İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Lisans Diploması

ISCO-08

ISCO-08

The department, founded in 1998, aims to deliver English language, literature and culture, to provide students with scientific research skills and to improve students' written and spoken English. The department offers undergraduate education in English Language and Literature, American Literature, Translation and English Language Education. The department also offers a postgraduate program.

The department also organizes events and conferences frequently. The speeches organized by the department bring together both our faculty members and students, as well as speakers from other departments of our university and other universities. Our department frequently provides the opportunity for experts operating in the fields of employment-oriented tourism and education to meet with students.

The program provides linguistics, language education, literature, popular culture, women's literature, media, ethnic minority studies, colonization and post-colonial studies. In-class discussions, final assignments prepared by students and in-class studies are as important as the information given by the course instructors. Evaluation is based on exams and in-class participation. The language of instruction in all department programs is English.

The graduates who receive a certificate of education can work as English teachers and lecturers in educational institutions. Our graduates have a wide range of job opportunities in the tourism sector, ministries, banks, TRT and private media organizations, translation, copywriting in the advertising sector and editorship in publishing houses, where personnel equipped with advanced English language, cultural and literary knowledge are needed. 

The program is carried out in the form of full-time formal education. Courses are held face to face and are supported by theoretical education as well as practical assignments, projects and academic research. Students benefit from environments with resources such as the department library and the university library.

1   Students can acquire sufficient knowledge about the English language, literature, and culture.

2   Students can use literary, critical, historical, and linguistic approaches in textual analyses.

3   Students can acquire sufficient knowledge of literary genres, concepts, and terms.

4   Students can develop a worldview that is aware of and questions elements such as language, religion, gender, cultural and sexual identities, and differences.

5   Students can acquire general knowledge about English literatures from various regions, including the USA, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and others.

6   Students can apply their knowledge of English literature and culture in a comparative manner with other Western cultures and literatures, as well as Turkish culture and literature.

7   Students can develop translation strategies for different types of texts and produce competent translations.

8   Students can use analytical strategies in the process of independent thinking and evaluate the knowledge they have acquired to generate new ideas and projects in critical and creative processes.

9   Students can transfer the knowledge, communication skills, critical perspective, and flexibility gained from culture and literature studies to other areas of life such as teaching, guidance, translation, international relations, editing, and more.

10 Students can acquire theoretical and applied knowledge about the systematic structure, functioning, and transformations of language.

11 Students can work in the area of industry research, communication technology, mass communication, publishing houses, libraries, archives and documentaries.

12 Students can acquire the knowledge and skills in working international companies and can take responsibilities.

1. Effective communication

2. Advanced English language skills

3. Digital literacy

4. Critical thinking

5. Research skills

6. Interdisciplinary work competence

7. Cultural awareness

8. Lifelong learning skills

The Bachelor’s Degree is awarded to students who have successfully completed all courses in the curriculum including four years or 8 semester per year and have obtained a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 on a 4.00 scale Grade Factor AA 4.0 BA 3.5 BB 3.0 CB 2.5 CC 2.0 DC 1.5 DD 1.0 FF 0.0

The program’s quality is monitored regularly through internal and external evaluation processes and student feedback within the framework of Fırat University’s Quality Assurance System. Updates are made in accordance with the principles of YÖKAK and the Bologna Process.

The program was entitled to receive the “Accreditation Certificate” issued by the Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Curriculums of Faculties of Science, Literature, Science-Literature, Language and History-Geography (FEDEK) in 2024.

Students are required to hold a valid high school diploma issued by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education, or other international diplomas authorized by the Ministry of National Education to register for the Undergraduate Programme. Students should succeed in the Language 1 test of the National Student Selection and Placement Test.

The graduates of English Language and Literature with teaching certificates may become English teachers or lecturers in many state and private schools and universities. Graduates are also able to find jobs which require cultural and literary knowledge, such as those in tourism, ministries, banks, state and private media institutions. They can also work as translators, writers and/or editors. In addition to the positions in secondary schools and academic institutions, they may work at various state and private companies, and international offices and the European Union departments of the ministries

Law No. 2547 on Higher Education and relevant regulations.

Qualification is continuous