The course will be conducted jointly with the Faculty Academic English Program (FAE). The FAE component provides students the opportunity to develop and learn to apply the skills needed to design, write, present, and defend an extended, collaborative, transdisciplinary research project in the social sciences. Emphasis is on analyzing published materials that demonstrate the conventions of the different stages of an extended research project, developing skills of self- and peer-editing, and mastering advanced formatting techniques.
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Technical Report Writing & Presentation
This course is designed for engineering students and aims to develop technical and professional communication skills. Students will be expected to become competent in the process of writing technical reports, developing projects and presenting these tasks. The tasks performed, as part of the course will mirror the tasks students will be expected to do in their faculty courses and prospective professional lives.
Introduction to Creative Writing
Drawing on students’ accumulated awareness of the elements of literary genres, ENG 312 aims to help students gain a deeper practical and theoretical understanding of their own values and practice as writers. Students explore and practice the elements and techniques of fiction, including description, character, dialog, plot, setting, narration, style, and theme, and develop their writing skills in English, with special emphasis on the descriptive and figurative capabilities of the language. Taught through a combination of short lecture, student-led discussion, workshops, and tutorials, the course encourages students to explore and develop a personal creative process, and guides them through overlapping stages of pre-writing, writing and revision to produce a submission-ready piece of short fiction. Students are assessed both on the effectiveness of their final product and on the quality of their ongoing engagement with its inspiration and development in creative dialogue with their with peers and instructor.
Social & Political Philosophy II (English Part)
PHIL 243 Social and Political Philosophy I, offered in the Fall semester, and PHIL 244 Social and Political Philosophy II, offered in the Spring semester, are both inter-departmental courses initiated by the Philosophy Department at Bilkent. Philosophy (PHIL) instructors are responsible for three hours and Faculty Academic English Program (FAEP) instructors for another three hours, making six credit hours per semester per course.
These courses are based on classic texts in the history of philosophy, starting from the ancients of the Greek world, through to the contemporary of the early modern period at the turn of the twentieth century. The course is equally divided into Philosophy and English Language parts. While both parts of the course focus on the same set of texts, the emphasis and assessment criteria for each are different. The Philosophy part places more emphasis on evaluating the ideas and arguments expressed by each philosopher. The English part will place more emphasis on developing the ability to read, interpret and engage with, via critical thought; these challenging texts, as well as eliciting an ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a notably academic manner. Thus, the English part uses the original texts to further develop the broader multiple-skills facilitating goals achieved during first year English courses. In this partnership, set texts are determined by the philosophy department. However, the FAEP instructors liaise with the Philosophy instructors concerning focus on certain chapters, themes, and issues and a tandem course schedule is produced.
At the end of the course, English and Philosophy department grades are averaged to produce one letter grade for the student. If a student fails either the English or Philosophy component of the course, then he or she will fail the whole six-credit course.
Social & Political Philosophy I (English Part)
PHIL 243 Social and Political Philosophy I, offered in the Fall semester, and PHIL 244 Social and Political Philosophy II, offered in the Spring semester, are both inter-departmental courses initiated by the Philosophy Department at Bilkent. Philosophy (PHIL) instructors are responsible for three hours and Faculty Academic English Program (FAEP) instructors for another three hours, making six credit hours per semester per course.
These courses are based on classic texts in the history of philosophy, starting from the ancients of the Greek world, through to the contemporary of the early modern period at the turn of the twentieth century. The course is equally divided into Philosophy and English Language parts. While both parts of the course focus on the same set of texts, the emphasis and assessment criteria for each are different. The Philosophy part places more emphasis on evaluating the ideas and arguments expressed by each philosopher. The English part will place more emphasis on developing the ability to read, interpret and engage with, via critical thought; these challenging texts, as well as eliciting an ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a notably academic manner. Thus, the English part uses the original texts to further develop the broader multiple-skills facilitating goals achieved during first year English courses. In this partnership, set texts are determined by the philosophy department. However, the FAEP instructors liaise with the Philosophy instructors concerning focus on certain chapters, themes, and issues and a tandem course schedule is produced.
At the end of the course, English and Philosophy department grades are averaged to produce one letter grade for the student. If a student fails either the English or Philosophy component of the course, then he or she will fail the whole six-credit course.