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VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT ESOGU FACULTY OF ART AND DESIGN 2020-2021 SPECIAL TALENT EXAM GUIDE

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This guide has been prepared to inform foreign candidate students who want to study at Eskişehir

Osmangazi University, Faculty of Art and Design, Visual Arts Department, about the Special Talent

Exam, and selection / placement procedures.

The applicants for the Special Talent Exam must carefully read all the information and explanations

in this guide. The Dean's Office, Examination Commission, Jury Members and the Rectorate cannot

be held responsible for the negative situations that may arise from the candidates' failure to read the

information and explanations written in the guide.

Candidates who apply for the Special Talent Exam are deemed to have accepted the regulations in this

guide and the online exam.

Exam schedule and exam conditions may vary depending on the pandemic process that may

develop.

Pre-registration process of citizens of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and foreign students will be carried out online by ESOGÜ Rectorate Student Affairs Office. Online exam rules and regulations described in this guide will be applied also for foreign candidates. Exams of foreign candidates will be carried out according to the calendar determined by ESOGU Rectorate Student Affairs Office.

Online Exam Dates for Foreign Candidates: 29-30 September 2020

Candidates, after filling and signing “Remote Exam Participation and Registration Declaration” that they can access from ANNEXURE-1, must scan and transform them into pdf documents and send to the faculty e-mail address: sanattasarim@ogu edu.tr

Exams of foreign students will be evaluated over 100. Candidates whose score is below 50

will be considered unsuccessful. Candidates will be announced according to the special talent

exam scores and quota.


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CONTENTS

1. STUDENT QUOTAS

2. PRE-REGISTRATION

2.1. Pre-registration conditions

2.2. Documents required

2.3. Finalizing the pre-registration process

3. SPECIAL TALENT EXAM

3.1. Exam type, date and environment

3.2. Digital tools and environments that candidates may need for the Special Talent Exam

3.3. Application of the exam and rules to be followed

3.4. Special Talent Exam Score (STES)

3.5. Placement

3.6. Announcement of the exam results

4. FINAL REGISTRATION


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1. STUDENT QUOTAS

Student quotas that are to be taken with a Special Talent Exam for the Visual Arts Department in the

2020-2021 academic year are given below:

Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Art and Design

Department Republic of Turkey

National Student

Disabled

Student Foreign Students

Visual Arts 18 2 10

2. PRE-REGISTRATION

Pre- registrations of foreign candidates for Special Talent Exam for Eskişehir Osmangazi

University Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Visual Arts will be carried out by ESOGÜ

Rectorate Student Affairs Office.

2.1 Pre-registration conditions

Pre-registration process of citizens of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and foreign students will

be carried out online by ESOGÜ Rectorate Student Affairs Office. Online exam rules and regulations

described in this guide will also be applied for foreign candidates. Exams of foreign candidates will

be carried out according to the calendar determined by ESOGU Rectorate Student Affairs

Office.

Applications with missing documents or outside the announced period will not be accepted.

2.2. Documents required

Candidates, after filling and signing “Remote Exam Participation and Registration Declaration” that

they can access from ANNEXURE-1, must scan and transform it into pdf documents and send to the

faculty e-mail address: sanattasarim@ogu edu.tr

2.3. Finalizing the pre-registration process

Candidates will be sent the candidate number, username and password that were defined for them

to their e-mail addresses. Candidates will be able to enter the online exam system via the widespread

network connection, which will also be announced by e-mail. The system will not allow login before

September 29, 2020


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3. SPECIAL TALENT EXAM

3.1. Exam type, date and environment

1) The Special Talent Entry Exam will be held online over the widespread network connection to be announced. The Special Talent Exam to be carried out online consists of 3 stages: Artistic Approach, Portfolio Presentation and Video Presentation.

2) Online Exam Date for Foreign Candidates: 29-30 September 2020

Candidates will be able to take the online exam on Tuesday September 29, 2020, between 09:00 and Wednesday September 30, 2020, 23:59.

3.2. Digital tools and environments that candidates may need for the Special Talent Exam

The Special Talent Exam will be held online. In order to meet the requirements expected for the online

exam, it is important for the candidates to have access to the following tools, programs or

environments:

Computer (Desktop or laptop)

Internet Connection (must be of a speed and quality that will not cause connection problems

during the online exam)

Camera (Webcam or camera-enabled phone, tablet, laptop with external camera)

Microphone (Phone, tablet, laptop with external camera with external microphone or

microphone feature)

Word Program

Programs that can prepare jpg files

Candidate number, user name and password sent to them via e-mail for the system where they

can log in from the common network connection to be announced.

3.3. Application of the exam and rules to be followed

The Special Talent Exam will be held online between the announced dates and times.

Special Talent Exam takes place in 3 online stages as “Artistic Approach”, “Portfolio Presentation” and “Video Presentation”. Via the widespread network connection which will be active on 29 September 2020 with the username and password specified for them candidates are expected to progress in these 3 stages in line with the following issues:


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3.3.1. Artistic Approach: The candidate, by taking the 4 questions below into consideration, has to

prepare and upload a Word document explaining his/her artistic interests and the motivation to choose

the Visual Arts Department.

The candidate must never include information that will reveal his/her identity in the text he/she

will write, otherwise the exam of the candidate will be deemed invalid.

Briefly write about yourself. (Your graduation knowledge, interests, etc.) What are your artistic

interests / fields and goals?

● What subjects are your artistic practices mostly shaped around?

● Which aspects of which artists, thinkers, educators, etc. is your work influenced by?

● Why do you prefer to study at ESOGU Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Visual Arts?

The candidate is required to compose his / her text stating his /her artistic interests, artistic motivation,

and reasons for application to the department around the above-mentioned questions, as a WORD file

using typeface Times New Roman and font size 12. Although there is no limitation on the length of

the description text, it is recommended to be between 300 and 1000 words. The text created must not

exceed the size of 1 MB and must be made ready to be uploaded to the system by being saved as

“CandidateNumber_artisticapproach” (e.g. 23_artisticapproach) and with the .doc or .docx

extension. Artistic Approach Stage has a 20% value in the Special Talent Exam Evaluation Scale. The

criteria to be used in evaluating this stage and their scores are as follows:

Artistic

Approach

Artistic

Interests

(5 points)

Artistic and

Theoretical

Resources

(5 points)

Motivation for

Application

(5 points)

Proper written

expression

ability of

technical

requirements

(5 points)

20 points

3.3.2. Portfolio Presentation: The candidate must present a portfolio that is the evidence of his / her

artistic interests and artistic practices. The portfolio must consist of images containing the candidate's

work pointing to different materials, techniques, or environments. Each image in the form of a file

with .jpg extension must be uploaded to the system separately, together with the label information.

(The candidate may create his / her works with .jpg extension by photographing, scanning, or preparing

directly in digital environment.)

The candidate is to upload the images consisting of his / her individual and original works and

the label information about the image. The exam of the candidate who is found to use images

and information that does not belong to them will be deemed invalid.

There must not be any information that will reveal the candidate’s identity such as name, surname, or

signature on the images. Otherwise, the exam of the candidate will be deemed invalid.

● 10 images must be uploaded to illustrate the candidate's artistic work. Images may illustrate

works that point to different materials, techniques, environments or topics. (Images of two-


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dimensional and / or three-dimensional works, photographs, motion pictures, etc.) It is

recommended to present images of experimental works, if any.

● Images must be prepared in .jpg format, and pre-formatted PDF files or files / images with

links to websites must not be uploaded.

● In order for the images representing the works to be eligible, each image must be prepared at

a resolution of 300 DPI, with a short edge not less than 10 cm.

● The size of each image must not exceed 5 MB. Files exceeding this size will not be accepted

by the system.

● Along with the images, the label information of the works must be provided. The label

information of the work must enclose the name, technique, size, year o and a short description

of the work, if any.

● Screenshots of motion pictures prepared in the above-mentioned features may be used. The

internet addresses of the motion pictures, if any, may be given in the description field in the

"label information" section.

Portfolio Presentation Stage has a 30% value in the Special Talent Exam Evaluation Scale. The criteria

to be used in evaluating this stage and their scores are as follows:

Portfolio

Presentation

Artistic

Concern

(10 points)

Artistic

Competence

(10 points)

Originality

(5 points)

Conformity

with technical

requirements

(5 points)

30 Points

3.3.3. Video Presentation At this stage, the candidate uploads a video to the system where he / she

presents the finished version of the project requested from her. The subject of the project will be

determined by the exam jury. The candidate will be able to see the subject of the project on the system he / she enters as of September 29, 2020. Candidates who have completed their project must submit their projects by taking a video and uploading the video file to the system.

Requirements for video presentation are as follows:

At first the candidate must briefly talk about his / her project in a way that makes his/her face seen

directly across in the video presentation. Then, during the detailed explanation of the project, he / she

may explain and present his/her project by shooting the project materials in close-up, if necessary, or

shooting her materials from different angles.

The candidate must not mention any information that will reveal his/her identity during her

presentation. No writing, drawing, visual, physical, or verbal expression must be included in the

video footage of the candidate to reveal his/her identity. Otherwise, the exam of the candidate will

be deemed invalid.

The candidate must upload the video, during which he/she presents the project, and which takes no

more than 10 minutes to the system. The video must be prepared as file with mpg, .wmv, .mpeg or

.mp4 extension and must not exceed 100 MB.


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The candidate is expected to answer the following questions regarding the project which is subject to

the presentation video:

● Describe your starting point for the project and explain how you realized your project.

● What are the materials, techniques and / or environments you have used in your project?

● Describe the factors that led you to choose the techniques, materials and / or environments you

have used in your project.

● Please explain the subject you have worked on and what you intended to depict within the

scope of the theoretical infrastructure of your project.

● Explain how you have combined the theoretical infrastructure that shapes your project with the

materials, techniques and / or media you have used, and what kind of associations you have

made.

In the project presentation, although the questions above are guiding, the candidate is free to add the

explanations he / she deems necessary.

Candidates who explain the final version of their projects with the video presentation must also upload

images of their projects and the project label information to the system. At this stage, 3 images should

be uploaded in .jpg format, each of which does not exceed the size of 5 MB. Images must show the

project from 3 different angles. Following the images, the label information including the project's

name, technique and size must be entered. (Each image must be prepared at a resolution of 300 DPI,

with a short edge not less than 10 cm.)

When the project video, project images and project's information are uploaded to the system, the Video

Presentation stage will be completed.

Video Presentation Stage has a 50% value in the Special Talent Exam Evaluation Scale. The criteria

to be used in evaluating this stage and their scores are as follows:

Video

Presentation

Artistic

Concern

(20 points)

Artistic

Competence

(20 points)

Originality

(5 points)

Oral

Expression

Skill

(5 points)

50 Points

3.4 Special Talent Exam Score (STES)

● The evaluation aims to measure the candidate's ability to express himself / herself and his/her

artistic interests in writing and verbally, his/her visual perception ability, his/her imagination and

his/her ability to transform it into artistic expression.

● Evaluation in the "Special Talent Exam" will be executed using the "Special Talent Exam

Evaluation Scale" below.


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Special Talent Exam Evaluation Scale

Artistic

Approach

Artistic

Interests

(5 points)

Artistic and

Theoretical

Resources

(5 points)

Motivation

for

Application

(5 points)

Proper written

expression ability of

technical requirements

(5 points)

20 points

Portfolio

Presentation

Artistic

Concern

(10 points)

Artistic

Competence

(10 points)

Originality

(5 points)

Conformity with

technical requirements

(5 points)

30 Points

Video

Presentation

Artistic

Concern

(20 points)

Artistic

Competence

(20 points)

Originality

(5 points)

Oral Expression Skill

(5 points) 50 Points

STES 100 Points

● As seen in the scale, the score that can be obtained is 20 points from the Artistic Approach stage, 30 points from the Portfolio Presentation, and 50 points from the Video Presentation. The highest score that can be obtained in the exam is 100.

● The evaluation will be carried out by the Exam Jury on 01 October 2020.

● The Exam Jury will evaluate the exam work over 100 points according to the evaluation criteria. Thus, the candidates' Special Talent Exam Score (STES) will be determined. Candidates with a special talent exam score of 50 and above will be considered successful and their placement scores will be added to the calculation.

3.5 Placement

Exams of foreign students will also be evaluated over 100. Candidates whose score is below 50 will

be considered unsuccessful. Candidates will be announced according to the special talent exam

scores and quota.

3.6 Announcement of the exam results

The exam results will be announced on Monday, October 5, 2020, on the website of the Faculty of Art and Design (http://stf.ogu.edu.tr/).

4. FINAL REGISTRATION

The final Registration process of foreign students will be carried out online by ESOGÜ Rectorate

Student Affairs Office.

DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ART AND DESIGN


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Annexure 1.

Remote Exam Participation and Registration Declaration

(For the candidates who will take the Online Special Talent Exam

at the Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Art and Design Visual Arts Department)

To the Dean of Art and Design Faculty

In the video presentation stage of the Special Talent Exam to be held online by the Eskişehir

Osmangazi University Faculty of Art and Design, I agree to “display my face in a visible way”

for authentication and the documents I uploaded to the system to be kept during the online

exam phases as exam documents.

First/ Middle Name :

Surname :

Date :

Signature :

This declaration must be sent by e-mail to the address below, after it has been filled in

full and signed in a wet ink signature by the candidate, scanned and transformed into

pdf document.

e-mail address: sanattasarim@ogu edu.tr