Amerikan Kültürü ve Edebiyatı (İngilizce) Lisans Diploması

ISCO 08

ISCO 08

• The program aims to stimulate intellectual enquiry that explores Western culture in general and American culture in particular. It is designed to develop students' skills in critical thinking and problem-solving as well as to equip them with the kind of intercultural competence that will be suitable for a variety of professions. Besides courses aiming to enhance students' skills in oral and written English, the curriculum includes courses enabling them to analyze American culture and literature from literary, historical, and critical perspectives.

• Learning takes place in the form of formal, open, or distance education. This programme is also offered with full scholarship.

• Possess advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by updated course material in the field of American Culture and Literature.
• Has the capacity to apply advanced knowledge of the research methods and techniques used in the field of American Culture and Literature to cultural, social, political, artistic and ethical fields.
• Be highly familiar with Western culture in general and Anglo-Saxon and American culture in particular and use this familiarity to think, inquire and criticize in a creative and dynamic fashion.
• Conduct studies independently and as a team-member in order to solve complex and unexpected problems in the field of American Culture and Literature.
• Critically evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of American Culture and Literature.
• Has knowledge about contemporary topics in American Culture and Literature and contemporary cultural and global problems.
• Has knowledge of literary genres and periods with regard to their historical development, their main characteristics and differences from each other.
• Possess the knowledge of research techniques and methids used in the field of American Culture and Literature.
• Conduct interdisciplinary research and analysis in the field of American Culture and Literature.
• Use the informatics, communication and computer technologies required by studies in the field of American Culture and Literature.
• Be competent in comparing different language structures in English and Turkish, meaning making, and transfering them to written and oral expression.
• Be highly competent in the English language and make detailed analyses in language, culture and literature.
• Speaks and uses a second language at an elementary level.
• Has professional and social ethics and responsibility

• Literacy competence
• Multilingual competence
• Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology and engineering
• Digital competence
• Personal, social and learning to learn competence
• Citizenship competence
• Entrepreneurship competence
• Cultural awareness and expression competence

• According to “Başkent University Regulation on Undergraduate Education and Exams”; for each course, students are given at least one midterm and one final exam at the end of the term. The instructor can give quizzes, consider homeworks, projects, lab, or similar works as a midterm. A variety of assessment methods such as quizzes, mid-term(s), assignment(s), exercise(s), project(s), practice(s), and final exams are implemented in the program. Assessment methods may include classical test(s), multiple-choice test(s), homework(s), performance evaluation(s), and product evaluation(s).
• In line with the credit system, the percentage of the in-term and final evaluations (exams, assignments, practice, and the like) should be declared by the course instructor to the head of the relevant department within the first two weeks of the semester and announced by the relevant unit. Final assessment, taking into consideration the level of overall achievement of all students taking the course, is to be determined by the academic staff member according to the letter grades indicated in the Regulations and given below:
• Letter Grades (Over 100) A 4 95-100 A- 3,7 90-94 B+ 3,3 85-89 B 3 80-84 B- 2,7 75-79 C+ 2,3 70-74 C 2 65-69 C1,7 60-64 D+ 1,3 55-59 D 1 50-54 F1 0 0-49 F2 0 -

To oversee the quality of higher education programs; - YÖK is responsible for planning, organizing, managing and supervising education and training and other activities in higher education institutions. - "University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports" of higher education institutions prepared within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK are published every year. The reports prepared according to these reports, including quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK. - "Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report" containing academic, administrative and financial data of foundation higher education institutions is published annually by CoHE. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is ensured according to the "Procedures and Principles for Ensuring Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

1. Creation and Approval of Curricula: YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required for the opening of undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions.

1.1. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will provide to the student are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

2. Assessment and Evaluation: The measurement and evaluation of the learning outcomes of each undergraduate program is carried out according to the teaching and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs, if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions; receive a bachelor's diploma.

4. Self-Assessment-External Evaluation: Higher education institutions, in the context of continuous monitoring, enter the "Institutional Internal Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. YÖKAK shares the "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared for the external evaluation of higher education institutions with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions issued by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also indicate that the quality assurance of the qualifications of the programs is ensured. YÖKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with the legislation.

Accreditation Organisation Name: Fen, Edebiyat, Fen-Edebiyat, Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakülteleri Öğretim Programları Değerlendirme ve Akreditasyon Derneği (FEDEK) Accreditation Start/End Date: 04. 01. 2023 – 30. 09. 2024

General admission requirements apply for both Turkish students and students of other nationalities.

• Graduates of the Department of American Culture and Literature can be employed in a wide variety of sectors requiring competence in English and in cultural and literary matters. Our graduates are widely employed in embassies, cultural institutes, foreign relations offices of companies involved in international business and in the media and tourism sector as advisors in language and culture or as translators. During their undergraduate education students may attend a program offered by the Faculties of Education of a variety of universities to receive a certificate for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. In this way, they become entitled to teach English at institutions of primary, secondary and higher education in Turkey. Those graduates wishing to pursue an academic career can be employed as research assistants in a variety of universities as they continue their studies to obtain higher degrees.

1. Higher Education Law No. 2547

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transferring Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer in Higher Education Institutions

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs to Undergraduate Education

2. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education (Additional Article-35)

2.1. Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board

Qualification is continuous