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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:

UNI214

Course Name:

Reading Images

Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

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. AYBİKE SERTTAŞ

Course Lecturer(s):

Aybike Serttaş

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:	To ask questions on principles of creating images, aesthetic perception, creating meaning, power of image.
Course Content:	How images in mass media are created, and how our human senses can perceive and evaluate them?

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Can define the theories on the view of the audience.
2) Can tell elements of cinematography.
3) Can explain post-truth
4) Can read body language in images.
5) Can define the power of images as a storytelling tool.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	General information about the course, book and film suggestions, a general discussion about the image and word and the relationship between these two.
2)	Looking as an act of choise
3)	An image as a recreated or reproduced appearance
4)	The view of the audience
5)	The issues of visualization and the viewer experience.
6)	Reading beauty
7)	Reading Squid Game
8)	Reading body language
9)	Stuart Hall's coding and encoding theory
10)	About Foucault and Magritte
11)	Reading Sexism
12)	Reading images in technical way
13)	Elements of cinematography 1
14)	Elements of cinematography II
15)	Elements of cinematography III

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Ways of Seeing, John Berger History of Beauty, Umberto Eco Setting up Your Shots, Jeremy Vineyard
References:	Ways of Seeing, John Berger History of Beauty, Umberto Eco Setting up Your Shots, Jeremy Vineyard

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) Students will have the ability to understand theories and theoretical perspectives in sociology and social sciences.
2) Students will have the knowledge of using the basic theoretical analysis and the concepts of sociology in his/her studies.
3) Students will gain the knowledge and skills to interpret social, economic and historical facts from a sociological perspective by rational thinking in social, economic and historical context.
4) Students will gain the ability to follow and evaluate classical and contemporary studies and researches written in Turkish and English around the world.
5) Students will have the ability to use the appropriate theoretical framework and research methods for a sociological research in a future study project.
6) Students can associate the research questions with the findings of the research, and report the results.
7) Students can use qualitative and quantitative reseach methods.
8) Students can use software programs which are employed in statistics by gaining statistics knowledge and acquire the ability of data process.
9) Students can think critically when they evaluate the problems of sociology or other related fields, and can judge under a critical point of view theoretical and empirical studies conducted in those fields.
10) Students develop an interest in the problems of the modern societies and they can evaluate those problems within a wide perspective.
11) Students can apply their knowledge and research skills in interdisciplinary studies and can transfer those skills to other disciplines.
12) Students have knowledge about modern world and Turkish history and can apply that knowledge in their further studies.
13) Students have a problem solving point of view in problems of social inequalities and discrimination.
14) Graduated students can develop a reflexive point of view concerning their situation as a researcher as well as a sociologist.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Students will have the ability to understand theories and theoretical perspectives in sociology and social sciences.
2)	Students will have the knowledge of using the basic theoretical analysis and the concepts of sociology in his/her studies.
3)	Students will gain the knowledge and skills to interpret social, economic and historical facts from a sociological perspective by rational thinking in social, economic and historical context.
4)	Students will gain the ability to follow and evaluate classical and contemporary studies and researches written in Turkish and English around the world.
5)	Students will have the ability to use the appropriate theoretical framework and research methods for a sociological research in a future study project.
6)	Students can associate the research questions with the findings of the research, and report the results.
7)	Students can use qualitative and quantitative reseach methods.
8)	Students can use software programs which are employed in statistics by gaining statistics knowledge and acquire the ability of data process.
9)	Students can think critically when they evaluate the problems of sociology or other related fields, and can judge under a critical point of view theoretical and empirical studies conducted in those fields.
10)	Students develop an interest in the problems of the modern societies and they can evaluate those problems within a wide perspective.
11)	Students can apply their knowledge and research skills in interdisciplinary studies and can transfer those skills to other disciplines.
12)	Students have knowledge about modern world and Turkish history and can apply that knowledge in their further studies.
13)	Students have a problem solving point of view in problems of social inequalities and discrimination.
14)	Graduated students can develop a reflexive point of view concerning their situation as a researcher as well as a sociologist.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	2	% 45
Project	5	% 0
Final	1	% 55
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 45
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 55
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	45	0			0
Study Hours Out of Class	27	0			0
Project	24	0			0
Homework Assignments	20	0			0
Total Workload					0