PHOTOGRAPHY
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
PHT1017	Photography and Visual Methodologies	Fall	2	2	3	5

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Must Course
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TOLGA HEPDİNÇLER
Course Objectives:	This course aims to teach the students the ability to analyze both fixed and moving images, which have different roles such as artwork, document, symptom in our age; the ability to express these analyses in written form in an academic language and the ability to produce original and profound visual projects based on their analyses.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course;

1) Will recognize and analyze the elements, actors and dynamics of visual culture.

2) Will question the current and future place of photography in global visual culture.

3) Will critically examine major theorists and their theories on image from the perspectives of social sciences and humanities.

4) Understand the conceptual connections between plastic arts, cinema, photography, history and theory.

5) Express their visual reading skills in conceptual texts.

Course Content

Photography and Visual Methodologies presents 20th and 21st centuries' major theories on the elements, actors and dynamics of visual culture from the perspectives of social science and humanities.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to course.
2)	History and Photography: Definitions of "Modern" and "Postmodern".
3)	Practicing photography as a research method.
4)	Dimension of the Image: Surface, time, space.
5)	The 4 components of Visual Methodologies I: Production of the Image and the Image itself.
6)	The 4 components of Visual Methodologies II: Circulation of the Image and the Image's audience.
7)	Analysis of content and composition.
8)	Semiology.
9)	Psychoanalysis.
10)	Discourse Analysis.
11)	Photographic experiments in anthropology and ethnography.
12)	Digital methodologies.
13)	Photographs as research objects.
14)	Presentation of and feedback for students' final project proposals.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	G. (2016). Visual methodologies : an introduction to researching with visual materials. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Fox, A. & Caruana, N. (2020). - Photography as a social research method. Singapore: Springer. Stanczak, G. (2007). Visual research methods : image, society, and representation. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
References:	Research in photography : behind the image. London, UK New York, NY, USA: Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc. B39. Read, S. & Simmons, M. (2017). Photographers and research : the role of research in contemporary photographic practice. New York, NY: Routledge. - Langmann, S. & Pick, D. (2018).

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Project	1	% 50
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 0
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 100
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	4	56
Application	14	2	28
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Midterms	1	3	3
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			132

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)	Knowledge of photographic and video media and ability to use basic, intermediate and advanced techniques of these media.	2
2)	Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate theories, concepts and uses of photography and video.	4
3)	Ability to employ theoretical knowledge in the areas of the use of photography and video.	5
4)	Familiarity with and ability to review the historical literature in theoretical and practical studies in photography and video.	4
5)	Ability in problem solving in relation to projects in photography and video.	1
6)	Ability to generate innovative responses to particular and novel requirements in photography and video.	2
7)	Understanding and appreciation of the roles and potentials of the image across visual culture.	5
8)	Ability to communicate distinctively by means of photographic and video images.	5
9)	Experience of image post-production processes and ability to develop creative outcomes through this knowledge.	2
10)	Knowledge of and ability to participate in the processes of production, distribution and use of photography and video in the media.	4
11)	Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate global, regional and local problematics in visual culture.	5
12)	Knowledge of and ability to make a significant contribution to the goals of public communication.	2
13)	Enhancing creativity via interdisciplinary methods to develop skills for realizing projects.	3
14)	Gaining general knowledge about the points of intersection of communication, art and technology.	5