Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Dilek ÖZHAN KOÇAK

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Students know the entertainment and information functions of cinema and television with examples in historical development processes.
2) Students understand the relationship between social reality and cinematic fiction through social theories.
3) Students comprehend the effect of cinema and television, which are tools of visual culture in understanding and experiencing reality.
4) Students analyze the concepts of social and aesthetic theories that the fictional universe in cinema and television is not far from the life we live in.
5) Students discuss how cinema and television process social reality and problems and representation style.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Learning Outcomes
	1	Low	High	No relation	Middle	Middle	No relation	Low	Low	Middle	Low
	2	Low	High	No relation	Middle	Middle	No relation	Middle	Low	Middle	No relation
	3	Low	High	No relation	Middle	Low	No relation	Middle	Low	Middle	Low
	4	Low	High	No relation	Middle	Low	No relation	High	Low	Middle	No relation
	5	Low	High	No relation	Middle	Low	No relation	Middle	Middle	Middle	Low

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Cinema and television are the leading entertainment and information tools of modern culture. They are also an indispensable element of the entertainment industry as communication tools, as well as playing an important role in processing, painting and representing social reality and problems.

Weekly Schedule

1) Studies and theories on cinema
2) Studies and theories on cinema
3) Studies and theories on television
4) Studies and theories on television
5) Social theory
6) Modern, postmodern, postcolonial, multiculturalism, ethnicity, class, migration concepts.
7) Representations of social reality in cinema and television
8) Presentations and discussions by students on the representation of facts in society and the construction of reality with examples in movies and television.
9) Presentations and discussions by students on the representation of facts in society and the construction of reality with examples in movies and television.
10) Presentations and discussions by students on the representation of facts in society and the construction of reality with examples in movies and television.
11) Presentations and discussions by students on the representation of facts in society and the construction of reality with examples in movies and television.
12) Presentations and discussions by students on the representation of facts in society and the construction of reality with examples in movies and television.
13) Presentations and discussions by students on the representation of facts in society and the construction of reality with examples in movies and television.
14) Presentations and discussions by students on the representation of facts in society and the construction of reality with examples in movies and television.
15) Final

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Self Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade

40%

		Number	Percentage
Semester Studies	Quiz	1	50%
Semester Studies	Presentation/Seminar	1	50%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required

Course Unit Title	Course Unit Code	Type of Course Unit	Level of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	ECTS Credits
Cinema and Television Sociology	RTS111	Elective	Doctorate degree	1	Fall	7