NUTRITION AND DIETETIC (ENGLISH)
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
ACL4096	Science Fiction and Fantasy in Literature	Spring	3	0	3	6

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:
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Assist. Prof. HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
Course Lecturer(s):	Assist. Prof. 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

Learning Outcomes

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.

Course Content

a selection of classic science fiction and fantasy texts and films from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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	-

Sources

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.

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To use theoretic and methodological approach, evidence-based principles and scientific literature in Nutrition and Dietetics field systematically for practice.
2)	To have theoretic and practical knowledge for individual's, family's and the community's health promotion and protection.
3)	To assess nutritional status of risky groups in nutrition related problems (pregnant, babies, adolescences, elders, etc.)
4)	To use healthcare, information technologies for Nutrition and Dietetic practice and research.
5)	To communicate effectively with advisee, colleagues for effective professional relationships.
6)	To be able to monitor occupational information using at least one foreign language, to collaborate and communicate with colleagues at international level.
7)	To use life-long learning, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
8)	To act in accordance with ethical principles and values in professional practice.
9)	To take part in research, projects and activities within sense of social responsibility and interdisciplinary approach.
10)	To be able to search for literature in health sciences databases and information sources to access to information and use the information effectively.
11)	To take responsibility and participate in the processes actively for training of other dieticians, education of health professionals and individuals about nutrition.
12)	To carry out dietetic practices considering cultural differences and different health needs of different groups in the community.