Başkent University has been a leading higher education institution in the establishment of a special center for offering a variety of foreign language courses: The Başkent University Center for Language Studies (BÜDAM), which focuses on teaching a wide number of languages, including the old and the modern ones.
BÜDAM’s two main aims
Continuously adding new languages
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Turkish
To focus on all the details of Turkish, to find new methods to teach it and to work hard to make it, besides its use as a literary language, a language of science and philosophy. Therefore, one major aim is to find, within the structure of the Turkish language, equivalents for scientific and philosophical terms and concepts.
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Foreign languages
To teach students one or more foreign languages other than English.
Course levels
From basic to vocational
The courses in “Contemporary Turkish and Foreign Languages” have two standard levels which are “Basic” and “Intermediate”. For each language group, there are vocational and advanced language courses, held by BÜDAM.
- Basic
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Vocational
Certificate
The students who complete a language course successfully are awarded a certificate.