Summer 2020 Pre-College Program Course List
| CODE | SECTION NUMBER | NAME | CREDIT | INSTRUCTOR | DESCRIPTION | DAYS & TIME |
| ACCT 201 | 01 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | 3 | GEORGIOS EMMANOUIL IATRIDIS | An introduction to financial reporting designed to create an awareness of the accounting concepts and principles for preparing the four basic financial statements: the income statement, statement of stockholders’ equity, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. The course is designed to benefit all students who will be future users of accounting information | TO BE ANNOUNCED |
| ARBC 201 | 01 | ARABIC I : BEGINNERS | 3 | MAZEN RABIA | Basics of grammar and vocabulary, listening, and speaking. Readings include newspapers, poems, and authentic documents. Language labs using multimedia systems are part of the language courses. | MoTuWeTh 13:00 – 14:50 |
| ASIU 100 | 01 | LITERATURE AND THE SOCIAL WORLD | 3 | ANAIS AMANDINE FUSARO | Examining how social ideas are expressed through and portrayed in works of the creative imagination. A selection of literary texts, films, visual representations, and/or essays that speak to a particular social issue or set of interrelated social issues. A variety of themes, such as feminism, globalization, migration, environmentalism, post-colonialism and nationalism. Developing students’ competencies in: written and oral communication skills; creativity and scepticism; and critical thinking. | MoTuWeTh 09:00 – 10:50 |
| ASIU 100 | 02 | LITERATURE AND THE SOCIAL WORLD | 3 | ANAIS AMANDINE FUSARO | Examining how social ideas are expressed through and portrayed in works of the creative imagination. A selection of literary texts, films, visual representations, and/or essays that speak to a particular social issue or set of interrelated social issues. A variety of themes, such as feminism, globalization, migration, environmentalism, post-colonialism and nationalism. Developing students’ competencies in: written and oral communication skills; creativity and scepticism; and critical thinking. | MoTuWeTh 11:00 – 12:50 |
| ASIU 117 | 01 | WOMEN AND GENDER IN LITERATURE | 3 | GÜLŞAH TORUNOĞLU | An introduction to the various texts problematizing women’s relationship with identity, culture and society. A cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach exploring the connection between gender, sexuality, class, race, religion and nationality as reflected in literature. | MoTuWeTh 11:00 – 12:50 |
| CHIN 201 | 01 | CHINESE I: BEGINNERS | 3 | MEHTAP ATALI DAĞTEKİN | Basics of grammar and vocabulary, listening, and speaking. Readings include newspapers, poems, and authentic documents. Language labs using multimedia systems are part of the language courses. | MoTuWeTh 09:00 – 10:50 |
| ECON 100 | 01 | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS | 3 | ALPER YILMAZ | Economic reasoning; basic concepts and processes in microeconomics and macroeconomics; identification and discussion of current economic issues covered in popular economics publications. | MoTuWeTh 15:00 – 16:50 |
| ECON 101 | 01 | INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS | 3 | SHAHiN BAGHiROV | Human behavior and rationality; introduction to the principles of individual decision making in the presence of resource constraints; functioning of the market economy: demand, supply, and equilibrium; price mechanism and the allocation of resources; economic efficiency, types of market competition, and government intervention. | MoTuWeTh 13:00 – 14:50 |
| ECON 102 | 01 | INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | 3 | CEM GÖRGÜN | An introduction to the analysis of the economy as a whole; overview of macroeconomic issues, such as the determination of output, unemployment, inflation, and interest rates; basic models of macroeconomics and illustration of basic principles with examples from Türkiye and other countries; economic fluctuations and stabilization policies; long-run economic growth; money and monetary policy; government spending, taxes, and fiscal policy. | MoTuWeTh 11:00 – 12:50 |
| ETHC 105 | 01 | ETHICS AND EVERYDAY LIFE | 3 | ELİS ŞİMŞON | Understanding how we experience freedom, justice, equality, rights, good&evil, judgments, and discrimination in our everyday life from the corner of a grocery store to a doctor’s office, to a court-house or to a class at the university. Analyzing the various ways of ethical reasoning already happening in our everyday interactions in order to enrich and sometimes to challenge the philosophical theories of ethics. Analyzing the already existing theories of ethical reasoning in the history of philosophy to challenge our at times non-reasoning habits. Connections between theory and practice in everyday life through very open discussion of everyday examples in connection to our readings of ethical reasoning from Plato, Aristotle, Mill, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Sartre, Arendt, De Beauvior, etc. | MoTuWeTh 09:00 – 10:50 |
| ETHC 105 | 02 | ETHICS AND EVERYDAY LIFE | 3 | ELİS ŞİMŞON | Understanding how we experience freedom, justice, equality, rights, good&evil, judgments, and discrimination in our everyday life from the corner of a grocery store to a doctor’s office, to a court-house or to a class at the university. Analyzing the various ways of ethical reasoning already happening in our everyday interactions in order to enrich and sometimes to challenge the philosophical theories of ethics. Analyzing the already existing theories of ethical reasoning in the history of philosophy to challenge our at times non-reasoning habits. Connections between theory and practice in everyday life through very open discussion of everyday examples in connection to our readings of ethical reasoning from Plato, Aristotle, Mill, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Sartre, Arendt, De Beauvior, etc. | MoTuWeTh 15:00 – 16:50 |
| ETHC 109 | 01 | ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | 3 | SEMİH ÇELİK | A growing area of philosophy focusing on issues about the value of nature and other living beings and our responsibility towards them. Primary questions dealing with issues of moral responsibility of human beings towards other life forms and on the relative value of nature. Various topics focus on economic and technological development, pollution, the preservation of species, and the uses and abuses of life. | MoTuWeTh 09:00 – 10:50 |
| ETHC 113 | 01 | A QUEST FOR ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS | 3 | NALAN SARAÇ | A historical introduction to ethical reasoning in order to develop skills to examine our lives. Recognition of the principal problems of ethics in a variety of works. Reading, thinking and writing critically about ethical issues and problems. Examination of theory of knowledge, origins of ethics, ethical responsibility and critiques of ethical theories under the guidance of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche. | MoTuWeTh 09:00 – 10:50 |
| ETHC 113 | 02 | A QUEST FOR ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS | 3 | NALAN SARAÇ | A historical introduction to ethical reasoning in order to develop skills to examine our lives. Recognition of the principal problems of ethics in a variety of works. Reading, thinking and writing critically about ethical issues and problems. Examination of theory of knowledge, origins of ethics, ethical responsibility and critiques of ethical theories under the guidance of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche. | MoTuWeTh 11:00 – 12:50 |
| ETHC 113 | 03 | A QUEST FOR ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS | 3 | NALAN SARAÇ | A historical introduction to ethical reasoning in order to develop skills to examine our lives. Recognition of the principal problems of ethics in a variety of works. Reading, thinking and writing critically about ethical issues and problems. Examination of theory of knowledge, origins of ethics, ethical responsibility and critiques of ethical theories under the guidance of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche. | MoTuWeTh 13:00 – 14:50 |
| FREN 201 | 01 | FRENCH I : BEGINNERS | 3 | HİLAL ÜÇÜNCÜ | An introduction of beginners to the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing and to the French culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Language: first half of level A1. | MoTuWeTh 11:00 – 12:50 |
| FREN 201 | 02 | FRENCH I : BEGINNERS | 3 | HİLAL ÜÇÜNCÜ | An introduction of beginners to the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing and to the French culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Language: first half of level A1. | MoTuWeTh 13:00 – 14:50 |
| HUMS 105 | 01 | FAITH AND POWER: EXPLORING THE WORLD MIDDLE AGES | 3 | DENİZ SEVER GEORGOUSAKİS | Introduction to the key issues in the cultural history of Europe, Near Eastern Mediterranean, Eurasia and Americas from the 5th century A.D. to the 15th century, emphasis on aspects, which have contributed to our modern cultures. Various sources, methods of analysis of history, society, religion and art of medieval cultures as well as their mutual relationships and connections. Focusing on the Byzantine world and Medieval Europe, the rise and spreading of Islamic civilizations, the developments in Eurasian and Mesoamerican civilizations before the 15th century. | MoTuWeTh 13:00 – 14:50 |
| HUMS 120 | 01 | TRUTH AND POLITICS | 3 | ANDREA ROSSI | An examination of the relationships between truth and power through the history of philosophy from the Greeks to the 20th century. Assessment of the relations between knowledge and political authority through the examination of key texts from Plato, Descartes, Kant, Rousseau, Nietzsche, Marx, etc. Contextualized elucidation of various models of government through their reliance on philosophical and theological worldviews. Examination of the political implication of scientific and philosophical developments. | MoTuWeTh 15:00 – 16:50 |
| INTL 101 | 01 | INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE | 3 | ESRA İŞSEVER EKINCI | The basic tools and concepts of politics, political systems, and political science; an overview of the basic terminology and theories of political science so as to enable students to understand the functioning of different political systems; a systematic understanding of political institutions and dynamics as a basis for an adequate analysis of global problems, from economic development to security to the environment. | MoTuWeTh 15:00 – 16:50 |
| LANG 290 | 01 | SIGN LANGUAGE I | 3 | HASAN DİKYUVA | Aiming to increase the possibilities of communication of hearing and speech impaired in society through equipping university students with sign language skills. Differentiating our students in their future careers with this skill. | MoTuWeTh 15:00 – 16:50 |
| MATH 101 | 01 | FINITE MATHEMATICS | 3 | DOĞAN BİLGE | Linear algebra and matrix theory; mathematics of finance; counting and the fundamentals of probability theory; game theory. | MoTuWeTh 09:00 – 10:50 |
| MATH 106 | 01 | CALCULUS I | 3 | DOĞAN BİLGE | Limits and continuity; derivative and properties of differentiable functions; mean value theorems, Taylor’s formula, extreme values; indefinite integral and integral rules; Riemann integral and fundamental theorem of calculus; L’Hospital’s rule; improper integrals. | MoTuWeTh 11:00 – 12:50 |
| MATH 107 | 01 | INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR ALGEBRA | 3 | MEHMET SARIDERELI | Vectors; matrices and systems of linear equations; vector spaces; linear maps; orthogonality; algebra of complex numbers; eigenvalue problems. | MoTuWeTh 13:00 – 14:50 |
| MAVA 223 | 01 | CONTEMPORARY ART I | 3 | SEVGİ ORTAÇ | An introduction to the appreciation of and critical debates around the contemporary arts. Engagement with work from artists working in a broad range of media within various settings – galleries, museums, public spaces, and other non-traditional exhibition venues. | TuTh 13:00 – 16:50 |
| MAVA 452 | 01 | JOURNALISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE | 3 | MURAT CAN BİLGİNCAN | An overview of non-fiction storytelling essentials, including journalistic forms, narrative structure, basic filming, fundamental editing, and magazine writing. Detailed discussions of international journalism history, rights of the journalist within the confines of Turkish law, the media business, and journalistic ethics. Reporting assignments and in-class visual storytelling drills. | MoTuWeTh 11:00 – 12:50 |
| MBGE 200 | 01 | INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY | 3 | İBRAHİM BARIŞ | Principles of biochemistry; molecular and cell biology. General introduction to cell structure and function. Genetics, bioenergetics, anatomy and physiology; introduction to biotechnology. | MoTuWeTh 09:00 – 10:50 |
| PSYC 100 | 01 | INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY | 3 | TO BE ANNOUNCED | Foundations of psychology; perception; learning; motivation; intelligence; personality and social relations. | MoTuWeTh 09:00 – 10:50 |
| RUSS 201 | 02 | RUSSIAN I: BEGINNERS | 3 | INNA KÖSELİ | Designed to introduce beginner students to the four language skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing and to the Russian culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: first half of level A1. | MoTuWeTh 11:00 – 12:50 |
| SOSC 101 | 01 | CITY AND SOCIETY | 3 | ÖZLEM ASLAN | Introduction to the predominant themes of discussion within the field of urban studies. Special emphasis on the impact of multiple processes of globalization on the city. Discussing the recent efforts of city marketing, urban regeneration projects, the rise of a new kind of poverty and growing inequalities within the city and practices of urban citizenship. Covering both theoretical and empirical aspects; current-day and prior debates; as well as examples from both the Turkish context and around the world. | MoTuWeTh 15:00 – 16:50 |
| SOSC 101 | 02 | CITY AND SOCIETY | 3 | RUKİYE GÖKÇE SANUL | Introduction to the predominant themes of discussion within the field of urban studies. Special emphasis on the impact of multiple processes of globalization on the city. Discussing the recent efforts of city marketing, urban regeneration projects, the rise of a new kind of poverty and growing inequalities within the city and practices of urban citizenship. Covering both theoretical and empirical aspects; current-day and prior debates; as well as examples from both the Turkish context and around the world. | MoTuWeTh 09:00 – 10:50 |
| SOSC 110 | 01 | STATE AND SOCIETY | 3 | SEMİH ÇELİK | An introductory exploration of state-society relations from an interdisciplinary perspective. Focusing on the questions of what the state is, what the society is, and what the relationship between the two is? The concept of citizenship and how the state relates to citizens through security forces, juridical system, social welfare, education, religion and culture. Working with examples from history, Türkiye and other countries. | MoTuWeTh 13:00 – 14:50 |
| TLIT 217 | 01 | MODERNIZATION AND GENDER IN TURKISH LITERATURE | 3 | AYŞE ÖYKÜ İŞ | The influences of Turkish modernization experiences on gender identities through the inquiry of various literary narratives such as novels and short stories written from the last quarter of the 19th century up today. The new conceptions of femininity/masculinity at the fin de siècle, the affects of the interactions of East and West culture on gender; the role of ideologies such as militarism, nationalism, Kemalism, socialism, Islamism and feminism on gender formation. Discussion of the role of the narrative techniques and literary/social representations on constructing the gendered identities. | MoTuWeTh 13:00 – 14:50 |
| TLIT 230 | 01 | HISTORY OF TURKISH THEATER | 3 | DİLEK KOÇAK | Investigates the development of the Turkish theater from the Tanzimat era to the contemporary period. Topics such as tradition, modernism and themes in twentieth century Turkish theater. Periods of Turkish theatre as a genre. Places special emphasis on contemporary writers and the major works of Turkish theater. The course is offered in Turkish. | MoTuWeTh 11:00 – 12:50 |
| TURK 300 | 01 | INTRODUCTION TO OTTOMAN TURKISH | 3 | DİLEK KOÇAK | This course aims to provide students with a reading and writing knowledge of Ottoman Turkish (in the Arabic script). By the end of this course, students will be able to read selected texts from the printed Turkish literary and historical sources of the 19th and early 20th centuries. (No prior knowledge of Ottoman Turkish is required.) | MoTuWeTh 09:00 – 10:50 |
| UNIV 199 | 01 | INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING WITH PYTHON | 3 | AYÇA TÜZMEN | A general introduction to programming using the Python programming language. Explore key components of problem solving using logically ordered steps and apply them to problems across disciplines. Gain a solid foundation in algorithmic design of programs and implementing them in Python. | MoTuWeTh 13:00 – 14:50 |