GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
VISUAL CULTURE I/YMS 613
Course Title: VISUAL CULTURE I
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Asst. Prof. Melda Öncü Yıldız
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/m.oncu
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  m.oncu@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Will be able to have the knowledge of the development of visual forms in the history.
Will be able to have the knowledge of the methods of decoding the visual forms.
 -- 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
  YMS 614 - Visual Culture II
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction to Visual Culture
2. Week  History of the Visual Images I (Art History)
3. Week  History of the Visual Images II (Art History)
4. Week  History of the Visual Images III (Design Products)
5. Week  History of the Visual Images IV (Design Products)
6. Week  History of the Visual Images V (Communications)
7. Week  History of the Visual Images VI (Communications)
8. Week  Midterm Exam
9. Week  Introduction to Image Decoding
10. Week  Semiotic
11. Week  Visual Semiotics
12. Week  Structuralism
13. Week  Poststructuralism
14. Week  Design Theory
15. Week  Film Studies
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Umberto Eco, Ortaçağ Estetiğinde Sanat ve Güzellik, Can Yayınları, 2012. İsmail Tunalı, Felsefenin Işığında Modern Resim, Remzi Kitabevi, 2008. John Berger, Görme Biçimleri, Metis Yayınları, 2012. Ron Burnett, İmgeler Nasıl Düşünür?, Metis Yayınları, 2012. Michel Foucault, Yapısalcılık ve Postyapısalcılık, Birey Yayıncılık, 2010.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer,Drill - Practise, Research
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
1
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
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
8
3
24
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
1
14
 Designing and Applying Materials
14
3
42
 Preparing Reports
1
6
6
 Preparing Presentation
1
20
20
 Presentation
1
2
2
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
180
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.2
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X