ELECTIVE COURSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES

 

Department of Modern Languages

Tel     : 0 (312) 210 3920-210 3904

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General Prerequisites:

• Students who have successfully completed or have been exempted from compulsory English101 course and are at least in their 2nd year can apply to take elective courses in the Department of Modern Languages.

• Fourth year students cannot register for elective language courses with the code 201 (except elective English courses).

• Students can register for only one course from Department of Modern Languages in one semester.

• A second language course is not given to the students who have taken one of the language courses (except ENG code elective courses) and been successful. These students can take the following advanced classes of their previous language course.

• The Department can refuse to register students who have failed (FF, FD) or withdrawn from an elective language and who want to retake the course to increase their CGPA. Priority will be given to students who will take the course for the first time.

• Students cannot register as NI (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Grade) for courses 201-202. However if the course quota is not full, students can register for NI for more advanced courses.

• Attendance is mandatory. Conflict of hours with other courses is not an acceptable excuse for non-attendance.

• Students must have a CGPA of minimum 2.00, in order to be accepted for the elective courses.

Application and registration of elective language courses:

Students apply for an elective language course in the first class meeting during which the instructor will distribute elective cards. The Department will determine the number of students for each course. Students accepted for the course complete their registration during the Add/Drop period.

Instructor's approval is required to complete registration to all the elective language courses. The instructor gives approval by signing the elective card. Adviser approval will not be given to students who do not have instructor's signature on their elective cards.  

 

DETAILED INFORMATION ON ELECTIVE COURSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES

COURSE	COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	PREREQUISITE
ENGLISH	639 0 201 639 0 202 639 0 311 639 0 411	English-Turkish Translation Turkish- English Translation Advanced Communication Skills English in the Media	(3-0) 3	(201 -202)To be successful in the courses of ENG 101, ENG 102 ve ENG 211 (minimum CB) (311)To be successful in the courses of ENG 101, ENG 102 ve ENG 211 (minimum CB) and to be junior. (411) ENG 211 / COD(*)
ARABIC	602 0 201 602 0 202 602 0 203 602 0 204 602 0 205	Beginning Arabic I Beginning Arabic II Intermediate Arabic I Intermediate Arabic II Advanced Arabic	(4-0) 4	Students who have studied Arabic during their previous education cannot take Arabic courses 201 or 202.
FRENCH	603 0 201 603 0 202 603 0 203 603 0 204 603 0 205 603 0 206	Beginning French I Beginning French II Intermediate French I Intermediate French II Advanced French Turkish-French Translation	(4-0) 4 (3-0)3	Graduates of High Schools in which the medium of education is French cannot take. The ones who have selected French as foreign language during their previous education cannot take the FREN 201 course. These students can apply for FREN 202.
GERMAN	604 0 201 604 0 202 604 0 203 604 0 204 604 0 205 604 0 206	Basic German I Basic German II Intermediate German I Intermediate German II Advanced German I Advanced German II	(4-0) 4 (3-0) 3	Graduates of High Schools in which the medium of education is German or the ones who have taken a part of their education in Germany cannot take these courses. The ones who have selected German as foreign language during their previous education cannot take the GER 201 course. These students can apply for GER 202.
JAPANESE	605 0 201 605 0 202 605 0 203 605 0 204	Basic Japanese I Basic Japanese II Intermediate Japanese I Intermediate Japanese II	(4-0) 4
ITALIAN	606 0 201 606 0 202 606 0 203 606 0 204	Basic Italian I Basic Italian II Intermediate Italian I Intermediate Italian II	(4-0) 4	Graduates of a High School in which the medium of education is Italian cannot take these courses.
RUSSIAN	607 0 201 607 0 202 607 0 203 607 0 204	Basic Russian I Basic Russian II Intermediate Russian I Intermediate Russian II	(4-0) 4	Graduates of High Schools in which the medium of education is Russian or ones who have taken Russian as foreign language during their previous education cannot take these courses.
SPANISH	608 0 201 608 0 202 608 0 203 608 0 204	Basic Spanish I Basic Spanish II Intermediate Spanish I Intermediate Spanish II	(4-0) 4

 (*) COD: Concent of Department

*** To the attention of the students who have taken French and German courses from FLE (Foreign Language Education)!

German
Elective (Open to all students)

FLE 271 (450 271)
         272 (450 272)
         273 (450 273)

To German minor program students

FLE 371 (450 371)
         372 (450 372)
         373 (450 373)
         374 (450 374)

French
Elective (Open to all students)

FLE 291 (450 291)
         292 (450 292)
         293 (450 293)

To French minor program students

FLE 391 (450 391)
         392 (450 392)
         393 (450 393)
         394 (450 394)

Department of Modern Languages cannot give course of another language to the students who have taken one or two of these courses. These students continue German or French courses they began.
The students who have completed three or four of the courses above can apply for 204, 205 or 206 German or French courses as the continuation of their previous courses. These students can be accepted to these courses if they are compatible with other prerequisites and the quota of the course is appropriate.
The students who have taken one or more of the coded courses above are not accepted to Germ 201-202-203 or French 201-202-203 courses.
The students who have taken and completed all four courses of French or German from FLE department can apply for a new language. However, these students should not be in the last semester of their senior year.