Students who fulfill the outlined requirements are entitled for exemption from “Freshman English I & II” (ENG 101-102) and “Calculus I” (MATH 101).  

ENG 101- 102 Freshman English

Students are entitled for exemption *

• only from ENG 101, if they get a C-SL from the 2nd stage of English Language Assesment Exam (ELAE June 2014 or September 2014), or at least a 6,5 from IELTS, or at least a 80 from TOEFL-iBT, or at least a 550 from TOEFL-PBT and at least a 3 from “English Language and Composition” part and/or “English Literature and Composition” part of the Advanced Placement (AP**) exam.
• only from ENG 101, if they get an A-SL from the 2nd stage of English Language Assesment Exam (ELAE June 2014 or September 2014), or at least a 8 from IELTS, or at least a 110 from TOEFL-iBT, or at least a 637 from TOEFL-PBT and at least a B+ from the “Freshman English I Exemption Exam (FEEE101***)”.
• from ENG 102, if they get an A-SL from the 2nd stage of English Language Assesment Exam (ELAE June 2014 or September 2014), or at least a 8 from IELTS, or at least a 110 from TOEFL-iBT, or at least a 637 from TOEFL-PBT and if they are exempted from ENG 101 with “A“ grade and if they get at least a B+ from the “Freshman English II Exemption Exam (FEEE102****)”.
• from both ENG 101 and ENG 102, if they get at least a C-SL from the 2nd stage of English Language Assesment Exam (ELAE June 2014 or September 2014), or at least a 6,5 from IELTS, or at least a 80 from TOEFL-iBT, or at least a 550 from TOEFL-PBT and
• At least a 5 from IB (International Baccalaureate) English A, or
• At least a 10 from the ABITUR, English component, or
• At least a “Good” from the MATURA, English component from the Austrian High School or
• At least a “C” from GCE Advanced Level English (A' Level English).

(Note: Grades of TOEFL-PBT, TOEFL-iBT and IELTS are valid for 2 year)

(Note: Grades of TOEFL-PBT, TOEFL-iBT and IELTS are valid for 2 year)

(*)  only for students not yet taken the ENG 101 and/or ENG 102 course

(**)  For more information on AP exam:  http://apcentral.collegeboard.com.  Advanced Placement exams are given in May of every year.

(***)  FEEE101 is offered every semester in the first week of classes at Sabanci University.

(****)  FEEE102 is offered every semester in the first week of classes at Sabanci University.

A reading list, and time and place for the exam for FEEE101 and/or FEEE 102 will be announced on the University website one week prior to the exam. Students are expected to write an essay and give a presentation on these texts.

MATH 101 Calculus I

Students, who

• are registered to any undergraduate program at Sabanci University
• have not yet taken MATH 101
• get at least 85/100 from the “MATH 101 Exemption Exam” (*) (given at Sabanci University in the first week of every semester)

are entitled to exemption from MATH 101.

 (*) MATH 101 Exemption Exam is similar to a typical final exam of the course and it is in English.

Textbook
”Calculus: Single and Multivariable”, 4th Edition, Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, McCallum et al.

Content of the Exemption Exam:

-Elementary functions (Chapter 1)
-Derivatives: definition, interpretation, computation and applications (Chapters 2, 3, 4)
-Integral: definition, interpretation and computation (Chapters 5, 6, 7)

Exemption Application

If the student chooses to be exempted from MATH 101, ENG 101 and/or ENG 102 he/she is required to submit a written statement to the Foundations Development Directorate (FDD) regarding his/her acceptance of the grade shown in the table no later than the final workday of the first week of classes. Unless a written statement is given to FDD within the above indicated deadline, the student is required to take the course at the first semester that it is offered.

Original certificates are required for the exemption with IB, ABITUR, MATURA, GCE or AP.

Contact for information:

Arzu Kıran                             
Foundation Development Directorate
Phone : 216 483 97 08                             
E-mail : arzu@sabanciuniv.edu