Department | English Language and Literature |
Program | Masters with Thesis |
Language of Instruction | English |
Duration | Three semesters – max. six semesters |
Time | Week days, evening education |
Terms of application | · Holding a BA Degree
· A minimum score of 55 in ALES (in the relevant field such as linguistic, numerical, or equal weight of both) or other equivalent exams · A minimum score of 75 in either Yaşar University Flat Exam or other equivalent language proficiency exams |
Terms of completion | · Successful completion of a class on using scientific research techniques and research and publication ethics
· Successful completion of the Seminar class · Successful completion of at least 60 ECTS credits (including the Seminar class) before the end of the fourth semester · A minimum average of 3.00 (out of 4.00) is required for the student to become entitled to defend his/her thesis, and a minimum average of 3.20 is required to graduate. · Registration at least twice for the thesis class and successful defence of thesis. · Successful completion of 120 ECTS credits including the thesis class. |
Program in Semesters
- The student must take at least seven courses and a seminar class and successfully complete their requirements until the end of the fourth semester at the very latest.
- The program’s duration is ideally four semesters, but it can go up to maximum six semesters.
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Semesters 3 and 4 |
4 courses | 3 Courses + Seminar + Thesis topic | Thesis progress and defence |
32 ECTS | 28 ECTS | 60 ECTS |
Course Structure of the Program
- Two compulsory and five (at least) elective classes must be completed successfully.
- Apart from the Seminar and Thesis courses, all courses in the curriculum are 8 (3,0,3) ECTS credits. The Seminar course is 4 ECTS, and the Thesis course is 60 ECTS credits.
- The students in the program may register for the thesis class after their first semester.
- The students registered in the program designate their thesis topic in collaboration with their academic advisors until the end of the second semester at the very least.
Course Type | Number | ECTS |
Compulsory classes | 2 | 16 |
Elective classes | 5 | 40 |
Seminar | 1 | 4 |
Thesis* | 1 | 60 |
Total | 2+5+1+1 | 120 |
Fall / Semester 1
Compulsory / Elective | Name of the Course | ECTS |
Compulsory | ENGY 5521 Advanced Composition for Literary Studies | 8 |
Compulsory | ENGY 5519 Literary Criticism and Theory I | 8 |
Elective | Departmental Elective | 8 |
Elective | Departmental Elective | 8 |
Total | 32 |
Spring / Semester 2
Compulsory / Elective | Name of the Course | ECTS |
Compulsory | ENGY 5570 Seminar | 4 |
Elective | Departmental Elective | 8 |
Elective | Departmental Elective | 8 |
Elective | Departmental Elective | 8 |
Total | 28 |
Semesters 2, 3, and 4
(may go up to max. 6 semesters)
Compulsory / Elective | Name of the Course | ECTS |
Compulsory | Thesis | 60 |
ELECTIVE CLASSES
Fall | Spring | |||
ENGY 5551 | American Culture I | ENGY 5552 | American Culture II | |
ENGY 5553 | Postcolonial Literature and Multiculturalism I | ENGY 5554 | Postcolonial Literature and Multiculturalism II | |
ENGY 5555 | Sociolinguistics | |||
ENGY 5557 | Comparative Literature I | ENGY 5558 | Comparative Literature II | |
ENGY 5561 | Studies in English Literature I | ENGY 5562 | Studies in English Literature II | |
ENGY 5571 | Anglophone Drama | ENGY 5564 | Literary Criticism and Theory II | |
ENGY 5577 | Cultural Studies I | ENGY 5578 | Cultural Studies II | |
ENGY 5591 | Studies in the Anglophone Novel I | ENGY 5592 | Studies in the Anglophone Novel II | |
ENGY 5593 | Literary Genres I | ENGY 5594 | Literary Genres II | |
Both semesters | ||||
ENGY 5560 | Feminist and Gender Theory | |||
ENGY 5580 | Studies in Anglophone Poetry | |||
ENGY 5500 | Erasmus Student Placement | |||