COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+A+L (hour/week) | Type (C / O) | Local Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Culture Analysis | VCD 321 | Fall | 03+00+00 | Elective | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Communication |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Prerequisites: | None |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Course Unit: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | - - |
| Course Objectives: | The students are expected to:
• Employ different methodologies in analyzing the phenomena of visual culture. • Explain how viewers create cultural meaning. • Formulate original theoretical questions in relation to visual culture. • Analyze how visuality and the gaze function in power relations. |
| Course Contents: | The course explores methodological frameworks within the field of visual culture studies and image theory. The course engages with how visual culture can be analyzed through the theoretical approaches outlined. For this, the course adopts a terminological perspective on subject matters of spectatorship and image production. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: | The course consists of 3 basic modules. These are: 1. Psychoanalysis 2. Phenomenology 3. Ethico-Aesthetics Modules often start with an introduction that reveals the necessity of the concept that will be analyzed within the module. Students later are asked to present their observations and do small projects related to the concept to be able to interiorize the knowledge. |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation Week (Introduction and course plan) | |
| 2 | (Module I: Psychoanalysis ) Mimesis | Selected readings |
| 3 | (Module I: Psychoanalysis ) Catharsis | Selected readings |
| 4 | (Module I: Psychoanalysis ) Abject | Selected readings & response paper |
| 5 | (Module I: Psychoanalysis ) Fetish | Selected readings & an oral presentation about the module and delivering project reports. |
| 6 | (Module II: Phenomenology) Perception | Selected readings |
| 7 | (Module II: Phenomenology) Sensation | Selected readings |
| 8 | (Module II: Phenomenology) Visual Anticipation | Selected readings & an oral presentation about the module and delivering project reports. |
| 9 | (Module III: Ethico-Aesthetics) Unrepresentable | Selected readings |
| 10 | (Module III: Ethico-Aesthetics) Simulation/ Simulacra | Selected readings & response paper |
| 11 | (Module III: Ethico-Aesthetics) Utopia/ Dystopia | Selected readings |
| 12 | (Module III: Ethico-Aesthetics) Liminality | Selected readings & an oral presentation about the module and delivering project reports. |
| 13 | Review Week | |
| 14 | Review Week |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING
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OTHER COURSE RESOURCES
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
| Semester Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance / Participation | 14 | - |
| Practice / Exercise | 2 | 20 |
| Project | 3 | 50 |
| Presentation / Jury | 3 | 30 |
| Total: | 22 | 100 |
WORKLOAD
| Events | Count | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Practice / Exercise | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Project | 3 | 15 | 45 |
| Preparation for Presentation / Jury | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 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 | PQ12 |
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| LO5 |
Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High