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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: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: English
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. 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

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Program Outcomes
1) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and civil engineering; the ability to use theoretical and practical knowledge in these areas in complex engineering problems.
2) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex civil engineering problems; ability to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods for this purpose.
3) Ability to design a complex civil engineering system, process, device or product to meet specific requirements under realistic constraints and conditions; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose.
4) Ability to develop, select and use modern techniques and tools necessary for the analysis and solution of complex problems encountered in civil engineering applications; ability to use information technologies effectively.
5) Karmaşık mühendislik problemlerinin veya inşaat mühendisliği araştırma konularının incelenmesi için deney tasarlama, deney yapma, veri toplama, sonuçları analiz etme ve yorumlama becerisi.
6) Sözlü ve yazılı etkin iletişim kurma becerisi; en az bir yabancı dil bilgisi; etkin rapor yazma ve yazılı raporları anlama, tasarım ve üretim raporları hazırlayabilme, etkin sunum yapabilme, açık ve anlaşılır talimat verme ve alma becerisi.
7) Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and to renew continuously.
8) Etik ilkelerine uygun davranma, mesleki ve etik sorumluluk ve yazılım mühendisliği uygulamalarında kullanılan standartlar hakkında bilgi.
9) Information on business practices such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation; information about sustainable development.
10) Ability to work effectively within and multidisciplinary teams; individual study skills.
11) Knowledge of the effects of engineering practices on health, environment and safety in the universal and social scale and the problems of the era reflected in engineering; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and civil engineering; the ability to use theoretical and practical knowledge in these areas in complex engineering problems.
2) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex civil engineering problems; ability to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods for this purpose.
3) Ability to design a complex civil engineering system, process, device or product to meet specific requirements under realistic constraints and conditions; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose.
4) Ability to develop, select and use modern techniques and tools necessary for the analysis and solution of complex problems encountered in civil engineering applications; ability to use information technologies effectively.
5) Karmaşık mühendislik problemlerinin veya inşaat mühendisliği araştırma konularının incelenmesi için deney tasarlama, deney yapma, veri toplama, sonuçları analiz etme ve yorumlama becerisi.
6) Sözlü ve yazılı etkin iletişim kurma becerisi; en az bir yabancı dil bilgisi; etkin rapor yazma ve yazılı raporları anlama, tasarım ve üretim raporları hazırlayabilme, etkin sunum yapabilme, açık ve anlaşılır talimat verme ve alma becerisi.
7) Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and to renew continuously.
8) Etik ilkelerine uygun davranma, mesleki ve etik sorumluluk ve yazılım mühendisliği uygulamalarında kullanılan standartlar hakkında bilgi.
9) Information on business practices such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation; information about sustainable development.
10) Ability to work effectively within and multidisciplinary teams; individual study skills.
11) Knowledge of the effects of engineering practices on health, environment and safety in the universal and social scale and the problems of the era reflected in engineering; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.

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