In addition to well-developed Bachelor programs in English Language/ Literature and Journalism, the Bachelor of Arts in English/Arabic and in English/Persian are offered by the Department of English and the Department of Oriental and Islamic Studies. The Bachelor of Arts in Journalism/English is the interdepartmental degree program offered jointly by the Department of English with the Department of Journalism. The Bachelor of Arts in Design program is administered by the Department of Design.

The Department of Political Science and International Relations offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Political Science with concentration in Political Theory, Peace and Conflict Studies, and Area Studies, such as Middle Eastern Studies and European Public Affairs. The Department also offers separate degree programs in International Relations, both on undergraduate and graduate levels.

The programs leading to the Master of Arts degree include TESL, Linguistics, American Studies, Azerbaijani Language/Literature, Political Science, International Relations, Translation Theory, Journalism, Interlingual Relations, Religious Studies, Eastern Languages and Literatures (Arabic/Persian/Turkish), and World Literature.

The preparations are under way to initiate undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, and Music.

Requirements for Bachelor's Degree Programs

The Bachelor's degree is conferred by the university upon the student's application when the student has earned the minimum number of credits required for the degree and has met the requirements for the right distribution of the courses. Students must complete at least 132 credits to graduate, including minimum 78 credits in the major.
Each student must satisfy three types of requirements for the Bachelor's degree:

• University Requirements

• General Education Requirements

• Major and Major-related Requirements
  

University Requirements - include two main components English Language and Azerbaijani Studies and give the total number of 27 credits.

English Language includes 15 semester credits of:

• English/Reading 1 (3 credits)

• English/Writing 1 (3 credits)

• English/Reading 2 (3 credits)

• English/Writing 2 (3 credits)

• English for Special Purposes (3 credits)
  

Azerbaijani Studies includes 12 semester credits of:

• Azerbaijani (Azeri) Language and Composition (3 credits)

• Azerbaijani Literature (3 credits)

• Azerbaijani Culture (3 credits)

• History of Azerbaijan (3 credits)
  

General Education Requirements - are composed of three components minimum 21 credits.

General Education Courses introduce undergraduates to the richness and diversity of the various academic disciplines. No matter what student's specific educational goal is General Education Requirements are designed to broaden students' intellectual perspective and to enable them in becoming educated members of society.

Regardless of their major, students must meet the GER in the Freshman and Sophomore years. Students must complete three components of the General Education Program for 21 credits:

• Humanities

• Social Sciences

• Science and Technology
  

The Humanities division of the program includes particular courses in Literature, Language and Linguistics, Philosophy, History, Culture and Civilization, Fine Arts and Art History. Students must take at least two courses with a minimum of 6 credits, 3 credits for each course.

The Social Sciences group contains courses in History, Geography, Political Science, International Relations, Law and Government, Anthropology, Economics, Sociology and Psychology. Students must take at least two courses with a minimum of 6 credits, 3 credits for each course.

The Science and Technology component of the General Education Program unites three divisions:

• Physical Sciences and Mathematics

• Life Sciences

• Computer Sciences
  

and contains, for example Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geography and Environmental Studies, Geology, Biological Sciences and Anthropology, Medical Science.

Students must complete at least three courses, at least one from each subgroup with a minimum of 9 credits, 3 credits for each course.

Some of the fields of study may be included in different divisions according to the content of courses or applied methods. For example, courses in Anthropology, Geography and Psychology are related with the Social Sciences division, but, at the same time, some courses in these areas may concern themselves also with Natural Sciences.

Courses required to satisfy the Major Requirements may not be used to complete the minimum 21 credits for GER, except may be one course on Major.

Some degree programs require additional work in the three areas mentioned above, or require the student to take specific courses to fulfill the GER.

Open Electives: students must take at least two additional courses with a minimum of 6 credits. These courses can be taken from any major or non-major divisions without any restriction.