Double Major

*** The steps to be followed for students who will apply for Double Major (ÇAP) and Minor Programs (YAN DAL) in the Fall 2024-25 semester are explained below.

* If you wish to apply for a Double Major within the departments of our faculty, you need to obtain approval from your department's Double Major Advisor and the Head of the Department, and apply to the desired department along with your transcripts (https://fas.boun.edu.tr/tr/formlar/ogrenci-formlari).

* If you wish to apply for a Double Major in a department from another faculty, you need to obtain approval from both Double Major Advisors and Heads of both Departments, and apply to both faculties along with your transcripts (https://fas.boun.edu.tr/tr/formlar/ogrenci-formlari).

Students who wish to apply for a Minor Program should obtain approval from the Head of the Department and the Minor Program Advisor of the department to which they are applying (information can be obtained from the departments, in writing or via email), fill out the Minor Program Application Form (https://fas.boun.edu.tr/tr/formlar/ogrenci-formlari), and submit their documents along with their transcripts to the department they are applying to.

The departments will be responsible for tracking the documents, and after verifying that the documents submitted by the student (current transcript, approvals from both Double Major Advisors and Heads of Departments, and Double Major/Minor application forms) are complete, they will collect them in a file organized in the student’s name. This file must be sent via email to fefstdnt@boun.edu.tr or delivered in person to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Student Affairs Office by July 22, 2024, at the latest.

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The physics department cooperates with the chemistry, molecular biology, mathematics and philosophy departments to offer a double major program to undergraduate students with a GPA of 3.00 and above. Students of all engineering departments can also apply for a double major program in Physics, provided that their GPA is 3.00 and above. This allows students to successfully complete a predetermined course list and earn a physics bachelor's degree.
Double Major Advisors: Prof. Özhan Özatay and Prof. Teoman Turgut.

Double Major Programs for Students of Physics

Any student who meets the requirements of the Double Major Program Directive  and the conditions determined by the departments can apply to the Double Major Programme.

Double Major Application Links:

https://fas.boun.edu.tr/tr/programlar/cift-anadal-programlari

https://fas.boun.edu.tr/tr/formlar/ogrenci-formlari

PHYS-MATH

The applicant must have successfully completed the MATH 101, 102 and 201 courses. There should be no failed or repeated Mathematics courses. In addition, the weighted average of the grades taken in Mathematics courses should be 3.25/4.00.

Mass courses: MATH 101, 102, 201, 202
Required courses: MATH, 222, 231, 234, 323, 331, 338 + two elective courses with codes 3XX or 4XX

Department of Mathematics Double Major Page

PHYS-BIO

Required courses: BIO, 101, 102, 201, 252, 254, 301, 310, 331, 353, 355, 407 + one BIO elective

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Double Major Page

PHYS-PHIL

The student must have previously taken a philosophy course and passed with a grade of BB or higher. The student's cumulative grade point average must be 3.00 and above. Applications are accepted only in the fall semester, and a one-page letter of intent is required about why you are interested in Philosophy and the philosophical questions/topics that interest you

Required courses: PHIL 101, 105, 106, 131, 132, 213, 214, 222, 273, 313, 314, 341, 382 + one philosophy elective

Department of Philosophy Double Major Page

PHYS-CHEM

Required courses: CHEM 201, 202, 203, 204, 242, 244, 245, 308, 351, 363, 415

Also, the students must have 30 workdays of training in a chemistry-related facility.

Double Major Programs with Physics

XXX-PHYS (excluding PHIL)

Students must complete one of these course combinations:

PHYS 101, 102, 201, 202
PHYS 121, 201, 202
PHYS 101, 130, 201

Courses to be taken: PHYS 221, 302, 311, 312, 325, 401, 402, 411, 412 + an elective course with a code 3XX, 4XX or 5XX

Remark 1: EE students can take PHYS 391 + PHYS 392 + PHYS 462 instead of PHYS 312 + PHYS 325 + PHYS elective

Remark 2: MATH students should take an elective course 3XX, 4XX or 5XX instead of PHYS 325.

Remark 3: PHYS 496 and PHYS 499 courses are not in the elective course pool for CMPE students.

PHIL-PHYS

Students must complete one of these course combinations:

PHYS 101, 102, 201, 202
PHYS 121, 201, 202
PHYS 101, 130, 201

and should also take the following math courses:

MATH 101, 102, 201, 202

Courses to be taken: PHYS 221, 302, (380 or 401 + 402 or 511), (311 or 407) + four elective courses with codes 3XX, 4XX or 5XX

Remark: Elective courses must be chosen with the approval of the Physics Department Double Major advisor.