GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
VISUAL CULTURE I/FOV 103
Course Title: VISUAL CULTURE I
Credits 3 ECTS 6
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Kurtuluş ÖZGEN, Oya TONG
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/kozgen/
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  kozgen@gmail.com, oya.tong@gmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Students learn to read the imagages and aspects of visual culture
Students start learning how to analise the paintings, photographs and moving images
Students learn the fundamentals of visual culture
Students learn ways of seeing
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Indroduction and general definition of the course.
2. Week  Ways of Seeing
3. Week  History of the Image (Cave Paintings, Medieval Age, Renaissance, Age of Reason)
4. Week  History of the Image (Cave Paintings, Medieval Age, Renaissance, Age of Reason)
5. Week  Film Screening
6. Week  Midterm Exam
7. Week  History of the Image (Romanticism, Modernism, Modern Art MOvements)
8. Week  History of the Image (Romanticism, Modernism, Modern Art MOvements)
9. Week  History of the Image (Postmodernism, Postmodern Art MOvements)
10. Week  History of the Image (Postmodernism, Postmodern Art MOvements)
11. Week  Film Screening
12. Week  What is Image? Visualty, Aesthetics
13. Week  Realty and Image, Representation, Visual Codes
14. Week  Film Screening
15. Week  Review of the Lecture
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  ANTMEN, Ahu; 20. Yüzyıl Batı Sanatında Akımlar, Sel Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2010. BARNARD, Malcolm; Sanat Tasarım ve Görsel Kültür, Ütopya Yayınevi, Ankara 2002. BENJAMIN, Walter; Pasajlar, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul 1992, s. 45-76. BERGER, john; Görme Biçimleri, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul 2010. BURKE, Peter, Afişten Heykele Minyatürden Fotoğrafa Tarihin Görgü Tanıkları, Kitap Yayınevi, İstanbul 2003. BÜKER, Seçil; Sinemada Anlam Yaratma, Hayalbaz Kitap, İstanbul 2009. EMILE MULLER, Joseph; Modern Sanat, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul 1993. FISKE, John; İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş, Çev: S. İrvan, Ark Yayınları, Ankara 1996. GOMBRİCH, ERNST. H.; Sanatın Öyküsü, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul 2011. LYNTON, Norbert; Modern Sanatın Öyküsü, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul 2002. WOLLEN, Peter; Sinemada Göstergeler ve Anlam, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul 2008, s.104-138.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
6
84
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
1
14
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
12
12
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
162
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
6.48
 ECTS: 
6
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Able to think in a creative wayX
2Having the theoretical knowledge about photography, video and cinemaX
3Knowing the terminology of phototography, video and cinemaX
4Able to use the devices and their components which are used to produce photography and videoX
5Knowing about history of art, aesthetics, photography and cinemaX
6Able to criticise and evaluate the visual works of othersX
7Having enough knowledge about psychology and socioloy to support his/her basic communication skillsX
8Able to work with digital video and photo processing softwareX
9Having theoretical knowledge about studio photography, advertisement photography, documentary photography and filming and ability to create his/her own work in these fieldsX
10Having a knowledge on studio, advertising, documentary film and photography and also able to implement them.X