GEP1201 City and CultureBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs DENTAL PROSTHETICS TECHNOLOGY (TURKISH)General Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
DENTAL PROSTHETICS TECHNOLOGY (TURKISH)
Associate TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 QF-EHEA: Short Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 5

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
GEP1201 City and Culture Fall
Spring
3 0 3 4
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

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

Learning Outcomes

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.

Course Content

Discussing specific locations in various cities as they are built & rebuilt through time in relation to changing political, religious, military or economic power structures

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:
References:

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

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

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) The basic structure of the human body, including head and neck region primarily forming organs and structures of systems to learn. 2
2) Laboratory equipment and materials used in dental prostheses have knowledge about. 2
3) The work carried out in the laboratories of dental prostheses and practical application can theoretically know. 1
4) Basic computer knowledge as well as to the profession learns to use the software and hardware. 4
5) Know the correct terminology for communication dentistry. 2
6) The structure of the masticatory system used in prosthetic and orthodontic treatment can produce fixed and removable prostheses and appliances. 3
7) Related to the use of dental laboratory equipment, maintenance and simple repairs when necessary. 1
8) Knows and applies the necessary hygiene rules to protect herself/himself and other employees from cross infection in the laboratory. 1
9) With dentists and other dental prosthetist can communicate effectively. 1
11) Ethical principles and professional values ​​embraced and apply them capable, professional liability, with the profession about the developments to follow and life-long learning and self-development as it champions, teamwork, within the team and provide services that communicate with people open to the dental prosthetist to be. 1
12) Dental prosthesis technology, and with it all kinds of dental development and innovation in attempts to follow and implement them, self-confidence, national and international level to be respected dental prosthetist. 1
13) Ethical principles and professional values ​​embraced and apply them capable, professional liability, with the profession about the developments to follow and life-long learning and self-development as it champions, teamwork, within the team and provide services that communicate with people open to the dental prosthetist to be. 1
14) Dental prosthesis with theoretical and practical knowledge about technology as dental prosthetist its own or in a team can produce all kinds of prosthetic apparatus. 1
15) This service can open laboratory to produce its own as a profession in the public or private organization is able to perform.
16) In line with developments in dentistry, science and technology, taking advantage of all sorts of doctors wants prosthetic and orthodontic apparatus can produce on its own.
17) These appliances can repair the disorder. While these practices pay attention to universal values​​, ethical principles and responsibilities depend on the owner works as a dental prosthetist.