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Course Registration
An undergraduate student is not permitted to select courses more than one level above the student's own classification . There are occasions, however, on which exceptions to this regulation may be deemed desirable and necessary by the student's adviser and/or dean. Undergraduate students may be registered for graduate level courses with the written permission of the chairperson of the department or the dean of the school in which the course is offered. In any case, student enrolling in any course should meet the prerequisites.
Course schedule is announced one week before the semester begins. Each instructor presents his or her course at the beginning of the semester. Presentations are held by instructors during the first week of the semester. Students may attend the presentations during one week in order to make a proper decision before registration. Registration for a course should come to an end upon the completion of the first week from the beginning of the semester.
Registration is administered by the Registration Department of the Dean's Office.
Course re-taking
If the student wishes to postpone any required subject, or fails to complete it successfully, he has to retake that subject in the following year, or in the following semester depending on when the course is offered again.
Extra subjects are allowed only if the previous requirements for course taking are fulfilled. The registration for courses has to start from the courses failed or postponed during the previous year(s).
Thus, the students can register for a minimum of 12 and maximum of 19 credits per semester, and the degree may be earned for a period shorter or longer than 4 years.
Attendance Policy
Azerbaijan University of Languages maintains a strict attendance policy.
Attendance makes part of the assessment, which counts towards the final grade. Attendance and class participation make 10% of the final grade at the discretion of the instructor. Moreover, a student who has missed more than 30% of the classroom hours is not considered eligible to take the final exam.
Examinations
Final examinations in all courses are held at the end of each term. There is no departure from the printed schedule of examinations. An absence without an excuse will result in failure. In case of an absence with a serious excuse, or an official University excuse, the exam can be re-taken only with the permission of the dean and the approval of the instructor. Absence from intermediate tests, seminars, and quizzes with an excuse acceptable to the instructor or the dean should be made up by a makeup test or an excuse from taking the test at the discretion of the instructor.
Only graduating students who are in their last term are allowed to re-take an exam (provided that there is only one re-examination per course) to remove a failure.
Credit by examination
Students manifesting sufficient knowledge and skills in Information Technologies can be exempted from taking this course and can earn their credits by taking only the final examination without attendance during the semester.
Placement tests are conducted in Information Technologies for the purpose of determining the student's knowledge level. The student manifesting the advanced level of knowledge and skills can be exempted from attendance at his own discretion.
Classification of courses
Courses at Azerbaijan University of Languages are numbered as 3-digit abbreviations at 7 levels, where the increase of the level indicates the movement from simple to more complicated courses:
001 - 099 Pre-freshman or preparatory courses
100 - 199 Freshman Courses (courses providing basic knowledge)
200 - 299 Sophomore Courses (mainly Gen.Ed. courses providing knowledge of more specific issues)
300 - 399 Junior Courses (major related courses)
400 - 499 Senior Course (major courses)
500-699 Graduate courses
700-799 Graduate and some post-graduate courses
Courses are offered as required ones and electives within the relevant program.Both required and elective courses cover General Education, Major Related and Major requirements.
General Education Courses
The purpose of the GER is to provide students with global exposure to the realities of Azerbaijan , basics of various fields of the social sciences and arts as well as state-of- the-arts technological skills.
Students enrolled in any undergraduate program have to take the following subjects as General Education requirements:
1. History of Azerbaijan
2. Azerbaijani Language
3. Information Technologies
4. Second Foreign Language
Graduate program General Education requirements are as follows:
1. Pedagogy
2. Psychology
3. Research methods
General Education electives are offered in the areas of Humanities, Political and Social Sciences:
1. History of Religion
2. Cultural Studies
3. History of the State and Law
4. History of Civilizations
5. World Literature
6. Azerbaijani Literature
7. Philosophy
8. Logic
9. History of Philosophy
10. History of Philosophical Thought in Azerbaijan
11. Eastern Philosophy
12. Western Philosophy
13. Political Philosophy
14. Sociology
15. Psychology
16. Ethno-psychology
17. Political Science
18. Political Psychology
