ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING | |||||
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 |
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) | Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and electric-electronic engineering subjects; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems. | |
2) | Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modeling methods for this purpose. | |
3) | Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety issues, and social and political issues, according to the nature of the design.) | |
4) | Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for electrical-electronic engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively. | |
5) | Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyze and interpret results for investigating engineering problems. | |
6) | Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually. | |
7) | Ability to communicate effectively in English and Turkish (if he/she is a Turkish citizen), both orally and in writing. | |
8) | Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself. | |
9) | Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility. | |
10) | Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development. | |
11) | Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions. |