Undergraduate Foreign Language Courses

General Information

Bilgi Language Programs offers several foreign language (LAN) courses to undergraduate students as elective courses. The Foreign Languages Program offers Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Laz Language with the aim of making students competent users of these languages as well as raising student awareness of different cultures and international communication.

The Program also offers Turkish Sign Language courses to train students in communicating with hearing- or speech-impaired persons.

Course Requirements

Materials:

Students need to:

• bring the coursebook/s the instructor requires
• bring any materials the instructor places on reserve at the copy center or posted online.

Attendance:

Students are advised to attend classes regularly. Failure to attend classes regularly will result in losing track of the ongoing process of learning as well as missing valuable opportunities to get feedback on their progress. Regular attendance and active participation will constitute 25 points of the total grade.

Participation:

Participation is different from attendance. It requires:

• contribution to class discussions and activities.
• acting with academic courtesy and academic honesty.
• bringing all the materials needed to class.
• following online pages regularly.

Bilgi Learn Pages:

Since according to university rules all announcements on the online page are official, heeding these announcements is students’ responsibility. Therefore, students need to:

• carefully follow the announcements and materials provided through Bilgi Online Education Pages. Students are advised to check the Online Education page at least a day before each class in order to follow weekly pacing and announcements.

Academic courtesy:

Academic courtesy means acceptable behavior in an academic environment. In other words, students are expected to arrive to class on time, show respect to peers and instructor, and come to class prepared with the necessary materials. Moreover, students are responsible for following rules of classroom conduct in addition to university rules. Repeated violations will result in disciplinary action.

Academic honesty:

Unethical behavior such as cheating and plagiarism will be officially recorded by the academic staff and reported to the Student Affairs Office which will result in disciplinary action and failing grade on the task or assignment. Plagiarism is claiming somebody else’s work as your own and it is students’ responsibility to credit work they have cited.

“Burden of Proof”: If the instructor doubts that a student has completed his or her work independently, it is the student’s responsibility to show that he or she completed the task on his or her own at each and every stage. Failure to provide evidence is grounds for receiving a failing grade on the assignment.

Assessment

These courses are assessed on one midterm exam, one final exam, quizzes and assignments and participation.

Quizzes and/or assignments missed due to absences cannot be made-up.

Letter Grades

* Please note that course requirements and assessment policies / procedures are subject to change based on student needs and profile.