Overview of Postgraduate English Courses

1. First Year Courses

ENGL 511: Intensive English for Postgraduate Students
This 20 hour a week course is for postgraduate students who need an intensive course in English before starting their postgraduate studies.

ENGL 513: Academic English for Postgraduate Students
This first year course covers all the major language skills from an academic perspective and is closely linked with students’ own individual academic studies. The approximate starting level of the course is IELTS 6.0.

ENGL 515: Advanced Academic English for Postgraduate Students
In this course students develop their academic English skills further with a particular focus on

Reading and Writing Skills

2. Second Year Elective Courses

ENGL 521: Advanced English for IELTS
In this course students develop their academic English skills in preparation for taking the IELTS exam.

ENGL 523: Thesis Writing for Postgraduate Students   
This course assists students with planning, developing and writing their thesis and helps them with producing work at an internationally publishable standard.    
                              
ENGL 525: Advanced Academic Speaking Skills
This course aims at improving students’ academic speaking and presentation skills for the purpose of thesis defence, conference and seminar presentations.


3. English Elective Courses for Turkish Postgtraduate Students

ENGL 531 and ENGL 533: General English for KPDS and UDS I and II
These two courses are for students who are engaged in postgraduate study in Turkish but who wish to improve their English for future academic or professional purposes. It has a particular emphasis on preparing students for the KPDS and UDS exams.