Qualification Awarded

The Bacelor's Degree in English Language and Literature (first cycle in English Language and Literature) is awarded to the graduates who have successfully completed all courses in the curriculum.

Specific Admission Requirements

The Department of English Language and Literature takes undergraduate students with the results of OSYM (TYT and YDT) exam. See for details, www.osym.gov.tr

Qualification Requirements

Students must obtain a grade point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and successfully pass all courses on the program (equivalent to a total of 240 ECTS).

Recognition of Prior Learning

The rules and regulations for recognition of formal prior learning are well defined. Transfer can be made among the institutions of which equivalency is recognized by Higher Education Council. Also successful vocational school graduates to continue their education to obtain Bachelor's degrees if they are successful in selection and the placement examination (DGS, i.e. vertical transfer examination) are admitted. The courses to be taken by these students are determined by the relevant department, on the basis of courses they have completed in the programs from which they have graduated. Recognition of prior non-formal and in-formal learning is at the beginning stage in Turkish Higher Education Institutions. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University and hence of the Department is not an exception to this. However, exams of exemption are organised at the start of each year at the University for the courses of English Language and Computer Skills. The students who have completed the proficiencies for these courses on his/her own or through other means, and believe that they have achieved the learning outcomes specified are given the right to take the exemption exam. The students who achieve a passing grade from those exams are held exempt from the related course in the curriculum.

History

The Western Languages and Literature department was founded in 1994. English Language and Literature graduate program has started to take students in 2013-2014 academic year.

Profile of the Programme

The department of English Language and Literature aims to educate philologists who have adopted ethical values, who are aware of the realities of the world, who have adopted the importance of life long learning, equipped with the knowledge, skills and approaches necessary to serve in all areas of English philology. The BA program consisting of a total of 8 semesters in 4 years, aims to provide students with an advanced level of language skills, core knowledge in literary terms, literary history, literary theory and criticism, culture, and vocational competence in language, literature, criticism, and cultural studies.

Program Outcomes

1-	Have gained adequate knowledge of English Language, Literature and Culture.

2-	Have obtained a general knowledge of Literatures in English (USA, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia, etc.)

3-	Have adequate knowledge of literary genres, concepts, terms and literary periods.

4-	Have theoretical and practical knowledge of the systematic structure, mechanics and transformations of language

5-	Be able to apply literary, critical, historical and linguistic approaches to textual analysis.

6-	Be able to comparatively apply their knowledge of English Literature and Culture to other Western Cultures and Literatures as well as Turkish Culture and Literature

7-	Be able to transfer the extent of knowledge, communication skills, critical viewpoint and flexibility they have gained through the study of culture and literature to other areas of life (teaching, tourist guiding, translation, international relations, editing, etc.)

8-	Be able to utilize analytic strategies during the process of freethinking and incorporate the results in critical and creative processes to generate new ideas and projects

9-	Have developed a world view that is aware and critical of elements such as language, religion, gender, cultural, and sexual identities and diversities

10-	Be able to make use of the knowledge and skills they have obtained in awareness of their professional and ethical responsibilities, and develop independent operative skills by taking initiative

11-	Have obtained the skills for designing a scientific research, writing academic articles and evaluating the sources.

12-	Have knowledge of a second foreign language, other than English

13-	Be able to produce efficient translations by developing translation strategies for different text types

14-	Obtain (English Language) Teaching Certificates and qualify to work as English Teacher

15-	Be able to use the computer software and other multimedia technologies related to her/his field

Exam Regulations & Assesment & Grading

Marking and assessment methods for courses are provided in detail in each "Course Syllabus".

Graduation Requirements

Students must obtain a grade average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and successfully pass all courses on the program (equivalent to a total of 240 ECTS).

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Graduates of English Language and Literature will find vocational opportunities in publishing houses, magazines, literary and cultural journals, newspapers, film studios, various public institutions (such as the Turkish Radio and Television Institution - TRT, the Foreign Office, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of National Education etc.), international institutions, as well as European Community, projects and institutions. Graduates can also focus on areas of translation that require specific terminology and specialize as translators and/or interpreters in fields such as medicine, economy, archaeology, automotive, and law. Job opportunities are also available in tourism. They can enter the teaching profession at public or independent schools after having gained a Teaching Certificate. Furthermore, graduates may pursue an academic career by taking up scientific study at universities (at Master's and Doctorate level).

Access to Further Studies

The graduates holding Bachelor's Degree are eligible to apply to Master's Degree programs at national level and/or international level both in the same and in related disciplines.

Mode of Study

First Cycle (undergraduate)

Programme Director

Prof.Dr. Çiğdem Pala Mull

ECTS Coordinator

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Evaluation Questionnaires

Course & Program Outcomes Matrix