The Foundations Development Program

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What is the Foundation Development Program?

The Foundation Development Program consists of two important educational phases: the Foundation Development Year (FYY) and the University Courses that form our core curriculum, which all Sabancı University students must complete regardless of their program selection and specialization preferences.

First Year University Courses

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First Year University Course Registration

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Exemption

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The Foundations Development Program consists of two important educational stages, Foundations Development Year (FDY) and the University Courses that constitute a mandatory core-curriculum for all Sabancı University students irrespective of their choice of program specialisation.

During FDY a condense English education program is performed, starting from basic, intermediate and upper-intermediate levels. FDY language courses and the related exams are offered by the School of Languages. To gain exemption from FDY, students should be successful in English Language Assessment Exam (ELAE) or Exemption Exams from the FDY. Students who gain FDY exemption become freshmen. All freshman courses are University Courses, there are also some other University Courses in later years of instruction. The Freshman University Courses which have to be taken by freshman students are one of the fundamental elements supporting the structure of our interdisciplinary approach in the absence of traditional departments. This mandatory core-curriculum structure introduces students the basics of science, academic skills, and knowledge about the world around them that would not only equip them for the challenges of the future but would also lay the foundations of an interdisciplinary approach that will be necessary in their faculty courses and informed choice of specialisation.

What are the University Courses?

Students who complete the Foundation Development Year (FDY) or who are eligible to skip through FDY continue their studies in the freshmen year. University Courses are the totality of courses obligatory for every student enrolled at Sabanci University to complete starting at freshmen level and throughout their bachelors.

University Courses constitute the core of education at Sabanci University and aim to build a foundation conducive to follow faculty courses, to develop the practice of critical thinking with respect to ethical and moral problems, to get to know more thoroughly the society students currently live in, the world at large, and themselves. Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and sub-fields related to these sciences are all combined in university courses which are thereby designed in a way to guide students in choosing their major program of study.

University Courses consist of the following course groups:

Freshmen Year University Courses: These courses are automatically registered to the schedule of the student.
Major Works Courses: Starting with the incoming students of 2015, FENS students must take one, FASS and FMAN students take two from the pool of these courses. Upon the completion of prerequisites, students can take these courses whenever they prefer.
Project Course: This is required only to students who entered the Sabanci University after 2017-18 Academic Year. The students have to take this course on freshman or sophomore year.
Law and Ethics course: All students must take this course. Upon the completion of prerequisites, students can take these courses whenever they prefer.

Freshman Courses

Course Code	Course Name	SU Credits	ECTS
AL 102	Academic Literacies	3	5
HIST 191	Principles of Atatürk and the History of the Turkish Revolution I	2	3
HIST 192	Principles of Atatürk and the History of the Turkish Revolution II	2	3
IF 100	Computational Approaches to Problem Solving	3	5
MATH 101	Calculus I	3	6
MATH 102	Calculus II	3	6
NS 101	Science of Nature I	4	6
NS 102	Science of Nature II	4	6
SPS 101	Humanity and Society I	3	6
SPS 102	Humanity and Society II	3	6
TLL 101	Turkish Language and Literature I	2	3
TLL 102	Turkish Language and Literature II	2	3
CIP 101N	Civic Involvement Projects I	0	1

Major Works Courses

Course Code	Course Name	SU Credits	ECTS
HUM 201	Major Works of Literature	3	5
HUM 202	Major Works of Western Art	3	5
HUM 207	Major Works of Western Philosophy	3	5
HUM 311	Major Works of Literature: The World Before Modernity	3	5
HUM 312	Major Works of Modern Art	3	5
HUM 317	Major Works of Moral Philosophy	3	5
HUM 321	Major Works of Literature: The Modern World	3	5
HUM 322	Major Works of Art: The World Before Modernity	3	5
HUM 371	Major Works of Literature: The Islamic World	3	5

Project Course

Course Code	Course Name	SU Credits	ECTS
PROJ 201	Undergraduate Project Course	1	1

Law and Ethics Course

Course Code	Course Name	SU Credits	ECTS
SPS 303	Law and Ethics	3	5

The Foundations Development Program

The Foundations Development Program

What is the Foundation Development Program?

First Year University Courses

First Year University Course Registration

Exemption

What are the University Courses?

Freshman Courses

Major Works Courses

Project Course

Law and Ethics Course

Taking these courses helped me become better equipped to deal with world affairs, thus giving me specific perspectives that I can discuss with different people and which I now support.

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