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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Photographic Interpretation GSF361 Elective Bachelor's degree 3 Fall 3

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Prof. Dr. İmran UZUN

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Developing skills in photographical interpretation and conveying opinions regarding the contemporary art of photography and other disciplines.
2) Developing skills to use the art of photography as a direct mean of communication.
3) Explicating the improvement of photography from its invention till today, chronologolically.
4) Developing skills in general principles of photo.
5) Developing practical skills in color, basic light, shooting stages and camera equipments.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6
Learning Outcomes
1 Low No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
2 Low No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
3 Low No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
4 Low No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
5 Low No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

The Photo Art

Course Contents

This lesson evaluates the history of photography and trends, the interactions with the other disciplines. Theoretical and practical researches are done.

Weekly Schedule

1) Exchange of information about introductory courses
2) Camera obscura and its Object
3) Camera obscura and its Object
4) Image, Technical Image
5) light, sensitive surface
6) light, sensitive surface
7) Reception of photography and the photographic universe
8) Midterm Exam
9) Reception of photography and the photographic universe
10) Reception of photography and the photographic universe
11) About Camera Lucida
12) Overview of Camera Lucida
13) Barthes' approach to Photography and Camera Lucida
14) Photography as a category
15) Photography as a category, Representation, Similarity, Reality, Historicity
16) Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Brain Storming
6) Self Study


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade

50%

 

Number

Percentage

Semester Studies

Midterm Examination

1

60%

Quiz

4

40%

 

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

50%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required