İşletme (İngilizce) Lisans Diploması

ISCO 08

ISCO 08

• The main educational goal of the undergraduate business program is to raise students who have contemporary business knowledge/skills, can think critically, have professional ethics and social responsibility, can communicate effectively, have team player characteristics, and are fluent in English, which is the communication language required for lifelong professional development.

• Business education is provided in English through formal education. There are classrooms, lecture halls and laboratories within the university in order to gain the competencies aimed at by the department courses and the program. Students are supported with courses from different disciplines within the scope of the applied core curriculum, and are also supported socially and culturally.

• Effective communicator with writing and communication skills necessary to effectively organise ideas and thoughts and to convey them to various audiences.
• Critical thinker who uses modern methods of scientific thought and develops creative solutions for global challanges
• Socially responsible and ethical business professional committed to diversity and creativity through business as well as artistic, cultural, sportive, and intellectual activities.
• Effective communicator with writing and communication skills necessary to effectively organize ideas and thoughts and to convey them to various audiences.
• Effective team player
• Business professional equipped with English language skills for professional and personal development.

• Communication in native language
• Communication in foreign languages
• Mathematical competence and core competencies in science/technology
• Digital competence
• Learning to learn
• Social and citizenship competencies
• Taking initiative and entrepreneurship
• Cultural awareness and expression

• In each course, assessments such as midterm exams, projects, laboratory or studio work, assignments, and quizzes are carried out throughout the semester. Additionally, a final exam is given at the end of the semester. The percentages/weights of the assessments carried out throughout the semester and the final exam grade in the total end-of-semester are determined by the relevant instructor and announced at the beginning of the semester. The percentage/weight of the final exam in the total grade cannot exceed 60%. The assessments in-term, must be evaluated according to the academic calendar and the results must be announced to the students before the end of the semester courses.
• Except for the exams of the English Preparatory Program, multiple choice or true-false type questions are not included in the midterm and final exams.
• The students who are suspended as a result of a disciplinary investigation are not given the opportunity to make up for the assessments that they could not attend during the period they were suspended.
• In order to be eligible to take the final exam, students must demonstrate a certain level of overall success in other assessment activities carried out throughout the semester. Students who cannot achieve this level of success or do not meet the attendance requirements of the course are not taken to the final exam of the course. The percentages of the assessments carried out throughout the semester and the 
• minimum success level and attendance requirement required to gain the right to take the final exam are determined by the instructor teaching the course and announced in writing at the beginning of the semester. Students who are not eligible to take the final exam are determined by the instructor teaching the course and these students are given an FZ grade within the dates specified in the academic calendar before the final exams. Students who receive FZ grades are not admitted to the final exam of the course.
• The letter grade to be given to each student at the end of the semester is determined by the instructor based on the student's end-of-semester weighted total grade, attendance at classes and participation in other studies. Among the students whose total success does not meet the minimum level of success determined by the instructor, those who have attended the final exam are given an F grade, and students who have the right to take the final exam but have not taken the final exam are given an FX grade. Students who have not taken the final exam but whose total success exceeds the minimum success level determined by the instructor may be given a grade of D or higher. Letter grades are delivered electronically to the Registrar's Office until the day specified in the academic calendar.
• The Registrar's Office announces end-of-semester course grades and semester and overall grade point averages on the date specified in the academic calendar.
• Except for the I grades that may have been given and the grades of the students who will take the make-up exam within the scope of Article 4.8, all grades that remain uncertain after the announcement of the letter grades will be converted into FX grades.

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.

1.2. The curricula of the National Core Curricula are adopted by the relevant Council of Deans and implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of the Council of Higher Education.

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.

The Department of Business Administration has AACSB - (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) international accreditation.

https://www.aacsb.edu/accredited/b/bilkent-university

At the same time, it is monitored within the scope of Bilkent University Quality Assurance in Education studies at the end of each academic term, within a continuous improvement cycle. Reports prepared at the end of academic terms are made public and shared with the Higher Education Quality Council.

https://qme.bilkent.edu.tr/program.php?stand_alone=&bolum_kod=MAN&program_kod=MAN_BS_2018&track_kod=

https://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/www/kalite-guvencesi/yillik-faaliyet-raporlari/

https://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/www/kalite-guvencesi/donemlik-olcum-raporlari/

• Students who are placed in a program at Bilkent University by ÖSYM (Center for Assessment, Selection and Placement) as a result of central placement, students who are successful in the Bilkent University aptitude exams they take after pre-registration, Turkish nationals or international students who are accepted by the University in line with the Council of Higher Education's Principles on Admission of Students from Abroad, and international students who are placed at the University by the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities within the scope of Türkiye Scholarships, have the right to register at Bilkent University.
• In addition, students accepted by Bilkent University through undergraduate transfer can register definitively, starting from the relevant class of the education program to which they have been accepted.
• Students who are fully registered continue their education as full-time students, regardless of the number of courses they take each semester.
• The final registration procedures and program adjustments of students who are placed in an undergraduate program of Bilkent University through central placement and who were previously enrolled in a different undergraduate program at Bilkent but have not graduated from this program are subject to the relevant provisions of the Regulation on Horizontal and Vertical Transfer to Bilkent University Undergraduate Programs. Students who re-enter the program they are enrolled in, those who took a break from their education for less than a year, continue their programs from where they left off, and those who take a break for more than a year start the program from the beginning. Students who have previously graduated from a university with a bachelor's degree, and students who have been placed in an undergraduate program at Bilkent University in the past years and who have taken the ÖSYM exams and been placed back in Bilkent again, cannot benefit from Bilkent University scholarships.

Upon successful completion of coursework for BA in Business Administration, students will be able to:

Goal 1 – Business professional equipped with business knowledge and skills

• Demonstrate a broad understanding of the core business functions
• Demonstrate an understanding of the codified body of knowledge in business administration/management
• Identify and apply appropriate analytical tools in core business functions
• Have working knowledge and skill in using spreadsheets and similar supportive software for business analysis

Goal 2 – Critical thinker

• Think critically – infer, deduce, interpret, recognize assumptions, and evaluate arguments

Goal 3 – Ethical business professional

• Show awareness of the ethical components of a business decision
• Show awareness of and commitment to (i) respect for others’ persons, opinions and beliefs, and (ii) equal treatment of individuals regardless of gende and other characteristics, both for internal and external stakeholders and in business situations and in society at large

Goal 4 – Effective communicator

• Produce quality professional written documents on a business topic in English suited for an audience
• Deliver a quality professional presentation on a business topic to an audience using the appropriate technology

Goal 5 – Effective team player

• Function in teams in a business environment effectively

Goal 6 – Business professional equipped with English language skills for professional and personal development

• Follow the developments in the theory and practice of their profession that occur globally and are communicated in English in order to keep abreast with current business practices in their professional careers and for personal development.

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

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

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

Law No. 2547 on Higher Education

(https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/MevzuatMetin/1.5.2547.pdf)

Regulation on Higher Education Quality Assurance and the Higher Education Quality Council

(https://yokak.gov.tr/Common/Docs/Site_Mevzuat/THE_REGULATION_ON_HIGHER_EDUCATION_QUALITY_ASSURANCE_AND_THE_THEQC2023.pdf)

Bilkent University Undergraduate and Associate Degree Education Regulations (https://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/www/lisans-ve-on-lisans-egitim-ogretim-yonetmeligi/)

The qualification is valid at all times.