6. Students who wish to be exempted from the courses they have studied at any other higher education institution may be exempted from the courses they have taken with the acceptance of the relevant administrative board, if they apply within the first two weeks of the semester. The relevant administrative board decides which semester the student will be adjusted to, considering the courses that the student is exempt from. Procedures and principles can be determined with exemption and adjustment by the units.
7. (Change: RG-04/03/2013-28577) The maximum weekly course hours that a student can take in each semester are determined by the units and with the approval of the Senate and comes into effect. For units that do not specify the maximum course hours, the weekly maximum course hours will be considered as forty hours. Likewise, the sum of the courses taken at the universities and the courses which are taken in their own units by the students who go to other higher education institutions within the scope of exchange programs cannot exceed forty hours. Inside the maximum lesson hours ; Lessons which are considered as compulsory and elective courses such year-round projects, Final project, graduation thesis and all the courses in the weekly curriculum are included.
8. (Change: RG-28/08/2013-28749) First-year students and students with a grade point average (GPA) below 2.00 cannot take courses from the upper semesters. Students with a grade point average (GPA) above 2.00 and no failed courses from the semesters below, and students with a grade point average (GPA) above 2.50 and with failed courses from the below semesters, can take courses to fill the maximum course load in each semester, provided that they are from a maximum of two upper semesters. Students with a GPA between 1.00-1.99 can take courses up to 75% of the maximum course load. Students with a GPA below 1.00 can take courses up to 50% of the maximum course load. Units that implement the class passing system and units that have been decided to conduct education on a yearly basis with the decision of the Senate they must specify whether this article will be implemented in their own units, and if so, they must indicate the application method with the decision of the relevant board.
9. Students who attend a minor or double major program at the same time cannot exceed 40 hours per week.
10. When necessary, some courses can be opened in both semesters, upon the request of the department, the proposal of the relevant administrative board and the approval of the University Administrative Board. Courses opened in a different semester than the current semester are also included in the course load of the semester in which they are opened. 11. The principles regarding students sent to domestic and international universities within the scope of domestic and international student exchange programs are determined by the decision of the board of directors with the opinions of the relevant department.
12. (Change: RG-04/03/2013-28577) It is decided by the administrative boards of the units that the courses taken by the students from the exchange programs will be counted as the equivalent of the courses which they have to take from the relevant University, taking the credits into account. In addition, the passed course/courses taken from the universities abroad are included in the transcripts with their original names and codes abroad, along with the credit equivalent. (Erciyes University Associate Degree, Undergraduate Education Regulation Article 14)
Source: Erciyes University, Department of Student Affairs.