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clustered in to 4-8 years, 9-12 years, and more than 12 years. Therefore study

load was decreased in accordance with number of years of teaching experiences.
The curriculum in this period did not change much except that there were

more elective courses. Study load for each program also varied greatly which
ranged from 144 to 160 credit units. In this period, curriculum approach at the

national level was about introducing the concept of core curriculum . It began with
the development of basic abilities followed by add ition of essential topics which

supported those abilities. For this reason , the curriculum consisted of the core
and the locally added curriculum. However, that national approach had not yet

influenced UT curriculum.

1995-2000 period
In this period the essential change of curriculum was done such as

increasing the passing grade for the diploma program from the GPA of 1.75 to
2.00. This decision was made in line with the Directorate of Higher Education

Decree. The other important change was the application of the core curriculum
approach. There was also curriculum revision for the diploma Dll Teacher

Training Program which had the largest number of students. This final revision
version was called 1996 curriculum. At the same time, the pre-service teacher

training program also revised their curriculum from the 1990 version to the 1995
version .

In the first registration period of 2000 , UT established a new curriculum for
regular programs which is called version 2000 curriculum . For the batch of

students who registered in 1999 and before, there were major changes for they
should follow the new curriculum. In order to help their credit earnings, the

courses they passed before the year of 2000 could be transferred and accredited
into the new curriculum . Whenever there were no equivalent courses, the credit

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