Ayşe Esra HAKVERDİ	Assistant Professor Esra Özge AYGÜL Assistant Professor İbrahim KILIÇ Lecturer Aşkın Nur ÇETİN	Ensures and monitors the regular updating of Bologna information packages for the courses in the department program by the respective course coordinators.

Department of Forestry / Forest and Forest Products Program