GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
AN INTRODUCTION TO CONCEPTS OF ART/STF-109
Course Title: AN INTRODUCTION TO CONCEPTS OF ART
Credits 2 ECTS 2
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof. Kafiye Özlem ALP
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/aakgul
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  aakgul@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Defining the concepts of art, artist, artwork.
To be able to evaluate past and present together with the concept of art.
To understand the concept of contemporary art.
To develop critical thinking skills.
 -- 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  Discussion of the concepts of art, artist, artwork.
2. Week  Classification and types of art.
3. Week  Origin and source of art.
4. Week  The purpose and function of art.
5. Week  Relationship between art and nature.
6. Week  Relationship between art and society.
7. Week  Mid-Term Exam
8. Week  Art and morality, art and freedom, of art and science, art and technical concepts.
9. Week  Nationality and universality in art.
10. Week  Art critique.
11. Week  The concepts of self-expression-style format, the arts discussion.
12. Week  Modern Art and post-modernism.
13. Week  In today's art.
14. Week  An art work items.
15. Week  All evaluation of the semester
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Dursun,A.(1995),Sanat Kavramlarına Giriş,Yorum Sanat Yayıncılık. Farago,F.(2003)Sanat,(Çev.Özcan Doğan)Ankara:Doğu-batı yay. Bernard,M.(2002),Sanat,Tasarım,Görsel Kültür(Çev.Güliz Korkmaz,Ank:Ütopya Yayınları
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
2
20
 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
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
0
0
 Reading
3
3
9
 Searching in Internet and Library
3
3
9
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
0
0
 Preparing Reports
0
0
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
2
2
 Final and Studying for Final
1
2
2
 Other
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
50
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2
 ECTS: 
2
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Be competent in the terminology of Jewelry field
2Be competent in jewelry manufacturing process
3Be competent in jewelry materials; gems, metals, traditional and contemporary alloys
4Have the ability to transfer 3D objects to 2D environment
5Be competent in cold and hot working circumstances related with jewelry and small-scale objects
6Be competent in all kinds of metal casting processesX
7Have the knowledge of the history of Jewelry art and technologyX
8Have the ability to design and redesign according to a given subject, problem solving, etc. related with design
9Acquire intellectual understanding of jewelry related subjects
10Having the ability to work in different interdisciplinary areas
11Have sense of professional and ethical responsibilityX
12Have awareness about the need for lifelong learning and develop their professional knowledge and skills continuously.
13Monitor the developments in the field and communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level.