SOCIOLOGY
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
NMD4103	Media Performances	Fall	3	0	3	6

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 :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SİNAN AŞÇI
Course Lecturer(s):	Prof. Dr. HASAN KEMAL SUHER
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The main aim of the course to train future announcers and anchors, field and feature reporters, analysts, commentators, weather, business, science, environmental reporters, interviewers and panel moderators, sports and music announcers, readers or narrators of special interest shows or documentaries with a voice and movement practicum that develops confidence, poise and skills for on-air audio and video performance.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course;
-will work as an announcer, field and feature reporter, commentator, weather, business, science, environmental reporter, interviewer and sports and music announcer,
- will learn how to make-up and dress in front of the camera
- will be reader or narrator of special interest shows or documentaries,
- will learn how they improve their performans in those fields.

Course Content

This course is an introduction to the communication concepts and skills involved in on-microphone and on-camera tasks, like interviews, voice-overs and announcing.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to performance
2)	Learning how to breathe correctly
3)	Practicing voice, breath and articulation exercises
4)	Pause, tone, voice inflection, enclitics and sound concepts
5)	Literary language and the colloquial language
6)	Phonetic
7)	What is diction?
8)	What is rhetoric?
9)	Midterm: Live presentation
10)	Strengthening the expression
11)	Non-verbal communication: Use of gestures
12)	Drama
13)	Discussion and debate practices
14)	Presentation techniques

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	* Şenbay, Nüzhet ,Söz ve Diksiyon Sanatı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2010 * Ünsal Füsun – Şahin Hakan, Spikerlik ve Türkçe’nin Kullanımı, TRT Eğitim Dairesi Başkanlığı Yayınları, 2014
References:	* Şenbay, Nüzhet ,Söz ve Diksiyon Sanatı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2010 * Ünsal Füsun – Şahin Hakan, Spikerlik ve Türkçe’nin Kullanımı, TRT Eğitim Dairesi Başkanlığı Yayınları, 2014

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Application	14	2	28
Study Hours Out of Class	14	6	84
Midterms	1	4	4
Final	1	4	4
Total Workload			159

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 learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2)	To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3)	To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4)	To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5)	To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6)	To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7)	To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8)	To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9)	To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10)	To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11)	To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12)	To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.