Within the Coordination Office of University Common Courses at Istanbul Ticaret University, courses such as Turkish Language, Atatürk’s Principles and History of Reforms, City and Culture: Istanbul, and Sign Language are offered.
The courses Turkish Language (I-II) and Atatürk’s Principles and History of Reforms (I-II) are two-credit compulsory courses taken by all university students during both the fall and spring semesters. At our university, these courses have been delivered online since the 2011–2012 academic year. Through this system, students can study at their own pace, independent of time and place, and review the up-to-date course materials as often as they wish. Supported by visual and auditory learning tools, the system provides an interactive educational experience.
The Sign Language (I–IV) course, which began in the fall semester of the 2015–2016 academic year, is a three-credit elective open to all university students, regardless of their major field of study.
The City and Culture: Istanbul course, on the other hand, is a two-credit university common course offered only in the spring semester and conducted face-to-face in a classroom setting. This course is compulsory for all students enrolled at Istanbul Ticaret University.
Through the aforementioned courses, our aim is to help students become young individuals who can express themselves effectively, embrace both material and moral values, develop a sense of social responsibility, and gain a broader perspective on life after graduation.
As a Coordination Office, our mission is to enable students—regardless of their field of study—to think interdisciplinarily and establish cross-disciplinary connections. Thus, they will step into professional life as engineers who can grasp the mathematics of poetry, psychologists who can perceive the polyphony of sign language, jurists who can evaluate the present in light of the past, businesspeople with strong reasoning and critical thinking skills, media professionals who have discovered the power of words, and tourism specialists who are conscious of preserving cultural heritage.
