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Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: JOB151
Course Name: Podcast and Radio Workshop with Michael Kuyucu
Semester: Fall
Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: University Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. HASİP PEKTAŞ
Course Lecturer(s): Hatice Öz Pektaş
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: The primary aim of this course is to provide students with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills within the context of audio-based communication media. In addition to offering a theoretical framework on the historical development, genres, and production processes of radio and podcast broadcasting, the course seeks to equip students with competencies in creative content production, sound editing, recording techniques, and digital publishing platforms. Through hands-on workshop activities, students are expected to plan, produce, and critically evaluate their own audio media projects. Accordingly, the course aims to foster the development of media producers who are capable of thinking critically and creatively, who are ethically responsible, and who possess the technical proficiency required in contemporary media environments.
Course Content: This course offers students a practice-based learning experience that encompasses the theoretical foundations of radio and podcast broadcasting, content development processes, sound recording and editing techniques, digital publishing tools, and ethical principles.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Explains the historical development of podcasting and radio broadcasting
2) Identify the structural differences between radio and podcast formats.
3) Analyzes the basic elements of audio content production (script, sound, music, effects).

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Radio and Podcast Broadcasting Overview -
2) Publication Types and Formats -
3) Target Audience and Content Design -
4) Storytelling and Audio Scriptwriting -
5) The Power of Voice: Diction, Intonation and Effective Speaking -
6) Basic Sound Recording Techniques -
7) Sound Editing and Editing Software -
8) Use of Credits, Music and Effects -
9) Radio Broadcasting Practice -
10) Podcast Production Practice -
11) Interview Techniques and Guest Broadcast Preparation -
12) Publishing Platforms and Distribution Processes -
13) Analysis of Publications and Feedback Session -
14) Final Project Presentations: Sharing Podcasts/Radio Broadcasts -

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Radio Production" – Robert McLeish & Jeff Link
Bloomsbury, 6th Edition

"Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media" – Dario Llinares, Neil Fox & Richard Berry (Eds.)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

"Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio" – Jessica Abel
Broadway Books, 2015

"Podcasting for Dummies" – Tee Morris & Chuck Tomasi
Wiley, 2020 (3rd Edition)
References: McLeish, R., & Link, J. (2015). Radio Production (6th ed.). Bloomsbury Academic.

Kern, J. (2008). Sound Reporting: The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production. University of Chicago Press.

Güney, S. (2019). Radyo Yayıncılığı: Kuram, Uygulama ve Yeni Medya. Der Yayınları.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering.
2) Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming.
3) Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems.
4) Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods.
5) Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database.
6) Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility.
7) Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively.
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education.
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills.
10) Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge.
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them.
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms.
13) It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering. 3
2) Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming. 3
3) Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems. 3
4) Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods. 3
5) Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database. 3
6) Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility. 3
7) Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively. 3
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. 3
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. 3
10) Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge. 3
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. 3
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. 3
13) It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. 3

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Preparation for the Activity Spent for the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements Workload
Course Hours 14 5 3 112
Midterms 1 4 2 6
Final 1 4 2 6
Total Workload 124