INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
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
POV3333	Icons and Symbols	Spring	2	2	3	5

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:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Instructor DENİZ EYÜCE ŞANSAL
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This class aims to introduce students into the logic, the way of function and the impact of icons and symbols in culture. Introducing the medial differences between image and text will open the field to discuss artistic approaches to this problem especially in photography, but also in literature, film and painting.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Identify the logic and function of icons and symbols in culture.
2. Discuss the artistic approaches to icons and symbols in literature, art, painting and photography in particular.
3. Analyze artistic products based on different approaches.
4. Execute photographic experiments with respect to icons and symbols.
5. Evaluate the cultural impacts of icons and symbols in their own image and text productions.
6. Construct a theoretical framework with respect to icons and symbols to build upon.

Course Content

In this class students discuss theoretical texts and analyse artwork, but also do some photographic experiments with respect to symbols and icons. In the last part of each class we will discuss these photographical experiments. In this way the students develop a deep understanding of the cultural impacts of these medial differences and their own image and text production.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the Course
2)	Iconic Communication: Barker: Human Communication Processes King: On the Possibility and Impossibility of a Universal Iconic Communication System	Weekly readings will be assigned.
3)	Roscoe: The Limits of Iconic Communication	Weekly readings will be assigned.
4)	McLaren: Some Pictorial Symbol Systems for Public Spaces ISOTYPES a.o.	Weekly readings will be assigned.
5)	Exhibition Visit	Weekly readings will be assigned.
6)	Mitchell: Picture Theory: Introduction & The Pictorial Turn	Weekly readings will be assigned.
7)	Metapictures	Weekly readings will be assigned.
8)	Beyond Comparison: Picture, Text, and Method	Weekly readings will be assigned.
9)	Ekphrasis and the Other	Weekly readings will be assigned.
10)	Ut Pictura Poesis: Abstract Painting and Language	Weekly readings will be assigned.
11)	Theorising film and television	Weekly readings will be assigned.
12)	Continued: The Photographic Essay: Four Case Studies	Weekly readings will be assigned.
13)	Realism, Irrealism, and Ideology: After Nelson Goodman & Conclusion: Some Pictures of Representation	Weekly readings will be assigned.
14)	Conclusion and Review for the Final Exam	Weekly readings will be assigned.

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 15
Midterms	1	% 25
Final	1	% 60
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	4	56
Study Hours Out of Class	14	4	56
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			116

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 correctly identify the problems and to be able to ask the correct questions	2
2)	To have the ability for problem solving and to utilize analytical approach in dealing with the problems of finance	1
3)	To understand and grasp the full details of theoretical arguments and counter arguments	2
4)	To be fully prepared for a graduate study in finance and to have lifelong learning awareness	2
5)	To be able to apply theoretical principles of finance to the realities of practical business life	1
6)	To develop solutions for managerial problems by understanding the requirements of international financial markets	2
7)	To think innovatively and creatively in complex situations	3
8)	To be able to make decisions both locally and internationally by knowing the effects of globalization on business and social life	2
9)	To have the competencies of the digital age and to use the necessary financial applications	2
10)	To be able to use at least one foreign language both for communication and academic purposes	1
11)	To understand the importance of business ethics and to take decisions by knowing the legal and ethical consequences of their activities in the academic world and business life	2
12)	To develop an objective criticism in business and academic life and having a perspective to self-criticize	2