| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Culture | IBD109 | Elective | Doctorate degree | 1 | Fall | 7 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Emel ÖZTÜRK
Associate Prof. Dr. Mehmet ARSLANTEPE
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Explains the phenomenon of visual culture.
2) Describes the work of contemporary theorists working within the field of visual culture.
3) Explains the social and ideological aspect of visual culture as an cultural practice in art and daily life.
4) Recognizes the implicit messages and discourses inserted into the visual texts.
5) Produces a visual text in various themes.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||
| 1 | High | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | |
| 2 | High | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | |
| 3 | High | Low | Low | High | Middle | High | |
| 4 | High | Middle | Low | High | Middle | High | |
| 5 | High | No relation | No relation | High | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
This course introduces students to visual culture, definitions, approaches, what is visual and cultural, critical visual culture, visual literacy, relationships between visual culture and other disciplines, visual cultural studies and practices.
Weekly Schedule
1) Introduction to Visual Culture and Visual Studies2) Ways of Seeing, Vision and Visuality
3) Visual Analysis: Formal Analysis
4) Visual Analysis: Iconographic Analysis, Historical Analysis
5) Visual Analysis: Ideological and Gender Approaches
6) Fine Arts, Photography as visual culture
7) Advertising ve Fashion, as visual culture
8) Midterm Examination/Assessment
9) Film as visual culture
10) Television as visual culture
11) Museums and Urban experience as visual culture
12) Student Presentation 1
13) Student Presentation 2
14) Student Presentation 3
15) Final Examination
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Self Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Quiz to Course Grade |
30% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
70% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required