Our Mission and Vision

The vision of the Department of English Language and Literature is to become internationally active and fully equipped making its mark on the future. Our mission is to train modern language and literature specialists with knowledge, skills and attitudes that enable them to serve in all areas of Philology, appreciate ethical values, and be aware of global realities recognising the importance of lifelong learning. The Undergraduate Program, lasting for a total of 8 semesters over 4 years, aims to provide students with proficiency in advanced language skills, literary concepts, literary history, and literary and critical theories, with basic knowledge of culture and language, literature, criticism and cultural studies. Our mission is to achieve high levels of academic success and to raise versatile individuals who are familiar with the English Language and Literature and Western cultures through a modern educational approach.
The Program Educational Objectives foreseen for our graduates to reach their professional expectations and their careers are as follows:

To provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills concerning English language, culture, history and literature.
To educate students as language and literature specialists who have a critical point of view and the ability to analyze, communicate effectively, be creative and, aware of their responsibilities and professional ethics.
To enable students to grow up as individuals who can communicate and interpret cultures through English literature.
To raise individuals who can relate the values of our own country and with those of the West, absorbing these values successfully and effectively.
To give them the ability to teach this language in addition to enabling students to use English at an advanced level.
To ensure that students grow up as individuals who can adapt to the requirements of the age and use information technologies effectively.
To bring students into society as individuals who can do research in their fields and evaluate their research with an objective and scientific perspective.

In addition, our department has undertaken the duty of providing education, conducting research, providing services and producing solutions at international standards, by interacting with society and prioritizing people.

Our department also aims to be a department that inspires and guides by producing knowledge, art, technology and services on a universal scale.

SDU Western Languages and Literature has adopted the following as its basic principles;

To internalize merit fairly,
To ensure that all thoughts can live freely respectfully,
To support creativity by encouraging freedom,
To develop empathy skills and make you experience the excitement of the first day,
To increase efficiency and effectiveness by internalizing quality,
To aim for perfection by believing in yourself,
To avoid extremes by being self-controlled.