BANKING AND INSURANCE MANAGEMENT (TURKISH) | |||||
Associate | TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 | QF-EHEA: Short Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 5 |
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: | Associate (Short 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) | To have the ability to understand the basic concepts of Banking and Insurance and to be able to use them effectively in business. | |
2) | To have the ability to work individually or in a team when needed on matters related to his/her profession and to follow and apply the developments in his/her sector. | |
3) | To be equipped with the necessary knowledge to carry out the legal responsibilities and to follow the related regulations in their sector. | |
4) | To understand the importance of banking and insurance from the point of the state’s economy and enterprises and to express this importance properly. | |
5) | To be able to use the computer as well as the profession requires and to be able to do work, accumulate knowledge and to use this knowledge relevantly and effectively. | |
6) | To make them gain the ability to find practical solutions for the problems of daily commercial activities and to take correct decisions. | |
7) | To be able to take responsibilities in banking and insurance sector and more generally in the finance sector and to be qualified to start his/her own business after the legal requirements have been met. | |
8) | To have the competency to carry out the accountancy related to banking and insurance. | |
9) | To have the competency to build effective customer relations and to have effective communication and persuasion skills. | |
10) | To be able to determine the accumulated knowledge druring the education in line with the cause and effect relations and to be able to have the necessary professional qualifications to know where, when and how to use his/her knowledge. |