| INTERNATIONAL FINANCE | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| ACL4096 | Science Fiction and Fantasy in Literature | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
| 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 HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
| Course Objectives: | to explore through literature and film the fundamental fears and hopes about science and technology |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; Students will learn • to identify themes and writing strategies common to science fiction and fantasy • to discover what these novels have in common, and how reading them together helps us form a basic understanding of the principles of this genre. • to understand what continuities and differences there have been in the public imagination about science and technology over the last century. |
| a selection of classic science fiction and fantasy texts and films from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction to Class | - |
| 2) | The War of the Worlds | Reading |
| 3) | The War of the Worlds | Reading |
| 4) | The War of the Worlds | Reading |
| 5) | Do Androids dream of electronic sheep? | Reading |
| 6) | Do Androids dream of electronic sheep? | Reading |
| 7) | Do Androids dream of electronic sheep? | Reading |
| 8) | Review | Reading |
| 9) | Never Let Me Go | Reading |
| 10) | Never Let Me Go | Reading |
| 11) | Never Let Me Go | Reading |
| 12) | Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | Reading |
| 13) | Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | Reading |
| 14) | Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | Reading |
| 15) | Final | - |
| 16) | Final | - |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells Do Androids dream of electronic sheep? By Philip Dick The Handmaid’s Tale by Margeret Atwood Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami |
| References: | Roslynn D. Haynes, From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature, Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. JRUL: 809/H315 Ludmilla Jordanova (ed.), Languages of Nature: Critical Essays on Science and Literature, London : Free Association, 1986. JRUL: 809/J70 Gillian Beer, Darwin’s Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Elliot and Nineteenth-century Fiction, London: Routledge, 1983. JRUL: 823.09/B63. See also Beer’s Open Fields: Science in Cultural Encounter, Oxford: OUP, 1996. JRUL: 820.9/B318 Jon Turney, Frankenstein’s Footsteps: Science, Genetics and Popular Culture, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998. JRUL: 501.45/T1 Rosalind Williams, Notes on the Underground: An Essay on Technology, Society and the Imagination, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1990 Brian Aldiss, The Billion Year Spree, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973 Hilary Rose, "Dreaming the future: other worlds." chapter 9 of Love, Power and Knowledge: towards a Feminist Transformation of the Sciences, Bloomington: Indiana Press, 1994, pp. 208-229. Adam Roberts, Science Fiction: The New Critical Idiom, London: Routledge, 2000. JRUL: 809.3/R59. Geoff King & Tanya Krzywinska, Science Fiction Cinema, London: Wallflower, 2000. JRUL: 791.459/K6. Vivian Sobchack, Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film, London: Rutgers University Press, 1987. JRUL: 791.4673/S17. Gregg Rickman, ed., The Science Fiction Film Reader, New York: Limelight, 2004. JRUL: 791.459/R10. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 16 | % 10 |
| Quizzes | 2 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| Quizzes | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Final | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 127 | ||
| 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 | 2 |
| 2) | To have the ability for problem solving and to utilize analytical approach in dealing with the problems of finance | 1 |
| 3) | To understand and grasp the full details of theoretical arguments and counter arguments | 2 |
| 4) | To be fully prepared for a graduate study in finance and to have lifelong learning awareness | 2 |
| 5) | To be able to apply theoretical principles of finance to the realities of practical business life | 1 |
| 6) | To develop solutions for managerial problems by understanding the requirements of international financial markets | 2 |
| 7) | To think innovatively and creatively in complex situations | 3 |
| 8) | To be able to make decisions both locally and internationally by knowing the effects of globalization on business and social life | 2 |
| 9) | To have the competencies of the digital age and to use the necessary financial applications | 2 |
| 10) | To be able to use at least one foreign language both for communication and academic purposes | 1 |
| 11) | To understand the importance of business ethics and to take decisions by knowing the legal and ethical consequences of their activities in the academic world and business life | 2 |
| 12) | To develop an objective criticism in business and academic life and having a perspective to self-criticize | 2 |