FOREIGN TRADE (TURKISH, DISTANCE EDUCATION) | |||||
Associate | TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 | QF-EHEA: Short Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 5 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP1201 | City and Culture | Fall Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
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Language of instruction: | Turkish |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Associate (Short Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi NURAN FERYAL TANSUĞ DOURLARİS |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | To stimulate students to think about art, architecture & cities as they relate to power structures in different times & places |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1-will have a general notion of the cultures of world cities, 2-will be able to compare/contrast the social and cultural groups of the cities, 3-will have developed a complex understanding of the world cities in all its façades: social, political, historical, architectural etc., 4- students shall develop abilities to recognize and analyze historical problems, 5- the student shall be able to benchmark different cultural civilizations and cities in the same view point. |
Discussing specific locations in various cities as they are built & rebuilt through time in relation to changing political, religious, military or economic power structures |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction - Bamyan buddhas, New York WTC, Saddam’s statue; WW II Warsaw; Mostar bridge; New York & Bilbao Guggenheim | |
2) | Berlin - Brandenburg Gate & Reichstag of the Prussian Empire; in Hitler’s time; during & after WWII; the Wall; unification & manifestations in built form | |
3) | Constantinopolis - the changing rituals & significations related to the Hippodrome & the Hagia Sophia in Roman/Christian & Ottoman/Islamic times | |
4) | Moscow - church of Christ the Savior intsarist times; demolition by Stalin; reconstruction during post-1990 era | |
5) | boulevards of Paris in 1850s capital of modernity; emergence of bourgeois society & institutions; class struggles; 1889 exhibition | |
6) | Konstantiniyye - Ottoman reconstruction as Islamic city through imperial mosque complexes | |
7) | Venice - piazza di San Marco & its treasury; commercial & artsitic ties with the East | |
8) | Athens - the Parthenon as pagan temple, church & mosque; Elgin marbles, museums & conservation | |
9) | Istanbul - republican modernization of 1950s through building of wide streets | |
10) | Dubai - waterfront; urge to build high structures & iconic buildings of global age in comparison to 1930’s New York | |
11) | Buenos Aires - Plaza de Mayo; military rule & Peron; mothers of Plaza de Mayo | |
12) | Ankara - Augustus’ monuments in Rome & reincarnation under Mussolini; temple in Ankara | |
13) | Washington mall - government buildings & Vietnam Veteran’s monument | |
14) | Ein Hud - Palestinian olive groves versus Israeli pines; identifying territory artists’ works specific to place, Buren, Christo, Matta-Clark, Spitzer | |
15) | Final exam | |
16) | Final Exam |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
References: |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
Final | 1 | % 45 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 35 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 65 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Project | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Midterms | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Final | 1 | 25 | 25 |
Total Workload | 102 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |