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American Culture and Literature

Haliç Üniversitesi | Academic | Faculties | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Departments | American Culture and Literature
About The Program

Established in 1998, Haliç University Department of American Culture and Literature aims to introduce students to the development of American culture and literature from its inception to the present, both through departmental courses and through conferences, seminars and art events organized with other universities.

The program of our department includes language courses that form the basis of culture and literature education in the first two years, and general literature courses such as Mythology and Critical Theories. In addition to these courses, non-field elective courses that students can choose according to their interests are also included in our curriculum. In the last two years, there are courses that examine the history, socio-cultural characteristics and literature of the multicultural American society consisting of different ethnic groups in depth with its historical, cultural and theoretical dimensions, as well as translation and elective courses for professional specialization.

Since the language of instruction in our department is English, it is important for our students to have an advanced level of English. For this reason, it is compulsory for our students with a low level of English to take one year of preparatory education. Students who are successful in the preparatory exemption exam can start their first year directly.

Our department, which started out with the necessity of collaborating with universities from home and abroad, has Erasmus agreements with many universities from countries such as Poland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Lithuania, and within the framework of these agreements, student and lecturer exchanges are carried out regularly.

Vision

To be a department that has a good command of English and brings qualified people to the society by providing creative, critical and contemporary education with intercultural readings in the field of American Culture and Literature.

Mission

To provide students with the development of American Culture and Literature from the beginning to the present day with a broad academic perspective, to enable them to be creative individuals with analytical and critical thinking skills, who can approach their own culture and history with a comparative perspective, as well as American Culture.

SAMAN HASHEMIPOUR

SAMAN HASHEMIPOUR

Professor

Faculty Member

samanhashemipour@halic.edu.tr

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MERT DENİZ

MERT DENİZ

Asst. Prof.

Faculty Member

mertdeniz@halic.edu.tr

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DENİZ CANSU DENİZ

DENİZ CANSU DENİZ

Research Assistant

Instructor

denizcansudeniz@halic.edu.tr

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SEDANUR YARTAŞI

SEDANUR YARTAŞI

Research Assistant

Instructor

sedanuryartasi@halic.edu.tr

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Established in 1998, the foundations of the American Culture and Literature department have been laid out in English-medium education in order to promote the cultural, historical and literary periods and the development of America from beginning up to today.

Our undergraduate program not only encompasses American Literature courses but also enriches students with English Literature, Comparative Literature, Translation Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies thank to our experienced academic staff.

Subsequent to the program changes as part of Bologna Process since 2012, we have started to use European Credit System (ECTS).
Our graduates completing the two-year program of our curriculum are awarded “the Associate Degree in American Culture and Literature”, while the graduates completing our four-year curriculum are awarded “the Bachelor’s Degree in American Culture and Literature”.
Applicant students for the Department of American Culture and Literature are required to pass central placement exam held by OSYM and to not be registered in any higher education institution. The candidates entitled to be placed with their DİL-1 scores and order of choice can make their final registration by applying the concerned department of University in person or through the medium of their proxies between the registration dates assigned by OSYM and the University. Original documents or copies certified by the University are accepted for registration. Associate and undergraduate degree programs accept students according to the exam held by the Center for Evaluation, Selection And Placement (OSYM) or the decisions of the Council Of Higher Education (YOK).
Our graduates with a bachelor's degree can study in the graduate programs in their own field or other related areas if they fulfill the requirements.

1.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
ACL1001Metin İnceleme3+0+04Compulsory
ACL1003Bilgilendirici Yazım ve Sunum Teknikleri3+0+04Compulsory
ACL1005Mitoloji3+0+04Compulsory
ACL1007İngiliz Edebiyatı I3+0+06Compulsory
ACL1009Amerikan Tarihi I3+0+06Compulsory
ACL1011Edebi Kavramlar ve Terminoloji3+0+04Compulsory
OZDXX-1Türk Dili I / Turkish Language For International Students I-2Compulsory
CCC0101Uluslararası Öğrenciler için Türk Dili I2+0+02Compulsory
OZD0101Türk Dili I2+0+02Compulsory

2.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
ACL1002Dilbilime Giriş3+0+04Compulsory
ACL1004Batı Edebiyatı Tarihi3+0+06Compulsory
ACL1006Edebi Metinleri Anlatma ve Yorumlama1+3+04Compulsory
ACL1008İngiliz Edebiyatı II3+0+06Compulsory
ACL1012Amerikan Tarihi II3+0+06Compulsory
CCC0130Kariyer Planlama2+0+02Compulsory
OZDXX-2Türk Dili II / Turkish Language For International Students II-2Compulsory
CCC0102Uluslararası Öğrenciler için Türk Dili II2+0+02Compulsory
OZD0102Türk Dili II2+0+02Compulsory

3.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
ACL2001Amerikan Edebiyatı I3+0+06Compulsory
ACL2003Amerikan Kültürüne Giriş3+0+05Compulsory
ACL2005Amerikan Kısa Öyküsü3+0+05Compulsory
CCC0103Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi I2+0+02Compulsory
NAE2XX1Alan Dışı Seçmeli (2 Adet)3+0+08Elective
ARE2XX1Alan İçi Seçmeli-4Elective
ACL2101Tiyatroya Giriş3+0+04Elective
ACL2103Çocuk Edebiyatı3+0+04Elective
ACL2105Dünya Edebiyatından Seçmeler3+0+04Elective

4.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
ACL2002Amerikan Edebiyatı II3+0+06Compulsory
ACL2004Çeviri Teorisi3+0+05Compulsory
ACL2006Romana Giriş3+0+05Compulsory
CCC0104Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi II2+0+02Compulsory
NAE2XX2Alan Dışı Seçmeli (2 Adet)3+0+04Compulsory
ARE2XX2Alan İçi Seçmeli-4Elective
ACL2102Kurgu Yazarlığı3+0+04Elective
ACL2104Feminist Theory and Literature3+0+04Elective
ACL2106Çağdaş Dünya Kısa Hikayesi3+0+04Elective

5.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
ACL3001Amerikan Romanı I3+0+04Compulsory
ACL3003Amerikan Tiyatrosu I3+0+04Compulsory
ACL3005Amerikan Şiiri I3+0+05Compulsory
ACL3007Eleştirel Teori I3+0+05Compulsory
HLU0010Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri1+2+04Compulsory
ARE3XX1Alan İçi Seçmeli (2 Adet)-8Elective
ACL3101Dil Öğretim Teknikleri3+0+04Elective
ACL3103Modernist Gelenek3+0+04Elective
ACL3105Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat3+0+04Elective
ACL3107Post-Modern Edebiyat3+0+04Elective
ACL3109Biyografi ve Otobiyografi3+0+04Elective
SLF0000Staj0+0+05Elective

6.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
ACL3002Amerikan Romanı II3+0+04Compulsory
ACL3004Amerikan Tiyatrosu II3+0+04Compulsory
ACL3006Amerikan Şiiri II3+0+05Compulsory
ACL3008Eleştirel Teori II3+0+05Compulsory
HLU0020Meslek Etiği3+0+04Compulsory
ARE3XX2Alan İçi Seçmeli (2 Adet)-8Elective
ACL3102Gotik Edebiyat3+0+04Elective
ACL3104Amerikan Sanat Tarihi3+0+04Elective
ACL3106Sömürge Sonrası Edebiyat3+0+04Elective
ACL3108Başlıca Amerikan Yazarlar3+0+04Elective
SLF0000Staj0+0+05Elective

7.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
ACL4001Edebi Eleştiri3+0+04Compulsory
ACL4003Azınlık edebiyatı I3+0+04Compulsory
ACL4005Seminer: Şiir ve Düzyazı3+0+06Compulsory
NAE4XX1Alan Dışı Seçmeli (2 Adet)3+0+08Elective
ARE4XX1Alan İçi Seçmeli (3 Adet)-12Elective
ACL4101Film Çalışmaları3+0+04Elective
ACL4103Toplumdilbilim3+0+04Elective
ACL4105Yerli Amerikan Edebiyatı3+0+04Elective
ACL4107Shakespeare'e Giriş3+0+04Elective
ACL4109Ekoeleştiri3+0+04Elective

8.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
ACL4002İleri Çeviri3+0+04Compulsory
ACL4004Azınlık edebiyatı II3+0+04Compulsory
ACL4006Çağdaş Amerikan Edebiyatı3+0+04Compulsory
SLF 4000Bitirme Projesi0+2+06Compulsory
ARE4XX2Alan İçi Seçmeli (3 Adet)-12Elective
ACL4102Popüler Kültür3+0+04Elective
ACL4104Psikodilbilim3+0+04Elective
ACL4106Dünya Tiyatrosundan Seçmeler3+0+04Elective
ACL4108Posthumanizm3+0+04Elective
1) To successfully complete all the necessary requirements of their education program.

2) To complete 120 ECTS for two-year associate degree programs, 240 ECTS for four-year undergraduate programs, 300 ECTS for the five-year programs granting both undergraduate and graduate degrees and 360 ECTS for six-year programs.

3) To pass all the compulsory and elective courses required by the program.

4) To acquire at least 2.00 CGPA.

5) To not be discharged from the University.
After graduation, the students of our department can work as translators or become English teachers by obtaining the Certificate of English Language Teaching; furthermore, they can also work in other fields including multinational corporations, advertising and public relations, tourism, media, printing and publishing and diplomacy. Students who wish to have an academic pursuit can continue their graduate studies in various universities both in Turkey and abroad.
The academic standings of the students of American Culture and Literature Department is determined with regard to “the Regulations of Haliç University on Associate Degree and Undergraduate Education”

(1) Final grade refers to the equivalent of raw final grade in 4.00 grading system specified by reckoning students’ studies in a half year/year and their mid-term/final exam grades based on the prevenient weights; apart from single course, grade-increase and exemption exams.


(2) Relative or absolute evaluation systems are used to calculate students’ final grades. The type of evaluation system is designated by the concerned Board of Directors before the beginning of an academic year. The Equivalence Table issued by the Council of Higher Education is utilized for the equivalence between 4.00 and 100 grading systems.


(3) On the purpose of success evalution in a course; mid-term exams, additional exams, trainings in fields and working places, practices, assignments, projects, workshops, seminars, class attendance, laboratory and other relevant studies in a mid-term comprise 40% of the course evalution score. The instructor of the relevant course announces mid-term study types and the contributions of these studies and final exam grades to the final grade in the course and proclaims all the mid-term studies and final exam grades to the students.

(4) In absolute evalution system, academic ranking is determined for raw academic rankings according to the absolute ranges laid down in this Directive. However, in relative evalution system, academic ranking is ascertained based upon average raw academic rankings and their statistical distribution.

(5) Assessment and evaluation principles of relative and absolute evaluation systems, provisions and limitations of final grade calculations in the relative evaluation system and academic success levels are defined by the Senate and published on the website of University.

(6) In both evaluation systems, the students, who do not take a final or re-sit examination of a course and who has not received 40 points out of 100 in the aforesaid examinations; fails the course.

(7) The point and letter equivalences of academic ranking levels in the absolute evaluation system is given below: Final Grade Letter Grade Meaning Grade Range 4.00 AA Excellent 90-100 3.50 BA Very Good 80-89 3.00 BB Good 70-79 2.50 CB Fair 65-69 2.00 Acceptable 60-64 1.50 DC Partially Acceptable 55-59 1.00 DD Partially Acceptable 50-54 0.00 FF Fail 0-49 0.00 NA Not Attended 0

(8) Apart from the final grades in Article 7, students’ academic success level in a course is determined by use of nonnumeric expressions as shown below:

a) NA (Not Attended): It is given for the courses which students have failed due to absence and treated as FF grade for credit courses and U grade for non-credit courses.

b) I (Incomplete): It is given when students are not able to complete necessary course studies such as internship, project, assignment, laboratory experiments etc., even though they pass the course. It is mandatory to give a grade to those students who have received I grade, when they make up their incomplete studies in 15 days after the exam period. Otherwise, this grade turns into FF grade.

c) S (Satisfactory): It is given to the students who have successfully completed their internships and credit courses.

ç) T (Transfer/Exempt): It is given for the courses which had been taken in another higher education institution and accepted as exempt when its accreditation was approved by the concerned board of directors.

d) W (Withdrawal): It is given for the courses from which students have withdrawn.

e) P (Passing): It is given when students still attend non-credit courses which expand more than one semester.

(9) The letter grades and coefficients mentioned in this Article applies for students’ course accreditation or evaluation of numeric grades taken in another higher education institution.

(10) A student who receives one of AA, BA, BB, CB and CC is regarded as successful in the relevant course.
Dr. Faculty Member Maryam NAJAFIBABANAZAR
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