Sociology (English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | UNI214 | ||||
Course Name: | Reading Images | ||||
Semester: | Spring | ||||
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
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Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. AYBİKE SERTTAŞ | ||||
Course Lecturer(s): | Aybike Serttaş | ||||
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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? |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |