TURK 201 / BASIC TURKISH I
Term: Fall 2016Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 11:30:00-12:45:00

An introduction to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing in Turkish, and to the Turkish culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language for beginner learners. Enables students to understand basic greetings and routine phrases; to pick out familiar words and phrases in very short simple texts; to join in basic conversations; to be able to talk about daily activities and write simple phrases/sentences. Complies with the first half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

TURK 201 / BASIC TURKISH I
Term: Fall 2016Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 11:30:00-12:45:00

An introduction to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing in Turkish, and to the Turkish culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language for beginner learners. Enables students to understand basic greetings and routine phrases; to pick out familiar words and phrases in very short simple texts; to join in basic conversations; to be able to talk about daily activities and write simple phrases/sentences. Complies with the first half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

TURK 201 / BASIC TURKISH I
Term: Fall 2016Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00

An introduction to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing in Turkish, and to the Turkish culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language for beginner learners. Enables students to understand basic greetings and routine phrases; to pick out familiar words and phrases in very short simple texts; to join in basic conversations; to be able to talk about daily activities and write simple phrases/sentences. Complies with the first half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

TURK 201 / BASIC TURKISH I
Term: Fall 2016Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 13:00:00-14:15:00

An introduction to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing in Turkish, and to the Turkish culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language for beginner learners. Enables students to understand basic greetings and routine phrases; to pick out familiar words and phrases in very short simple texts; to join in basic conversations; to be able to talk about daily activities and write simple phrases/sentences. Complies with the first half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

TURK 202 / BASIC TURKISH II
Term: Fall 2016Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 13:00:00-14:15:00

Targets students with basic knowledge of Turkish to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Enables them to understand basic words/phrases about their families and their surroundings, reading and writing about the same subjects, giving information about where they live. Complies with the second half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

TURK 203 / BASIC TURKISH III
Term: Fall 2016Units 3Days: MON WEDTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00

Emphasizing the development of understanding basic words, questions and expressions related to personal interests and needs; asking and answering simple questions in a conversation and writing about an event in a short sentence indicating where and how it happened in Turkish. Complies with the first half of level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

TURK 300 / INTRODUCTION TO OTTOMAN TURKISH
Term: Fall 2016Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00

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.)

TURK 302 / INTERMEDIATE TURKISH II
Term: Fall 2016Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00

Developing skills of students to participate in a conversation, to follow a short story and commenting about them, to comprehend the main points of a text, to maintain a conversation or a discussion, to narrate a story and to write texts expressing feelings and thoughts in Turkish. Complies with the second half of level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

TURK 401 / UPPER INTERMEDIATE TURKISH I
Term: Fall 2016Units 3Days: TUES THURSTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00

Developing skills of students to understand television documentaries, interviews and most films in standard Turkish, to comprehend information, feelings and opinions of texts within their academic field, to support their opinions in discussions by providing relevant arguments and comments and to write a short review of a film or a book in Turkish. Complies with the second half of level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

UNIV 111 / PILATES
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: MONTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00

Designed to improve muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, posture and balance. Relaxation techniques. Knowledge of Pilates positions and benefits associated with Pilates in order to incorporate Pilates into their lifetime fitness regime.

UNIV 111 / PILATES
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: TUESTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00

Designed to improve muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, posture and balance. Relaxation techniques. Knowledge of Pilates positions and benefits associated with Pilates in order to incorporate Pilates into their lifetime fitness regime.

UNIV 112 / ADVANCED PILATES
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: WEDTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00Ön Koşullar: UNIV. 111 or consent of the instructor

Improving muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, posture and balance. Knowledge of the advanced principles of Pilates. Breathing, center, control, concentration, precision and flow/rhythm. Incorporating Pilates into their lifetime fitness regime.

UNIV 113 / TOTAL BODY CONDITIONING
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: WEDTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00

This course is design to improve muscular strengthten the muscles and increase flexibility by targeting the while body at once. The exercises uses the step platform for warm up and also for hip, thigh and leg conditioning. The diffuculty of the exercises gradually increases to ensure fat burning. Music accompanied working out is designed to warm up and then to enchance the muscular strength and increase flexibility.

UNIV 113 / TOTAL BODY CONDITIONING
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: THURSTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00

This course is design to improve muscular strengthten the muscles and increase flexibility by targeting the while body at once. The exercises uses the step platform for warm up and also for hip, thigh and leg conditioning. The diffuculty of the exercises gradually increases to ensure fat burning. Music accompanied working out is designed to warm up and then to enchance the muscular strength and increase flexibility.

UNIV 114 / GROUP FITNESS
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: TUESTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00

This course is design to improve muscular strength and increase flexibility by targeting the whole body at once. The exercises use the step platform and dumbbells for warm up as well as for hip, thigh and leg conditioning. The difficulty of the exercises gradually increases to ensure fat burning. Music accompanied work-out is designed to warm up and then to enhance the muscular strength and increase flexibility.

UNIV 117 / YOGA
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: TUESTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00

Yoga course has been arranged to promote students’ physical health, mental discipline and spiritual wellbeing as a whole.The word «Yoga» is used to refer to the «Original Yoga System». The course follows the “Original Yoga System”. In other words, all stages of Yoga, consisting of eight limbs, are applied during the course by staying true to the original Sanskrit Yoga texts. Only when practiced in its original form can yoga develop and create positive effects on the entire human organism. > Yoga is not only a theoretical discipline, but also a practical one. The course objective is to demonstrate the positive and holistic effect of yoga on physical health, mental control and spiritual peace within a practice-based structure, and thereby ensure that students adopt this life style during and after their university studies. > Yoga is an extremely effective personal development tool for increasing self-awareness, strengthening focus, elevating self-confidence, and developing emotional control. > In addition to poses and bodily control called Asana in Sanskrit, breath control, energy control, concentration and meditation stages will be practiced during the course, and the student will embark on an inner journey from the body towards the mind, from the mind towards the intellect and from the intellect towards the essence.

UNIV 119 / BALLET(Beginner)
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: MONTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00

Training in the basic skills of ballet technique. Practice of ballet positions and fundamental ballet exercises, accompanied by classical music. Floor, barre and center exercises. Development of posture, coordination, control, alignment, flexibility, balance, muscle strength, musicality, sense of rhythm and of aesthetics.

UNIV 119 / BALLET(Beginner)
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: WEDTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00

Training in the basic skills of ballet technique. Practice of ballet positions and fundamental ballet exercises, accompanied by classical music. Floor, barre and center exercises. Development of posture, coordination, control, alignment, flexibility, balance, muscle strength, musicality, sense of rhythm and of aesthetics.

UNIV 119 / BALLET(Beginner)
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: MONTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00

Training in the basic skills of ballet technique. Practice of ballet positions and fundamental ballet exercises, accompanied by classical music. Floor, barre and center exercises. Development of posture, coordination, control, alignment, flexibility, balance, muscle strength, musicality, sense of rhythm and of aesthetics.

UNIV 121 / EFFECTIVE SPEAKING
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: WEDTimes: 11:30:00-12:45:00

This class aims to help students use the right organs (i.e. diaphragm) and the right points in order to make an effortless speech which is at the right tone. Exercises to improve speech capability will be conducted in the light of phonetic science that forms basis of many languages. By the end of the semester, students are expected to express themselves more professionally; have a broader vocabulary, make better choices for words and express emotions congruent with words. This course will provide the opportunity to be an effective speaker by intensive experience. Breathing exercises, impromptu and prepared speeches, articulation practices are a few methods to be used throughout the course. The course is offered in Turkish.

UNIV 122 / EFFECTIVE SPEAKING 2
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: WEDTimes: 14:30:00-15:45:00Ön Koşullar: Univ 121

The aim of this course is to advance skills gained in UNIV 121 course. We will cover fundamental topics such as use of voice, stress, intonation and have practices related to reading of complex text and improvisational speech. Moreover; Fundamentals of communication, acting and rhetoric will be introduced to improve students’ understanding of effective speaking

UNIV 123 / CAREER PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: THURSTimes: 11:30:00-12:45:00

This course is designed to assist students in understanding the career planning and management process in order to make informed occupational and educational decisions. Students will enhance their understanding of self, including interests, personality and values; learn how to integrate self-knowledge into career, occupational and educational decisions; set goals and devise strategies to achieve these goals.

UNIV 131 / BRIDGE I
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: TUESTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00

An introductory course to bridge playing. Basic concepts and principles of bridge along with the hand evaluations, opening bids, responses to opening bids, rebids, and various declaration conventions. Planning declarer?s play, defending against declarer, and card signaling.

UNIV 131 / BRIDGE I
Term: Fall 2016Units 1Days: WEDTimes: 16:00:00-17:15:00

An introductory course to bridge playing. Basic concepts and principles of bridge along with the hand evaluations, opening bids, responses to opening bids, rebids, and various declaration conventions. Planning declarer?s play, defending against declarer, and card signaling.