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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0205 | Unfolding the Layers of Berlin | Fall Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The goal of this course is to unfold the layers of Berlin throughout the history giving special emphasis on its testimony of co-existence of opposing economical and political powers. Berlin having experienced all the potentials and traumas of being the edge/walled city for years has deeply influenced German culture. Hence the main intention of the course is to trace the thresholds and milestones in German Culture that Berlin played the leading role in terms of philosophy, literature, music, art and architecture. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; A student completing this course will be able to 1. recognize the unique presence of Berlin and its effects on German Culture 2. recognize Berlin city and its cultural context 3. interpret and discuss the historical, political and economical transformations in Berlin 4. compare the culture and built environment in Berlin with the neighboring Central European Cities |
Berlin having an idiosyncratic position among all European cities gives us a vast material to explore since it has been the melting point of opposing economical, political and visual cultures. This trans/inter disciplinary course provides a base to trace the transformations and translations in Berlin from diverse standpoints. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Unfolding the thresholds in the history of Berlin | Compiled Material |
2) | Tracing political, social and economical transformations throughout German history | Compiled Material |
3) | Tracing political, social and economical transformations throughout German history | Compiled Material |
4) | German Philosophy: Kant, Hegel, Nietsche, Heidegger and Habermas in relation to ontology, epistemology, aesthetics and power relations. | Compiled Material |
5) | German Philosophy: Kant, Hegel, Nietsche, Heidegger and Habermas in relation to ontology, epistemology, aesthetics and power relations. | Compiled Material |
6) | German Literature: from Weimar Classicism up to modern German Literature (Goethe, Schiller, Keeler Storm, Brecht, Bachman etc.) | Compiled Material |
7) | German music, from classical composers (Bach, Beethoven, Lizst, Brahms and Wagner) up to 21st century exploring the potentials of extended techniques. | Compiled Material |
8) | Tracing the sound of Berlin | Compiled Material |
9) | Unfolding the thresholds in German art and architecture | Compiled Material |
10) | Unfolding the thresholds in German art and architecture | Compiled Material |
11) | Berlin, the open air museum of contemporary architecture | Compiled Material |
12) | Review of the semester | |
13) | Presentations | |
14) | Presentations | |
15) | Final Exam | |
16) | Final Exam |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Dersler, öğrenci sunumları ve site gezilere ek olarak verilen okuma materyalleri üzerine tartışmalar içermektedir. Tartışmalara iyi katılım dersi geçmek için zorunludur. rian Ladd, The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in Urban Landscape, University of Chicago Press, 1998. Alexandra Richie, Faust’s Metropolis: A History of Berlin, Caroll and Graff Publishers, 1999 Thomas Flemming, Berlin in the Cold War: The Battle for the Divided City; the Rise and the Fall of the Wall, Berlinica, 2010. Andrew Bowie, Introduction to German Philsophy: From Kant to Habermas, Polity, 2003 Magdalena Droste, The Bauhus: 1919-1933: Reform and Avat-garde, Taschen 2006. Michael Imhof and Leon Krempel, Berlin New Architecture: A Guide to New Buildings from 1989 to Today, Verlag, 2009. |
References: | The course comprises lectures, student presentations and discussions on the given reading materials in addition to site excursions. Good attendance and participation to the discussions is obligatory to pass the course. Brian Ladd, The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in Urban Landscape, University of Chicago Press, 1998. Alexandra Richie, Faust’s Metropolis: A History of Berlin, Caroll and Graff Publishers, 1999 Thomas Flemming, Berlin in the Cold War: The Battle for the Divided City; the Rise and the Fall of the Wall, Berlinica, 2010. Andrew Bowie, Introduction to German Philsophy: From Kant to Habermas, Polity, 2003 Magdalena Droste, The Bauhus: 1919-1933: Reform and Avat-garde, Taschen 2006. Michael Imhof and Leon Krempel, Berlin New Architecture: A Guide to New Buildings from 1989 to Today, Verlag, 2009. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 10 | % 20 |
Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Project | 1 | 25 | 25 |
Final | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Total Workload | 102 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To correctly identify the problems and to be able to ask the correct questions | 3 |
2) | To have the ability for problem solving and to utilize analytical approach in dealing with the problems | |
3) | To be able to identify business processes and use them to increase the productivity in logistics system. | |
4) | To be fully prepared for a graduate study | |
5) | Awareness of the new advancements in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and to be able to use them in logistics management effectively. internet and the electronic world | |
6) | To understand the components of logistics as well as the importance of the coordination among these components. | |
7) | To know the necessary ingredients for improving the productivity in business life | |
8) | To think innovatively and creatively in complex situations | 4 |
9) | To act and think both regionally and internationally | |
10) | To understand the demands and particular questions of globalization | |
11) | Aware of the two way interaction between globalization and logistics; as well as to use this interaction for increasing the productivity. | |
12) | To be able to use at least one foreign language both for communication and academic purposes | 2 |
13) | To acquire leadership qualities but also to know how to be a team member | |
14) | To understand the importance of business ethics and to apply business ethics as a principal guide in both business and academic environment |