Özyegin University’s English UG courses aim to provide a learning environment in which students not only learn the effective academic writing and speaking skills required for their departmental studies, but are also given the opportunity to improve their critical thinking and analytical skills which would equip them holistically with the thinking and learning behaviours that will give them an advantage for further studies and their future careers. The content areas which provide the backdrop for the teaching and practice of these skills, covering Sustainable Development, Business Ethics, Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility also aim to broaden students’ awareness of the challenges facing humanity and the planet as well as developing the potential for their becoming pro-active and self-reflective actors in meeting and attempting to solve those issues.