| GASTRONOMY AND CULINARY ARTS | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | GEP0605 | ||||||||
| Ders İsmi: | Popular Culture | ||||||||
| Ders Yarıyılı: |
Spring Fall |
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||||||
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| Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: | No | ||||||||
| Type of course: | GE-Elective | ||||||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||||||
| Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN | ||||||||
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| Course Objectives: | This course aims to enhance students' ability to "read" films as products of popular culture while developing skills in decoding their narrative subtexts. It fosters greater proficiency in discussing films critically and cultivates visual literacy, enabling a deeper understanding of cinematic language. Additionally, the course explores film as a reflection of different cultures and historical periods, encouraging students to analyze its socio-cultural significance. Finally, it promotes personal engagement with films, allowing students to articulate their subjective responses and form meaningful connections with cinematic works. |
| Course Content: | The aim of this course is to provide students with the tools to critically analyze various themes, ideas, trends and concepts that pervade popular culture and understand them within a broader social context. We will approach popular culture as a body of widely shared and contested beliefs and as the place where social norms gain much of their power. In addition to exploring the significance of popular culture through detailed analysis of selected films, students will learn to assess the value of different critiques of popular culture and explore various methods that investigate both what popular culture does to people and what people do with popular culture. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction to Class | none |
| 2) | Science fiction and fantasy, Frank Herbert, Dune universe, Power and colonialism, destiny, prophecy and dreams. | Come to class having watched Dune 1 |
| 3) | Fate vs. Free Will, Religion and Messiah Complex, character development of the protagonist, forces of antagonism. | Come to class having watched Dune 2 |
| 4) | Hero's journey, power and politics, cycle of violence and war | watch short videos about Dune 1 and 2 shared on teams page |
| 5) | Speculative Science Fiction, sentient AI, futuristic LA as a deceptively utopian setting | Come to class having watched Her |
| 6) | love and connection, isolation and loneliness, character development of the protagonist | Come to class having watched short videos about Her shared on teams page |
| 7) | Nature of Reality, dreams, nature of storytelling | Come to class having watched Inception |
| 8) | Midterm | Review weeks 1-8 for the exam |
| 9) | the power of the subconscious mind, guilt and subconscious projections, dream as metaphor for filmmaking | come to class having watched short videos about Inception shared on teams page |
| 10) | the myth of Prometheus, the search for origins, creation and creators | come to class having watched Prometheus |
| 11) | AI as an existential threat, Playing God, cycle of destruction and rebirth | come to class having watched short videos about Prometheus shared on teams page |
| 12) | Npcs and AI sentience, critique of corporate capitalism, heroism and self-actualisation | come to class having watched Free Guy |
| 13) | Cliches, fetishes, the kitsch, the cult, tales & myths and story-telling. | -Film for class discussion: Big Fish -Comparative discussion with The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter or The Fisher King |
| 14) | Review of the semester | none |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | none |
| References: | John Storey – Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction Dominic Strinati – An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture Marcel Danesi – Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives |
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| Program Outcomes | ||||||||
| 1) Possess advanced level theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks with updated information, practice equipments and other resources. | ||||||||
| 2) Interpret and evaluate data, define and analyze problems, develop solutions based on research and proofs by using acquired advanced knowledge and skills within the field. | ||||||||
| 3) Inform people and institutions, transfer ideas and solution proposals to problems in written and orally on issues in the field. - Share the ideas and solution proposals to problems on issues in the field with professionals and non-professionals by the support of qualitative and quantitative data. | ||||||||
| 4) Evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired at an advanced level in the field with a critical approach. -Determine learning needs and direct the learning. -Develop positive attitude towards lifelong learning. | ||||||||
| 5) Act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethic values on the stages of gathering, implementation and release of the results of data related to the field. - Possess sufficient consciousness about the issues of universality of social rights, social justice, quality, cultural values and also, environmental protection, worker's health and security. | ||||||||
| 6) Take responsibility as a team member in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the implementations in the field. - Planning and managing activities towards the development of subordinates in the framework of a project. | ||||||||
| 7) Organize and implement project and activities for social environment with a sense of social responsibility. | ||||||||
| 8) Monitor the developments in the field and communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. | ||||||||
| 9) To be able to carry out an advanced work on the field independently and take responsibility. | ||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Possess advanced level theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks with updated information, practice equipments and other resources. | 2 |
| 2) | Interpret and evaluate data, define and analyze problems, develop solutions based on research and proofs by using acquired advanced knowledge and skills within the field. | 4 |
| 3) | Inform people and institutions, transfer ideas and solution proposals to problems in written and orally on issues in the field. - Share the ideas and solution proposals to problems on issues in the field with professionals and non-professionals by the support of qualitative and quantitative data. | 5 |
| 4) | Evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired at an advanced level in the field with a critical approach. -Determine learning needs and direct the learning. -Develop positive attitude towards lifelong learning. | 3 |
| 5) | Act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethic values on the stages of gathering, implementation and release of the results of data related to the field. - Possess sufficient consciousness about the issues of universality of social rights, social justice, quality, cultural values and also, environmental protection, worker's health and security. | 4 |
| 6) | Take responsibility as a team member in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the implementations in the field. - Planning and managing activities towards the development of subordinates in the framework of a project. | 3 |
| 7) | Organize and implement project and activities for social environment with a sense of social responsibility. | 1 |
| 8) | Monitor the developments in the field and communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. | 3 |
| 9) | To be able to carry out an advanced work on the field independently and take responsibility. | 3 |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 13 | 3 | 39 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 113 | ||