COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+A+L (hour/week) | Type (C / O) | Local Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Photography | VCD 337 | Fall | 02+02+00 | Elective | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Unit: | Visual Communication Design |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Prerequisites: | - |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Course Unit: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | - - |
| Course Lecturer(s): | Doruk KUMKUMOĞLU |
| Course Objectives: | -Provide students with extensive understanding of contemporary photography, its vocabulary and aesthetics.
-Make students proficient in developing photography based projects from start to finish. -Get students up to date with novel/ experimental approaches in contemporary photography. -Allow students to think out of the box in terms of what is possible within the photographic medium. |
| Course Contents: | This class aims to provide the students with the knowledge, tools and experience necessary to develop an advanced photography project from start to finish. This class will constitute theoretical lectures, technical demonstrations, roundtable discussions and feedback sessions. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: | Learning activities include lectures, roundtable discussions, feedback sessions and technical demonstrations. Students are required to present their assignments to the class during the feedback sessions. No presentation will result in a reduced final grade. (-20 points) Presentation quality of the assignments will contribute to the final score of an assignment. Students are required to submit the assignments on the due date. -Participation is worth . Assignment 01 is worth Assignment 02 is worth Assignment 03(midterm) is worth -Final Project is worth @ -Modules: Module (I): Novel Approaches in Contemporary Photography Module (II): Photography Project Concept Development Module (III): Photography Project Production |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation Week | |
| 2 | Module (I): Novel Approaches in Contemporary Photography Contemporary Photography - Introduction to contemporary photography in the form of case studies. |
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| 3 | Module (I): Novel Approaches in Contemporary Photography Augmented Photography & Automated Photography - Introduction to how photography can be merged with other mediums and technologies. |
Presentations for Assignment 01 |
| 4 | Module (I): Novel Approaches in Contemporary Photography Automated Photography Workshop - Photogrammetry |
In class activity |
| 5 | Module (II): Photography Project Concept Development Introduction to Concept Development For Photography Projects |
Presentations for Assignment 02 |
| 6 | Module (II): Photography Project Concept Development Proposal Review and Feedback Session |
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| 7 | Module (II): Photography Project Concept Development Midterm Presentations |
Presentations for Midterm Project |
| 8 | Module (III): Photography Project Production Photobook |
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| 9 | Module (III): Photography Project Production Curating and Exhibiting Photography - Introduction to showcasing photography. |
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| 10 | Module (III): Photography Project Production Exhibition Proposal Development Workshop I |
In class activity |
| 11 | Module (III): Photography Project Production Exhibition Proposal Development Workshop II |
In class activity |
| 12 | Module (III): Photography Project Production Production Check up - Group critique. |
Work in progress presentations |
| 13 | Review Production Check up II - Personal meetings. |
Work in progress presentations |
| 14 | Presentantions Final Presentations |
Final Project presentations |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING
| ● Photography Theory in Historical Perspective, Hilde Van Gelder & Helen Westgeest ● Towards a Philosophy of Photography, Vilém Flusser ● Fotoğraf Ölmedi Ama Tuhaf Kokuyor, Nazif Topçuoğlu |
OTHER COURSE RESOURCES
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
| Semester Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance / Participation | 14 | 10 |
| Project | 4 | 50 |
| Presentation / Jury | 4 | 35 |
| Extra-Class Activities (reading, individual study etc.) | 1 | 5 |
| Total: | 23 | 100 |
WORKLOAD
| Events | Count | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Project | 4 | 10 | 40 |
| Preparation for Presentation / Jury | 4 | 9 | 36 |
| Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.) | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Total Workload (hour): | 125 | ||
1 ECTS = 25 Hours Workload
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
| # | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 |
| LO1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| LO2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| LO3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| LO4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| LO5 | 1 | 1 |
Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High