English Language and Literature

Description

As the Yasar University Department of English Language and Literature, we are proud to play a role in the education and development of a new generation of young critical thinkers.

We aim to equip our students with the analytic and linguistic skills that will not only open up a wide range of employment possibilities for our graduates but also enable them to play an active and critical role in society.

Our students receive extensive instruction in English grammar, speaking skills and academic writing. Moreover, since they spend four years immersed in oral and written discussion and debate in English, they gain advanced proficiency in the use of language in an applied setting. The increasingly globalized nature of modern society demands experts who are not only competent in other languages but also literate in other cultures.

Alongside the literature of the British Isles, students in the department have the opportunity to study other Anglophone cultures and to think critically about questions of cultural domination and autonomy in the context of the history of empire and decolonization. The culture and literature of the United States, the question of gender and literature and the connections between literary and visual culture are among fields that our students will have an opportunity to explore.

With our diverse international faculty, we introduce students to a range of possible approaches to the study of literature, but at the core of our pedagogic strategy is the cultivation of close reading skills. In the first two years of our curriculum, students take a number of courses that focus on textual analysis (in fiction, poetry and drama), providing the foundation on which subsequent courses, with their comprehensive historical scope, will build. Emphasizing the development of the fundamental skills of literary interpretation over memorization of factual knowledge, we try from the very first moment that students set in the classroom at Yasar University to inculcate the value of independent thought. The option of studying another discipline as a Second Major or Minor as well as the possibility of participating in international exchanges via the Erasmus Program and studying a wide range of other languages represent further opportunities for students independently to shape their intellectual development while registered in the Department.

With the critical, analytic and linguistic skills cultivated by their studies, graduates from our department have a wide range of employment options open to them. Many of them will in turn become educators. Others will use their cultural skills in publishing, journalism and the media. Tourism, public relations, international business and communication are just a few of the other fields open to those who benefit from the comprehensive cultural and intellectual formation offered by our well-rounded curriculum.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 10500 Year (National)
• GBP 10500 Year (International)

• English

Course Content

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

2012-2013 CURRICULUM

1st Semester

• ENGLISH GRAMMAR I
• ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS I
• SPEAKING SKILLS I
• TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: FICTION
• CLASSICAL LITERATURE I
• TURKISH I
• FOUNDATION COURSE

2nd Semester

• ENGLISH GRAMMAR II
• ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS II
• SPEAKING SKILLS II
• TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: DRAMA
• CLASSICAL LITERATURE II
• TURKISH II
• FOUNDATION COURSE

3th Semester

• TRANSLATION I
• 16TH-AND17TH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
• TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: POETRY
• ELECTIVE
• THE PRINCIPLES OF ATATÜRK AND THE HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION I
• FOUNDATION COURSE
• FOUNDATION COURSE

4th Semester

• TRANSLATION II
• 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
• INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL
• ELECTIVE
• THE PRINCIPLES OF ATATÜRK AND THE HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION II
• FOUNDATION COURSE
• FOUNDATION COURSE
• FOUNDATION COURSE

5th Semester

• 19TH-CENTURY BRITISH NOVEL I
• 19TH-CENTURY BRITISH PROSE & POETRY
• SHAKESPEARE
• DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE
• ELECTIVE

6th Semester

• 19TH-CENTURY BRITISH NOVEL II
• LITERATURE AND GENDER
• MODERN DRAMA
• DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE
• ELECTIVE

7th Semester

• CHAUCER AND MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
• BRITISH FICTION: 1900-1950
• LITERARY THEORY
• DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE
• ELECTIVE

8th Semester

• POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
• BRITISH FICTION: 1950 TO THE PRESENT
• 20TH-CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY POETRY
• DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE
• ELECTIVE

Total Graduation Credits: 143
Total ECTS Credits: 240

English Language Requirements

TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test : 79

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

For National Students

• High School Diploma
• Placement through a centralized national university placement examination (ÖSYS). Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) is responsible to place students according to their ÖSYS scores.
• Certificate of Yasar University Foreign Language Achievement Test (FLAT) or Paper Based TOEFL (PBT) score of 550, or Computer Based TOEFL (CBT) score of 213 or Internet Based TOEFL (IBT) score of 79, or equivalent. (Applicants, who have not achieved the minimum required score from a recognized English Proficiency Examination, must enroll for a one-year intensive English Language Preparatory Programme at Yasar University English Preparatory School.)

For International Students

• High School Diploma
• Certificate of Yasar University Foreign Language Achievement Test (FLAT) or Paper Based TOEFL (PBT) score of 550, or Computer Based TOEFL (CBT) score of 213 or Internet Based TOEFL (IBT) score of 79, or equivalent. (Applicants, who have not achieved the minimum required score from a recognized English Proficiency Examination, must enroll for a one-year intensive English Language Preparatory Programme at Yasar University English Preparatory School.) (Not required for native speakers).
• Letter of Recommendation
• Photocopy of Passport

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Yasar University.

Funding

Undergraduate students enrolled at Yasar University are eligible for scholarships based on their academic performance. Any student, who has completed the first academic year and achieved a grade point average of above 2.30 out of 4.00, will be eligible to apply for an academic scholarship. Within the quota determined, scholarships for the following academic year, will be awarded on a 100%, 50% and 25% basis. The scholarship will continue as long as the student’s grades are maintained.

Sports Scholarship:

Yasar University offers Sports Scholarships to successful athletes playing in National teams. This year, scholarships of 100%, 50% and 25% will be offered to athletes in below fields: Tennis, Table Tennis, Archery, Athletics, Chess, Fencing, Gymnastics, Swimming and Triathlon Applications for Sports Scholarship are taken during May.

Turkish Government Scholarships:

Some international students may also be eligible for scholarships sponsored by the Turkish government.