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SUNY-YÖK Dual-Diploma Bachelor’s Degree

In GGGLLLOOOBBBAAALLL AAANNNDDD IIINNNTTTEEERRRNNNAAATTTIIIOOONNNAAALLL AAAFFFFFFAAAIIIRRRSSS

Offered By Binghamton University and Three Partner Universities in Turkey: Bilkent

University, Boğaziçi University, and Middle East Technical University

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM The SUNY- YÖK

* dual-diploma bachelor‟s degree in GGGLLLOOOBBB AAALLL &&& IIINNN TTTEEERRRNNNAAATTTIIIOOONNN AAALLL AAAFFFFFFAAA IIIRRR SSS offers students at three

of Turkey‟s most prestigious, English-medium research universities a unique program of interdisciplinary study in

economics, history, political science, and other fields yielding high-level substantive knowledge and analytical skills

for careers requiring global perspectives on international issues of various kinds. This four-year program includes

full-time enrollment for three or four semesters (typically the third and fourth plus the seventh and/or eighth

semester) at Binghamton University, a Doctoral/Research-Extensive university and the SUNY campus most noted

for its undergraduate excellence, its comprehensive internationalization, and its history of fruitful association with

Turkish universities. Students in this dual-diploma program meet all of the requirements for a Bachelor degree at

Binghamton University‟s Harpur College of Arts and Sciences and for a Lisans degree at their home Turkish

institution, whether that be Bilkent University or Middle East Technical University, in Ankara, or Boğaziçi

(Bosphorus) University, in Istanbul.

PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM One of several dual-diploma degree programs developed with the support of SUNY System Administration and the

Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK), this program in GGGLLLOOOBBB AAALLL &&& IIINNNTTTEEERRRNNN AAATTT IIIOOONNN AAALLL AAAFFFFFFAAA IIIRRRSSS leads to the

awarding of a single degree simultaneously by two institutions, one in Turkey and the other in the United States.

Although degree recipients receive two diplomas, one from each institution, both diplomas refer to the degree in the

same manner, and no student can receive the degree or either of the diplomas without satisfying the academic

requirements of both institutions. This program has the following purposes:

To assist the Republic of Turkey in alleviating the problems due to its severe under-capacity in higher

education, with 1.5 million applicants a year for only 400,000 new seats in the nation‟s postsecondary

institutions.

To further Binghamton University‟s commitment to increase its numbers of international students as a

means of enriching the global diversity of the Binghamton educational experience for everyone and, in

particular, to increase the number of international students who are undergraduates and who are from

nations outside of East and South Asia. [Note: The students enrolled in this program will not displace

enrollees the University would be expected to have from New York or elsewhere on the basis of steady-

state enrollment. Rather, their numbers will contribute to Binghamton‟s goal of increasing its overall

enrollment and particularly its out-of-state enrollment over the next several years. Similarly, the tuition and

other revenues generated by this program have been determined to enable the University to hire additional

full-time, tenure-track faculty to meet the program‟s instructional needs while maintaining the University‟s

commitment to excellence in both undergraduate education and in graduate education and research.]

*

YÖK = Turkish acronym for Higher Education Council, the government entity that oversees higher education in

Turkey.

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To provide program enrollees with a unique, rigorous, bi-cultural learning experience leading to the receipt

of a high-value dual-diploma degree from a pair of well-respected research universities, one in Turkey and

one in the United States. [Note: The financial plan for this program includes the need for a professional

staff member in the Office of International Programs to serve as adviser/advocate/mentor/ombudsman for

the students in this program and for additional staff support for the faculty director and for the Office of

International Student and Scholar Services. We have also consulted with Residential Life and other

Student Affairs offices regarding the housing and other needs of students enrolled in this program.]

To broaden Binghamton‟s internationalization efforts by increasing Binghamton faculty and student

interest in research, study, and work in Turkey through interaction with Turkish students and faculty in the

program.

Background on the Three Turkish University Partners Our three partner universities – Bilkent, Boğaziçi, and METU – are among the elite handful of English-medium

doctoral universities of Turkey, enrolling the very best of Turkey‟s high school graduates.

Bilkent University

Bilkent University in Ankara is the oldest and most research-intensive of Turkey‟s 24 private non-profit

(“foundation”) universities, ranking first in Turkey, according to the ISI Citation Indexes, in the number of published

papers per faculty member, with a high proportion of faculty holding U.S. or Western European Ph.D.s. Founded in

1984 by Dr. Ihsan Doğramacı, who also founded Hacettepe University in Ankara, Bilkent

(http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/) is located west of Ankara and enrolls 11,000 students. The name Bilkent derives from

the Turkish phrase bilim kenti, „city of science and knowledge‟. Bilkent has eight faculties, two four-year

professional schools, two two-year vocational schools, and the School of English Language. The faculties are:

Administrative and Social Sciences; Art, Design, and Architecture; Business Administration; Economics; Education;

Engineering; Humanities and Letters; Music and Performing Arts; and Science. Bilkent boasts a communication

center in New York City with facilities for interactive video conferencing; satellite courses are delivered through

this office. About 25% of undergraduates hold full financial aid from Bilkent. International students come from 50

countries. After the year 2001 nationwide entrance examination, which determines admissions to all 77 of Turkey‟s

public and foundation universities, Bilkent enrolled 33 of the top 100 scorers in the quantitative category, 24 in the

verbal category, and 31 in the equally-weighted category. Bilkent has a number of international affiliations. The

list of Bilkent‟s U.S. partners includes the University of California system, Purdue University, Johns Hopkins

University, University of Maine, University of Rhode Island, University of Texas-Austin, University of Missouri-

Columbia, and Georgia Institute of Technology. The language of instruction at Bilkent is English.

Boğaziçi (Bosphorus) University

Boğaziçi University has its origins in Robert College, founded in 1863 as the first American college outside the

boundaries of the United States. As the premier English-medium component of the 53-campus Turkish public

university system, Boğaziçi (http://www.boun.edu.tr/) was founded in 1971, with its main campus located on the

European side of the Bosphorus above the historic castle Rumelihisar („Thracian fortress‟). Today enrollments are

about 9,000. Boğaziçi‟s four faculties are Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Economics and Administrative Sciences,

and Education. Boğaziçi has a tradition of academic excellence, recruiting its undergraduate students from the top

1% of high school graduates. Active Boğaziçi–U.S. student exchanges are with Binghamton University, University

http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/

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of Texas-Austin, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, and several liberal arts colleges. The language of

instruction at Boğaziçi is English.

Middle East Technical University (METU)

Middle East Technical University (METU), founded in 1956 with 20,000 students today, vies with Bilkent

University for first place in the ISI Citation Indexes. A public institution, METU (http://www.metu.edu.tr/) has

faculties of Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Economic and Administrative Sciences, Education, and Engineering,

with 14 fields of engineering represented. METU recruits one third of its freshman class from the top 1000 students

on the national university entrance examination. Over 40 percent of METU‟s students go on to graduate school. At

any given time, there are between 800 and 1200 international students from 50 countries working towards METU

degrees. Several departments in the Faculty of Engineering have received accreditation from the Accreditation

Board for Engineering and Technology. With extensive experience in international education, METU lists

exchange agreements with institutions in 34 countries; METU has over 20 exchange partnerships with U.S.

institutions, including a large number of public universities (the University of California system, the University of

Michigan-Ann Arbor, Iowa State University, and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, to name just a few).

The language of instruction at METU is English.

DETAILED PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Admissions Criteria Turkish high school preparatory work is rigorous and applicants to this dual-diploma degree program must meet

Binghamton's admissions standards. At the Turkish end, admission to the program is granted to applicants with a

minimum Turkish university Student Selection Examination (ÖSS, http://www.osym.gov.tr/) score of 130 (at or

above the 85th

percentile), and a composite score (based on ÖSS score, high school weighting, and high school

performance) of 150 (at or above the 80th

percentile). On the basis of a careful review of the secondary-school

graduation requirements, the ÖSS/SAT equivalencies, and the percentile distributions of ÖSS and composite scores,

Binghamton admissions has concluded that applicants who meet the Turkish standard will almost certainly meet

Binghamton admissions standards. However, the academic particulars of every applicant must be sent to

Binghamton for review prior to the admission of students to this program. Furthermore, prior to enrollment at

Binghamton additional information will be required from each student for the issuance of visas and travel

documents by the U.S. government, whose approval cannot be guaranteed by Binghamton University at the time of

admission to the program.

Students who qualify for admission to our three Turkish English-medium university partners academically

sometimes do not have strong enough English to enroll, specifically a 550 or better on the U.S. Test Of English as a

Foreign Language (213 on the electronic version). In this case, they must defer admission for one year to study

English intensively and achieve this score. Such students come to Binghamton only after they have attained the

minimum TOEFL score and successfully completed the first full year of English-medium study in the program.

As a dual-diploma joint-degree program, this GGGLLLOOOBBBAAALLL &&& IIINNNTTTEEERRRNNNAAATTTIIIOOONNNAAALLL AAAFFFFFFAAAIIIRRRSSS program enrolls students

who satisfy the separate admissions criteria of both Binghamton University and one of our three Turkish university

partners, all of which do enroll applicants from outside of Turkey as international students. In principle, then, the

program is open to anyone, though we do not expect to enroll, nor do we do anything to recruit, students other than

those we designed the program for in the first place, namely the many highly talented applicants for university

admission under Turkey's highly competitive, annual, nationwide examination process. Nonetheless, students from

other countries are eligible to take a similar examination and obtain admission to Turkish universities as

international students; thus, New Yorkers and other Americans, as well as applicants from elsewhere in the world,

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have this route available to them for enrollment in this joint degree program. However, we do not anticipate that

many will avail themselves of this option.

Size and Time Schedule for Growth of the Program at Binghamton Each of the three Turkish universities aims for a steady-state program admission rate of 30-35 students per year.

This rate, allowing for attrition over the four years of the program, should result eventually in a steady-state level of

150 students per year enrolled at Binghamton. In the first year of the program the Turkish universities will admit

cohorts of 50 because about half of the eligible applicants each year can be expected to need a year of English

language study before they can enter the program. This should yield in an enrollment of 75 students at Binghamton

in the second year of the program, the first year that Binghamton will enroll program participants. Another cohort

will enter the program that year, adjusted in size to yield an expected 75 enrollees at Binghamton University in

year three. The Turkish universities will adjust their admissions upward in year three so that in the fourth year

enrollment Binghamton can reach its expected steady-state annual enrollment of 150, consisting of 85 second-year

students and 65 FTE fourth-year students. The lower FTE in the fourth year assumes that 55 of the senior cohort of

75 students come for the full academic year and the remaining 20 for just one semester. Students can choose either

option, most likely for financial reasons, but only students who come to Binghamton for the final two semesters are

eligible to apply for permission to extend their stay in the U.S. for an additional year of practical training in a job

related to their area of study. We thus expect that the majority of students will choose the full-year option. They

need not choose between the two options until the beginning of their sixth semester.

Degree To Be Awarded: One Degree, Two Diplomas Because this degree in GGGLLLOOOBBBAAALLL &&& IIINNNTTTEEERRRNNNAAATTTIIIOOONNNAAALLL AAAFFFFFFAAAIIIRRRSSS is based on a single, integrated set of academic

courses, it is a single rather than a double degree. That is, students do not receive degrees in two different fields

from the two universities cooperating in the design and delivery of the program. At the same time, because this

academic work satisfies all of the degree requirements for each of the two institutional partners to the program,

graduates of this program do receive two diplomas, one from Binghamton University in SUNY and the other from

one of the three Turkish partner universities described in the previous section (Boğaziçi in Istanbul, and Bilkent and

METU in Ankara). To clearly indicate that the diplomas represent a single rather than two different degrees, the

two diplomas employ identical wording to indicate that this degree in GGGLLLOOOBBBAAALLL &&& IIINNNTTTEEERRRNNNAAATTTIIIOOONNNAAALLL AAAFFFFFFAAAIIIRRRSSS is

awarded on the basis of a program completed at two universities.

Program Requirements Students in this program are subject to the standards for “good academic standing” and all other academic and non-

academic rules and regulations at both of their institutions for the duration of their enrollment in the program. For

example, the rules that Binghamton applies regarding a minimum grade point average of 2.0 for graduation and for

good academic standing will hold for all students in this program, as will the rules regarding the counting of credits

toward the degree. In addition, students who fail to stay “on track” with regard to meeting program requirements in

accordance with the year-by-year demands of the program, through failure to successfully complete required courses

as they are offered, are subject to dismissal from the program.

Minimum Credits for the Dual-Diploma Bachelor’s Degree in GGGLLLOOOBBBAAALLL &&& IIINNNTTTEEERRRNNNAAATTTIIIOOONNNAAALLL AAAFFFFFFAAAIIIRRRSSS: 126

credits (minimum of 50 credits from each partner). [Bilkent cites a minimum of 130 credits, Boğaziçi a minimum of

128-133 credits. Bilkent also employs the wording of an earlier draft of this proposal, viz. “minimum of 50 credits

from each partner, including distance-learning credits through SUNY”, but this explicit mention of distance-learning

options seems unnecessary, particularly in light of the paucity of such options at all four of the institutions

involved.] (Note: Under Harpur College rules, Binghamton University will award the Bachelor‟s degree. The

Turkish universities will in all cases award the Lisans degree to graduates of this program.)

Minimum Residence at Binghamton University: One full year (32-36 credits) in the student‟s first two years –

typically the second year – and one full term (16-18 credits) in the student‟s second two years – typically the first or

second semester of the fourth year, for a minimum of 50 credits in all. (Note: Most courses in Binghamton

University‟s Harpur College of Arts and Sciences are worth four credits, while most courses at the three Turkish

universities are worth three credits.)

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Minimum-Credit Breakdown By Category:

Political Science 32 [Bilkent: 34, Boğaziçi: 28, METU: 28-36] (divided evenly between two universities)

History 32 [Bilkent: 31, Boğaziçi: 23, METU: 26-36] (divided evenly between two universities)

Economics 9-12 [Bilkent: 9-12, 6 at Bilkent; Boğaziçi: 13; METU: 9-12]

[Sociology 10 Boğaziçi]

Research Methods 6-8 [Bilkent: 3-6 at Bilkent; Boğaziçi: 11 credits, including one course each in

philosophy of science, statistics, and research methods]

General Education 36 (but typically 18 of these credits are satisfied with courses taken in above categories)

Honors Program (Pending Review and Approval By Program Steering Committee)

Before the end of the second year of implementation of this program the program steering committee, composed of

representatives of all four of the universities involved, will, at their discretion, announce criteria for the awarding of

honors in GGGLLLOOOBBBAAALLL &&& IIINNNTTTEEERRRNNNAAATTTIIIOOONNNAAALLL AAAFFFFFFAAAIIIRRRSSS. In keeping with Harpur College standards in other programs,

these criteria, if such an honors designation is agreed upon by the committee, are likely to include a high minimum

grade point average (typically 3.2) and a senior thesis adjudged worthy of an honors designation by faculty at both

institutions from which the student‟s dual-diploma degree would be awarded.

Specific Course Requirements The Turkish partners and Binghamton University specify which courses are to be made available to students in this

program in a given semester during the preceding semester. Binghamton provides advising prior to students‟

arrival in Binghamton and during their stay to ensure that they enroll in courses appropriate to their individual

academic and personal backgrounds, needs, and interests. Following are sample listings from Binghamton

offerings together with the credit requirements in each general category included in the program. These lists are

merely illustrative: The courses listed here will almost certainly not all be offered in any given year of the program;

moreover, some may be discontinued altogether and new courses introduced over time. The lists of courses taught

at the Turkish universities show the range of topics in the general curriculum, but only a subset of these, or perhaps

even a new set along these lines, will be included in this special program. [Boğaziçi has indicated that students

should study a language other than English or Turkish at Binghamton and complete a senior thesis under the joint

supervision of faculty at the two universities.]

Political Science (minimum of 32 credits in total, at least 16 from Binghamton)

WORLD POLITICS: minimum of 14 credits (4-5 courses)

Examples of included Binghamton University courses:

PLSC 112 Cultural Forces in World Politics

PLSC 113 Introduction to Comparative Politics

PLSC 117 Introduction to World Politics

PLSC 319 Issues in World Politics

PLSC 325 Ethics and U.S. Foreign Policy

PLSC 327 American Foreign Policy

PLSC 380C Diplomacy in a Changing World

PLSC 380D Elements and Structure of Democracy

PLSC 380E Global Democratic Revolution

PLSC 403 Islam in World Politics

Examples of included courses from Turkish university partners:

POLS 217 Political Dynamics in Changing Societies (Bilkent)

POLS 219 Societies, Cultures, and Change (Bilkent)

POLS 227 Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Countries (Boğaziçi)

POLS 302 Politics in the Third World (Bilkent)

POLS 305 Politics of Nationalism and Ethnicity (Boğaziçi)

POLS 308 Politics in Developing Countries (Boğaziçi)

POLS 315 Comparative Political Systems (Boğaziçi)

POLS 319 Third World Societies and Cultures (Bilkent)

POLS 320 Human Rights (Bilkent)

POLS 321 Globalization and Nationalism (Bilkent)

IR 322 International Protection of Human Rights (METU)

POLS 322 Politics of Rapid Urbanization (Bilkent)

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IR 333 Foreign Policy Analysis (METU)

IR 401 American Politics and Foreign Policy (METU)

IR 404 Perspectives on Contemporary International Relations (METU)

POLS 440 Current Issues in World Politics (Boğaziçi)

POLS 466 Human Rights: Theory and Practice

REGIONAL POLITICS: minimum of 7 credits (2-3 courses)


PLSC 264 Politics of Latin America

PLSC 311 Politics of Western Europe

PLSC 312 Politics of Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

PLSC 316 Politics of Middle East & North Africa


POLS 226 Middle Eastern Politics (Bilkent)

POLS 234 Religion and Politics in the Arab World (Bilkent)

POLS 305 Turkish Political Development (Bilkent)

POLS 317 Politics and Society in the Middle East (Boğaziçi)

POLS 317 Politics of European Community (Bilkent)

IR 318 Contemporary Balkan Politics (Bilkent, METU)

POLS 320 Politics in Asia and the Pacific (Boğaziçi)

POLS 322 Japanese Political and Economic Dynamics (Boğaziçi)

IR 408 European Union Law (Bilkent)

POLS 409 Seminar on Middle Eastern Politics (Bilkent)

POLS 419 Eastern European Politics (Boğaziçi)

POLS 425 Politics of Caucasus and Central Asia (Boğaziçi)

POLS 426 Balkan Politics (Boğaziçi)

POLS 433 Politics of European Integration (Bilkent)

IR 435 European Integration (METU)

POLS 453 Comparative and International Politics of The Middle East (Boğaziçi)

POLS 454 The Black Sea in World Politics (Boğaziçi)

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: minimum of 7 credits (2-3 courses)


PLSC 350 Comparative Political Parties

PLSC 375 International Law

PLSC 402 Dynamics of International Conflict

PLSC 405 International Politics of Third World

PLSC 432 Political Transformation of Today‟s Europe

PLSC 435 Politics of Development

PLSC 486G Islam and the West


IR 201 International Relations I (METU)

IR 203 International Relations I (Bilkent)

IR 203 International Relations II (METU)

IR 204 International Relations II (Bilkent)

IR 305 International Organizations (Bilkent, METU)

POLS 313 Migration and Problems of Integration (Bilkent)

IR 335 International Relations Theory (METU)

POLS 341 Introduction to International Relations (Boğaziçi)

POLS 346 International Organizations (Boğaziçi)

POLS 401 International Relations Theory I (Bilkent)

POLS 402 International Relations Theory II (Bilkent)

IR 442 Strategic Resolution of Conflicts (METU)

PROVISOS REGARDING THE ABOVE-LISTED COURSES:

1. At least 20 credits must be above the 100 (first-year) level.

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2. At least 7 credits must be in 400-level senior seminars.

History (minimum of 32 credits in total, at least 16 from Binghamton (4 courses), and including at least one

course in US history and one course each in two of the other three categories listed below)

UNITED STATES HISTORY


HIST 103 Foundations of American Civilization, to 1877

HIST 104 Foundations of American Civilization, since 1877

HIST 256 Recent and Contemporary United States, 1945-present

HIST 353 Society and Thought in Modern America

HIST 356 American Legal History

HIST 361 Society and Culture in Contemporary United States


IR 312 American History and Government (Bilkent, METU)

HIST 431 History of the United States until the Reconstruction (Bilkent)

HIST 432 History of the United States from the Reconstruction (Bilkent)

HIST 433 History of American Politics (Bilkent)

HIST 434 U.S. Social History (Bilkent)

MIDDLE EAST HISTORY


HIST 121 Middle East Since 1453

HIST 275 20th

Century Middle East


HIST 221 Pre-Ottoman Turkish History (Boğaziçi)

HIST 234 History of the Modern Middle East (Boğaziçi)

HIST 321 Late Ottoman History (Boğaziçi)

HIST 335 History of the Byzantine Empire I (Boğaziçi)

HIST 336 History of the Byzantine Empire II (Boğaziçi)

HIST 405 Islamic and Turkish History Until the Ottoman Empire (Bilkent)

HIST 413 Byzantine History I: 324-1025

HIST 414 Byzantine History II: 1025-1453 (Bilkent)

IR 462 War and Diplomacy: The Ottoman Empire 1800-1923 (Bilkent, METU)

EUROPEAN HISTORY


HIST 212 Europe, 1900-1955

HIST 281A The Long German Century

HIST 311 Race and Racism in Modern Europe


POLS 217 Diplomatic History I (Boğaziçi)

POLS 218 Diplomatic History II (Boğaziçi)

IR 311 Russian History (METU)

HIST 311 European Social and Economic History I (Boğaziçi)

HIST 312 European Social and Economic History II (Boğaziçi)

HIST 415 British History: 1485-1914 (Bilkent)

HIST 416 Medieval British History (Bilkent)

HIST 417 Medieval Europe (500-1500) (Bilkent)

HIST 418 Modern Europe (1453-1914) (Bilkent)

GLOBAL HISTORY


HIST 130 Modern World History

HIST 232 Africa, Europe and the Americas, 1400-1888

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HIST 233 Africa, Europe and the Americas, 1830-1968

HIST 237 World Environmental History

HIST 238 Science and Technology in the Modern World

HIST 386R Human Rights in the Modern Era


HIST 105 The Making of the Modern World I (Boğaziçi)

HIST 106 The Making of the Modern World II (Boğaziçi)

Economics (minimum of 9-12 credits, 3-4 courses)

One introductory course in macroeconomics

One introductory course in microeconomics

One upper-division course in economics

Research Methods (minimum of 6-8 credits, 2 courses)

One course in statistical methods for the social sciences

One course in research methods in the social sciences

General Education (minimum of 36 credits, but actually only 21 if the maximum number of Gen Ed

requirement-satisfying courses are selected in meeting the previously listed requirements)

Turkish (common to all three Turkish universities):

Two semesters of Turkish language (2 credits)

Two semesters of modern Turkish history (2 credits)

Binghamton University (approved course equivalents in each of these categories may be taken at Turkish

universities – approval of equivalents is made by Binghamton’s University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

in accordance with its established guidelines for each of the Gen Ed requirement categories):

1. Language and Communication

a. Composition (C): Likely to be met with courses in program (0-4 credits)

b. Oral Communication (O): Likely to be met with senior seminar (0-4 credits)

c. Foreign Language: Met by virtue of fluency in Turkish [Boğaziçi requires study of a language other

than English or Turkish for an additional 6-8 cr.]

2. Creating a Global Vision

a. Pluralism in the U.S. (P): To be met with History courses in program, most likely from the restricted set

of courses required of students lacking a strong background in basic U.S. history. (0-4 credits)

b. Global Interdependencies (G): Likely to be met with History courses in program (0-4 credits)

3. Science and Mathematics

a. Laboratory Science (L): Numerous lab-bearing courses in the natural sciences (3-4 credits)

b. Social Science (N): Met with courses in Econ, History, and Poli Sci (0-4 credits)

c. Mathematics/Reasoning (M): For students with basic knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry,

which will probably be documented in students‟ secondary-school records, likely to be met with required

course requirement in statistical methods for social sciences. (0-8 credits)

4. Aesthetic Perspective

a. Aesthetics (A): Any course providing an introduction to a fine-arts discipline. (3-4 credits)

b. Humanities (H): Any course in literature or philosophy. (3-4 credits)

5. Physical Activity/Wellness: (2 credits)

Harpur College of Arts and Sciences (again, approved course equivalents in each of these categories may be taken

at Turkish universities – approval of equivalents, other than those covered by the General Education categories

previously mentioned, is made by the Harpur College Curriculum Committee):

Students must meet all graduation requirements, which, in addition to the campus-wide General Education

requirements above, include:

One additional course in Aesthetics (A) or Humanities (H) (3-4 credits)

One additional course in Science or Mathematics (L, M, or courses under the following science rubrics: BIOL,

GEOL, PHYS, ASTR, PSYC, ENVI 101 and 201, and CHEM 101 and above) (3-4 credits)

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All-College Writing Requirement: In addition to the single C course listed above for General Education, 3 more C

courses, or 2 Cs and a W (a course providing considerable experience in and feedback on writing), or 1 C

and 3 Ws); this requirement is likely to be met with courses required for the program (0-16 credits)

Upper-division credits: A minimum of 44 credits must be above the 200 level; 10 credits in above list are already

required to be at this level; the rest can in principle be met with courses that also meet other listed program

or general education requirements, though students and advisers must exercise considerable care to achieve

this (0-34 credits)

Academic Approval Process at Binghamton University The undergraduate curriculum committees and the faculty of the History and Political Science Departments

approved this program by strong majorities. The Harpur College EPPC recommended it unanimously to the Harpur

College Council, which approved it with a strong majority. After endorsement by the Faculty Senate Educational

Policy and Priorities Committee and by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, the program was approved by a

strong majority vote of the Binghamton University Faculty Senate.

Impact on Binghamton University Academic Programs

All of the courses required for this program are currently offered by the Harpur College of Arts and

Sciences.

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Evaluation and Assessment

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Education: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/fipseec/index.html

• Institute of International Education, (2009), Joint and Double Degree Programs: An emerging model for Transatlantic Exchange. This report features practical recommendations and detailed strategies for developing and delivering joint and double degree programs from higher education administrators and practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic. (http://www.iiebooks.org/)

• Global University blogspot: Dual/Joint Degree Working Group: http://globaluniversity.wordpress.com/

• Giancarlo Spinelli, Measuring the success of internationalisation: the case of joint and double degrees. In Hans de Wit, Measuring success in the internationalisation of higher education. EAIE Occasional Paper 22. 2009, Amsterdam. (http://www.che.de/downloads/measuring_internationalisation___EAIE_Occasional_Papers_22v6.pd)

• European Union - United States Atlantis Program, U.S. Department of Education: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/fipseec/index.html

• Institute of International Education, (2009), Joint and Double Degree Programs: An emerging model for Transatlantic Exchange. This report features practical recommendations and detailed strategies for developing and delivering joint and double degree programs from higher education administrators and practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic. (http://www.iiebooks.org/)

• Global University blogspot: Dual/Joint Degree Working Group: http://globaluniversity.wordpress.com/

• Giancarlo Spinelli, Measuring the success of internationalisation: the case of joint and double degrees. In Hans de Wit, Measuring success in the internationalisation of higher education. EAIE Occasional Paper 22. 2009, Amsterdam. (http://www.che.de/downloads/measuring_internationalisation___EAIE_Occasional_Papers_22v6.pd)

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