| Course Name | Credit |
| ENG 201 English-Turkish Translation | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 202 Turkish-English Translation | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 206 Introduction to Literary Studies | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 213 Creative Non-Fiction | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 214 Advanced Textual Analysis | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 215 World Thinkers | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 216 Poetry and Music | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 217 Literary Texts | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 218 Language in Intercultural Contexts | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 219 English Through Seminars on Films | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 220 The English Language and the Future of World Englishes | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 221 The Path to Success: Soft Skills | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 222 Creative Writing: The Short Story and the Novella | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 310 Foundations of Turkish Higher Education | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 312 Conversational English | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 313 Mastering 21st Century Skills | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 314 Skills for Undergraduate Research Experience | (3 - 0) 3 |
| ENG 411 English in the Media | (3 - 0) 3 |
Course Descriptions
ENG 201 English-Turkish Translation (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: The course involves intermediate to advanced work in translating texts from English into Turkish in three stages: (a) starting with samples including the basic structures in English at sentence level, (b) moving on to short paragraphs in which these structures are found in more complex form, (c) exposing students to short essays covering a wide variety of subjects as representative as possible of the styles and registers found in contemporary written English.
ENG 202 Turkish-English Translation (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: The course encompasses intermediate to advanced work in translating texts from Turkish to English in three stages: (a) starting with samples including the basic structures in Turkish at sentence level, (b) moving on to short paragraphs in which these structures are found in more complex form, (c) exposing students to short essays covering a wide variety of subjects as representative as possible of the styles and registers found in contemporary written Turkish.
ENG 206 Introduction to Literary Studies (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: Throughout their education, undergraduate students are required to use analytical reading and critical thinking skills, besides developing a familiarity with the contemporary English-speaking cultures. This course aims to enable students to improve their knowledge and understanding of literary genres, structures and terminology, enhance their appreciation of literary texts, and provide them with analytical skills. For this purpose, students will closely study selected samples of poetry, short fiction and drama.
ENG 213 Creative Non-Fiction (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: Creative non-fiction is a combination of literature and real life. We all have stories to tell about ourselves, other people and the world around us. In this course, students explore ways of telling their stories in their own way. They study the theory and practice of creative non-fiction by reading and writing in a variety of forms, including list essays, memoirs, travel essays and personal essays. In the meantime, they will also study the core elements of non-fiction, such as voice, character, point of view and scene.
ENG 214 Advanced Textual Analysis (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this course is designed to provide an introduction to discourse analysis, the study of language in context, for non-specialists in the area of language study. The development of lexical competence is a multi-factorial phenomenon, that is lexis only has meaning in context. Therefore, this course aims to take a holistic approach to multifactorial textual analysis. Advanced Textual Analysis makes use of the findings from semantics, etymology, lexicology, lexicography, discourse analysis and pragmatics in analyzing a variety of selected texts developing further reading skills, putting a special emphasis on improving vocabulary development strategies. Students are sensitized to subtle distinctions or variations in meaning between synonyms, idioms, phrasal verbs, and proverbial sayings by dealing with dictionary skills in depth and are provided with the means to achieve vocabulary development autonomously.
ENG 215 World Thinkers (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: The course aims to study some chosen thinkers who escaped crucifixion, burning or imprisonment, and who sometimes did not. We will discuss their life stories, what they thought, what they lived through, what they achieved, and even what they did not achieve, for there are times when their failures are as important and valuable to us as their achievements. We have chosen to study not professional philosophers, although there are times when they come in handy, but intellectual leaders of human civilization, scientists, artists, authors, musicians and so on.
ENG 216 Poetry and Music (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: The course covers some of the well-known poems of English language. They cover a wide variety of topics and themes, but they have all found their way into the songs of some famous musicians. Therefore, in addition to reading, students will have an opportunity to listen to them. Appreciation of literature and music will go hand in hand. The course is not a strictly literature course. It is more like a personal exploration of literature. The course requires class discussions, essays and group presentations on selected poems.
ENG 217 Literary Texts (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: Literary Texts is a learner-centered course offered at a technical university, designed with the backgrounds and needs of technical and social sciences students in mind. The course develops students’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills while engaging those interested in literature. Literary materials are used as reading texts or writing prompts, allowing students to respond through essays or extended research on weekly themes. Higher-order thinking skills such as synthesizing, evaluating, and forming judgments are emphasized. A thematic approach is adopted, with materials centered on topics like war, migration, city, nature, house, and body.
ENG 218 Language in Intercultural Contexts (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: This course is designed for students in any field of study who would like to raise their awareness of the requirements of functional communication in intercultural contexts. The course deals with how language is a sociocultural medium of communication, how it is interwoven with culture, and the implications of this relation on our learning and behavior.
ENG 219 English Through Seminars on Films (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: English through Seminars on Films is a course for students who like watching and discussing movies. The course encompasses all four skills of language; class hours mainly focusing on speaking and listening skills, and homework assignments focusing on listening, reading and writing skills. It aims to facilitate oral communication with the academic discussion method of seminar, which is a scholarly discussion technique that will be taught by the instructor at the beginning of the semester. Each week, students watch a different movie and think about a set of open-ended questions assigned by the instructor as homework. In the class, students discuss the questions using the seminar method. The seminars will focus on the story in the movies. As homework assignment, students write one essay and make one presentation elaborating on one of the questions given by the instructor to discuss the debate/issue in the movies further in more detail.
ENG 220 The English Language and the Future of World Englishes (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: The course aims to assist students in raising awareness of the issues centered on the development of the English language and its forms of use today and, most importantly, for the future of the language in terms of becoming a Lingua Franca. The course involves assignments, presentations, group discussions, and critiques.
ENG 221 The Path to Success: Soft Skills (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: This course is designed to help students develop and enhance their soft skills that will help them prepare for their work life. The course encompasses all four skills of language with a learner-oriented and interactive approach, which will enable students to improve their interpersonal and communication skills. More specifically, reading and listening components of the course will serve as input materials and students will be expected to perform in various spoken tasks. Through a range of activities such as impromptu speech, role-plays, case studies, public speaking and presentations, students will have the chance to enrich their personality and sharpen their soft skills. During their learning process, students will also be encouraged to reflect on their own performance and progress through self-evaluation and reflection tasks. To help students further, close monitoring and a progress report based on lesson observations will be provided by the instructor.
ENG 222 Creative Writing: The Short Story and the Novella (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: Human beings have been telling stories since the beginning of time, be it oral, written or visual. Therefore, we actually tell/pass on/create stories every day, sometimes without even realizing it. In this course about short fiction, students will study two specific literary genres, the short story and the novella, and will be given tools to help them turn an idea into a constructed story. Enjoying the process will be of utmost importance for us creators along the way. There will be some amount of reading in order to help students explore not only the theory, but also the practice of short stories. The course aims to develop students’ own craft early on and build it up slowly but steadily along with the help of the written assignments as well as various outside-class practice suggestions.
ENG 310 Foundations of Turkish Higher Education (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: This course is designed for students to develop a basic understanding of Turkish Higher Education system as prospective higher education professionals. Specifically, it aims to increase undergraduate students’ understanding of fundamental concepts related to higher education such as history, organization and governance, sociology, university experience and student culture, career, internationalization, science and research, quality, economy, and ethics. Students analyze and synthesize information from scholarly publications on higher education and apply what they have learned in output activities. Students also write short critical reflections on these scholarly publications. They finally present a future research plan at the end of the course.
ENG 312 Conversational English (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: This is a learner-centered and integrated-skills based course with a specific emphasis on both word- and sentence-level phonological features and is designed to help nonnative speakers of the English language to improve speech clarity and communicability and help them gain self-confidence, and self-monitoring abilities in English. Students will improve communicative and articulative accuracy by working on some of the finer features of native speech including stress and intonation variation for emphasis or special meaning, syllable reduction, and liaison. The task types include monologues and dialogues accompanied by grammar activities when required. The reading and listening skills will be utilized as a means for speaking outcomes, and the writing skill will mainly function as a self-reflection tool. The course will also offer a supportive learning environment to help students gain an understanding regarding the phonological and morphological impacts of Latin and Greek on the English language.
ENG 313 Mastering 21st Century Skills (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: This course is designed to raise awareness about the 21st Century Skills necessary for professional and academic success and to help students build and enhance their (a) life and career skills, (b) learning and innovation skills, and (c) information, media, and technology skills. By incorporating the 21st Century Skills Framework, the course offers a comprehensive curriculum that blends skill development with practical language use. Through analysis and hands-on practice, students will explore and apply these skills in meaningful, real-world contexts by engaging in scenario- and project-based tasks.
ENG 314 Skills for Undergraduate Research Experience (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: This course helps undergraduate students to become more skilled researchers by addressing their readiness to take on the role as a researcher and equipping them with a selection of academic skills. Specifically, prospective and current undergraduate researchers may benefit from this course that is designed to cater to their career readiness skills set including research and transferable skills such as professional communication, foundations of research, writing research proposals, submitting abstracts to calls, presenting at conferences, writing research papers, handling oral and written feedback, and preparing for research position interviews. The course is also a timely response to a current higher education challenge for undergraduate students where undergraduate research is becoming a substantial part of university students’ career journeys.
ENG 411 English in the Media (3 - 0) 3
Course Description: Intermediate-advanced work on English as it is used in the international media by native writers and speakers, in a variety of different registers such as newscasts (CNN and BBC), video documentaries, popular sit-coms and authentic unabridged texts. Emphasis will be on language and on critical thinking. Students will have some autonomy and flexibility in their choice of learning strategies, themes and registers, and in turn, they will make an ongoing, active contribution to the course.