Certificate in Turkish


Key information
- Duration
- One year (full-time), two or three years (part-time)
- Start of programme
- September
- Attendance mode
- Full-time or part-time
- Location
- Russell Square, College Buildings
- Fees
-
Home student fees: £9,250
Overseas student fees: £21,160Please note that fees go up each year.
See undergraduate fees for further details. - Entry requirements
-
The minimum entry requirement is the ability to demonstrate the potential to study at undergraduate level. However, programmes may have their own specific requirements, such as, in the case of language-based studies, a proven ability to learn a language.
Course overview
The Near and Middle East department offers a short programme of study in Turkish that leads to the award of a certificate. The syllabus consists of four course units. These units are courses that were available on the single-honours BA programme in Turkish.
Structure
The options available on the Certificate syllabus are typically as follows:
- Elementary written Turkish
- Aspects of Turkish culture
- Literatures of the Near and Middle East
- Ottoman Turkish language *
- Twentieth-century Turkish literature I*
- Twentieth-century Turkish literature II*
- Turkish literature of the Tanzimat and late nineteenth century*
- Introduction to Islam (subject to permission from Dept of Study of Religions)
- Elementary written Persian
* courses marked with an asterisk require good prior knowledge of Turkish
All the courses above are valued at 1 course unit each.
Students take four approved courses from the list of available options.
Important notice
The information on the website reflects the intended programme structure against the given academic session. The modules are indicative options of the content students can expect and are/have been previously taught as part of these programmes. However, this information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability is subject to change.
Optional courses
Module | Credits |
---|---|
Literatures of the Islamic Near and Middle East | 15 |
The following course require a good prior knowledge of Turkish
Module | Credits |
---|---|
Ottoman Turkish Language | 30 |
Teaching and learning
Part-time syllabus (two or three years)
Students spread the four approved courses that are required to be completed for the Certificate over two or three years.
Fees and funding
Fees for 2023/24 entrants per academic year
Full-time | Part-time 2 years | Part-time 3 years | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home students | Overseas students | Home students | Overseas students | Home students | Overseas students |
£9,250 | £21,160 | £4,625 | £10,1750 | £3,083 | £6,715 |
Fees go up each year, therefore your tuition fee in your second and subsequent years of study will be higher.
Our continuing students, on the same degree programme, are protected from annual increases higher than 5%.
For full details of tuition fees, please see undergraduate fees and postgraduate fees.