ARCHITECTURE
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
NMD3206	Documentary News Production for New Media	Spring Fall	2	2	3	5

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Basic information

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 TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ
Course Objectives:	This course aims to develop an understanding on the basics of documentary journalism and to improve the visual memory of students.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students who succeed in this course will be able to have;
- developed an understanding on the essential elements of documentary filmmaking
- increased their knowledge and bradened their horizons about the specific roles storytelling plays on journalism and documentary-making
- grasped the fundamentals of technical opportunities made availabe to documentarists by new media technologies
- gained hands-on experience on novel ways of making narrative and / or experimental documentaries
- worked in groups to create an interactive documentary

Course Content

This course is about exploring and creating productions situated at the intersection of news, documentary and new media. The course will start by a discussion of elements of documentary style, followed by an analysis of novel ways of documentary film-making which make use of opportunities provided by new media. After a discussion of emerging technologies and techniques available to media-makers (such as location-based technologies, transmedia storytelling, crowdsourcing, and interactivity) and their implications for film and television documentary, students will be expected to work in teams to create a series of narrative and experimental documentaries.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction and Overview of the Course
2)	The role of documentaries on the construction of nation-state
3)	Documentary on the population exchange
4)	National holidays and documentary journalism
5)	Political parties, elections and documentary
6)	Social movements and documentary
7)	Documentary journalism in times of political crisis
8)	The evaluation and analysis of midterm exam
9)	Documentary journalism on anti-democratic movements
10)	Labor movement and documentary journalism
11)	Documentaries on historical political moments
12)	Telling the history through documentaries and memory
13)	Documentary production for peace
14)	Review of the term

Sources

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 10
Homework Assignments	1	% 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	2	28
Application	14	2	28
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Homework Assignments	10	2	20
Midterms	1	3	3
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			124

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)	Using the theoretical/conceptual and practical knowledge acquired for architectural design, design activities and research.
2)	Identifying, defining and effectively discussing aesthetic, functional and structural requirements for solving design problems using critical thinking methods.
3)	Being aware of the diversity of social patterns and user needs, values and behavioral norms, which are important inputs in the formation of the built environment, at local, regional, national and international scales.
4)	Gaining knowledge and skills about architectural design methods that are focused on people and society, sensitive to natural and built environment in the field of architecture.
5)	Gaining skills to understand the relationship between architecture and other disciplines, to be able to cooperate, to develop comprehensive projects; to take responsibility in independent studies and group work.
6)	Giving importance to the protection of natural and cultural values in the design of the built environment by being aware of the responsibilities in terms of human rights and social interests.
7)	Giving importance to sustainability in the solution of design problems and the use of natural and artificial resources by considering the social, cultural and environmental issues of architecture.
8)	Being able to convey and communicate all kinds of conceptual and practical thoughts related to the field of architecture by using written, verbal and visual media and information technologies.
9)	Gaining the ability to understand and use technical information about building technology such as structural systems, building materials, building service systems, construction systems, life safety.
10)	Being aware of legal and ethical responsibilities in design and application processes.