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University Courses

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 CodeCourse NameSU Credits
AL 102Academic Literacies3
CIP 101NCivic Involvement Projects I0
HIST 191Principles of Atatürk and the History of the Turkish Revolution I2
HIST 192Principles of Atatürk and the History of the Turkish Revolution II2
IF 100Computational Approaches to Problem Solving3
MATH 101Calculus I3
MATH 102Calculus II3
NS 101Science of Nature I4
NS 102Science of Nature II4
SPS 101Humanity and Society I3
SPS 102 Humanity and Society II3
TLL 101Turkish Language and Literature I2
TLL 102Turkish Language and Literature II2
Course CodeCourse NameSU CreditsECTS
HUM 201Major Works of Literature35
HUM 202Major Works of Western Art35
HUM 207Major Works of Western Philosophy35
HUM 304Major Works of Classical Music35
HUM 311Major Works of Literature: The World Before Modernity35
HUM 312Major Works of Modern Art35
HUM 317Major Works of Moral Philosophy35
HUM 321Major Works of Literature: The Modern World35
HUM 324Major Works of 20th Century Music35
HUM 371Major Works of Literature: The Islamic World35

Project Course

Course CodeCourse NameSU Credits
PROJ 201Project Course1

Law and Ethics Course

Course CodeCourse NameSU Credits
SPS 303Law and Ethics3