FTV3978 Modernity and Other Ways of SeeingBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs INDUSTRIAL DESIGNGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
FTV3978 Modernity and Other Ways of Seeing Spring 3 0 3 5
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖNÜL EDA ÖZGÜL
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖNÜL EDA ÖZGÜL
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This course aims to discuss the modern way of seeing with its socio-economical, cultural and artistic dimensions and to point to different ways of seeing.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Develop a critical perspective regarding the historical development of modern societies;
2. Identify the way of seeing that is both the producer and a product of modernity
3. Identify modernist and postmodernist works and create critical texts ;
4. Develop a sophisticated criticism of cultural products;
5. Explore different forms of narration and understand the way of seeing that they produce;
6. Develop ideas/concepts/artworks in relation to other works of art and culture.

Course Content

In this course, modern way of seeing that is a product and a producer of modernity and other ways of seeing will be discussed through art, cinema, music, architecture and literature. Modernity and its reflections in the city and its culture will also be examined.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1)
1) Introduction
2) On Seeing
3) Modernity as a Way of Seeing
4) Schorske's Vienna
5) Benjamin's Paris Simmel's Berlin
6) Exhibition Visit and Discussion
7) Online Exhibition Visit
8) Exhibition Project Presentations
9) Modernism and Postmodernism
10) Modernism and Postmodernism
11) Homework Presentations Discussion on Artworks
12) Art and Literature
13) Music
14) Final Project Presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Books:
* Schorske, Carl E. (1981). Fin-de-siècle Vienna : politics and culture. New York: Vintage Books [DB 851 .S34 1981]

* Benjamin, Walter (1999). Illuminations. London: Pimlico [PN 37 .B4413 1999]


References: Books:
* Schorske, Carl E. (1981). Fin-de-siècle Vienna : politics and culture. New York: Vintage Books [DB 851 .S34 1981]

* Benjamin, Walter (1999). Illuminations. London: Pimlico [PN 37 .B4413 1999]

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Homework Assignments 1 % 10
Presentation 3 % 20
Project 1 % 20
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 5 70
Presentations / Seminar 3 3 9
Project 1 4 4
Homework Assignments 1 2 2
Final 1 4 4
Total Workload 131

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution