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1020  Beginning Turkish II (4) Prerequisite: TURK 1010 or instructor consent.
   Continuing development of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills with emphasis on active oral communication. Authentic interactive materials in the classroom further familiarize students with Turkish culture.

1120  Intensive First Year Turkish (4)
   Intense focus on development of listening and reading strategies with an emphasis on oral and written forms of communication.

2010  Intermediate Turkish I (4) Prerequisite: TURK 1020 or instructor consent.
   Further development of vocabulary, speaking, writing and grammatical skills. Supplemental reading materials will provide insight into Turkish culture and will serve as a basis for in-class discussion.

2020  Intermediate Turkish II (4) Prerequisite: TURK 2010 or instructor consent.
   Further development of vocabulary, speaking, writing, and grammatical skills. Supplemental reading materials will provide insight into Turkish culture and will serve as a basis for in-class discussion.

3010  Third Year Turkish I (4) Prerequisite: TURK 2020 or instructor consent.
   All language skills will be developed to an advanced level. Reading and analysis of texts, along with practice in oral communication, will increase competence in use of grammatical patterns.

3020  Third Year Turkish II (4) Prerequisite: TURK 3010 or instructor consent.
   All language skills will be developed to an advanced level. Reading and analysis of texts, along with practice in oral communication, will increase competence in use of grammatical patterns.

3200  Introduction to Turkish Literature in Translation (3) Cross listed as MID E 3420.
   Readings in the literature of Republican Turkey, in translation.

4200  Turkish Folklore (3) Cross listed as MID E 4402. Prerequisite: TURK 2020 or instructor consent.
   Meets with TURK 6200 and MID E 6402. Folk tales, stories, minstrels, and plays of Anatolia.

4610  Survey of Pre-Islamic and Ottoman Turkish Literature (3) Cross listed as MID E 4461. Prerequisite: TURK 2020 or instructor consent.
   Meets with TURK 6610 and MID E 6461. First semester of a two-semester sequence. Historical development from earliest texts through early Ottoman literature; masterpieces representative of each period.

4620  Survey of Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Literature (3) Cross listed as MID E 4462. Prerequisite: TURK 2020 or instructor consent. Recommended Prerequisite: TURK 4610 or MID E 4461.
   Meets with TURK 6620 and MID E 6462. Second semester of a two-semester sequence. Historical development from the late Ottoman period to the present; masterpieces representative of each period.

4630  Cultural Encounters: European & American Travellers to the Middle East, 17th to the 20th Century (3) Cross listed as MID E 4463.
   Meets with MID E 6463 and TURK 6630. Travel narratives about the Middle East from the 17th to the 20th century by Europeans and Americans. We will deal with topics such as describing "the other" without fetishizing or exoticizing; what is literature; power dynamics and cultural works.

4880  Special Topics (1 to 3)
   Taught on demand. Topic to be chosen.

4910  Directed Reading (1 to 3)
   Readings selected by student and designated professor to broaden student's background in area where no course is taught.

4999  Honors Thesis/Project (3) Prerequisite: TURK 3020 Co-requisite: TURK 3010 or 3020 and instructor's consent.
   Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree.

6200  Turkish Folklore (3) Cross listed as MID E 6402. Prerequisite: TURK 2020 or instructor consent.
   Meets with TURK 4200 and MID E 4402. Additional work in Turkish required of graduate students. Folk tales, stories, minstrels, and plays of Anatolia.

6310  Ottoman Turkish I (3) Cross listed as MID E 6431. Prerequisite: TURK 2020 and either ARAB 1020 or PERS 1020.
   Ottoman literature in Arabic script from 16th- to 20th-centuries.

6320  Ottoman Turkish II (3) Cross listed as MID E 6432. Prerequisite: TURK 6310 or MID E 6431.
   Ottoman literature in Arabic script from 16th- to 20th-centuries.

6610  Survey of Pre-Islamic and Ottoman Turkish Literature (3) Cross listed as MID E 6461. Prerequisite: TURK 2020 or instructor consent.
   Meets with TURK 4610 and MID E 4461. Additional work in Turkish required of graduate students. Taught in Turkish. First semester of a two-semester sequence. Historical development from earliest texts through early Ottoman literature; masterpieces representative of each period.

6620  Survey of Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Literature (3) Cross listed as MID E 6462. Prerequisite: TURK 2020 or instructor consent. Recommended Prerequisite: TURK 6610 or MID E 6461.
   Meets with TURK 4620 and MID E 4462. Additional work in Turkish required of graduate students. Taught in Turkish. Second semester of a two-semester sequence. Historical development from the late Ottoman period to the present; masterpieces representative of each period.

6630  Cultural Encounters: European & American Travellers to the Middle East, 17th to the 20th Century (3) Cross listed as MID E 6463.
   Meets with MID E 4463 and TURK 4630. Additional work required of graduate students. Travel narratives about the Middle East from the 17th to the 20th century by Europeans and Americans. We will deal with topics such as describing "the other" without fetishizing or exoticizing: what is literature; power dynamics and cultural works.

6880  Special Topics (1 to 3)

6910  Directed Reading (1 to 3)
   Readings selected by student and designated professor to broaden student's background in area where no course is taught.

6920  Graduate Language Study (1 to 4)

6970  Thesis Research: M.A. (1 to 9)

6980  Faculty Consultation: M.A. (3)

7810  Graduate Seminar (3)
   Meets with MID E 7481. A comprehensive seminar on Turkish literature. Readings are in Turkish.