School of Foreign Languages | Department of Foreign Languages

Profile of the Programme

School of Foreign Languages was established by a decision of the Council of Ministers published in the Official Gazette on 4 December 1999.Basic Foreign Language Department with a total of 196 faculty members trains in four languages (English, German, French, Russian).The department continues education in its new building located on İki Eylül Campus.

Programme Director & ECTS Coord.

Specific Admission Requirements

General admission requirements stated under Info on the Institution on this website are being applied to start this programme.
If the medium of instruction at the enrolled program is partly or completely English, German, French or Russian; Or, if the preparatory program is specified as compulsory in the guidbook of Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), then students have to study at the preparatory program. If foreign language preparatory education at the enrolled program is specified as optional in the OSYM guidebook, students can take preparatory language education, too. This applies for the foreign students as well.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Depending on the degrees awarded, theoretical or practical courses taken as part of a degree (completed or not completed) may lead to recognition of these as prior learning by the programme administration. The students who have taken courses in another institution in Turkey or abroad can ask for credit and grade transfer. The executive boards of relevant programme will decide on the courses to be transferred covering students' entire academic program once and for all with the condition that the request for transfer be made within the first week of the academic year, the requests cannot be repeated.
The students who completed the last three years of their secondary education with the citizens of the country whose language is the medium of instruction are exempt from the Foreign Language Exam:

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

A student is required to successfully complete the designated program of courses meet a minimum of 240 ECTS credit requirement and have a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00 and no FF, DZ or YZ grades.
Students enrolled at English, German, French and Russian programs are accepted as proficient when they have accomplished the exit level specified by the program. Whether students have met the proficiency requirements or not is determined according to the results they get from the proficiency exam.The Proficiency exam consists of three parts: 1- Booklet (Listening, Reading and Language Use); 2- Written Expression; 3- Spoken Expression. Students who get 60 out of 100 at the proficiency exam are accepted as proficient.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to master's or doctorate programmes in any field or proficiency in fine arts programmes
Students who have met the requirements for the proficiency can start their undergraduate studies.

Graduation Requirements

A student is required to successfully complete the designated program of courses meet a minimum of 240 ECTS credit requirement and have a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00 and no FF, DZ or YZ grades.
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Occupational Profiles of Graduates

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Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

A variety of assessment methods such as mid-term(s), assignment(s), exercise(s), project(s), practice(s), and a final exam are implemented in the programme. Assessment methods may include classical test(s), multiple-choice test(s), homework(s), performance evaluation(s), and product evaluation(s). In order to graduate from the programme, cumulative GPA must be minimum 2.00. A course grade is constituted by evaluating the above stated elements and given by using letters. Letter grades and their associated coefficients are as follows;
The students who are attending prep class are given a midterm exam, some percent of which is composed of assessment like portfolio, project, oral presentation, and pop quizes.The midterm score constitutes 40 percent of the final grade.At the end of each term, the students take a foreign language test which has two parts.Those who get 60 (out of 100) from the first part have the right to take the second part. The second part of the exam is composed of a multiple choice test, speaking, and writing and is calculated as follows:Multiple choice test: 40 percent, Speaking: 30 percent, Writing: 30 percentThere is a minimum requirement of 70 (out of 100) from the second part of the exam, and the overall grade must be minimum 70 in order to pass the prep class.

Grade	Coefficient
AA	4,0
AB	3,7
BA	3,3
BB	3,0
BC	2,7
CB	2,3
CC	2,0
CD	1,7
DC	1,3
DD	1,0
FF	0,0