MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
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
ACL2052	Introduction to Film Studies	Spring	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 ELİF BAŞ
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ELİF BAŞ Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course is a survey of the discipline of Film Studies, its methodologies, genres and histories. Through an examination of various cinematic forms, styles, and genres, roughly following a historical chronology, the course aims to develop the critical skills crucial to the discourse of Film Studies.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1-Trace the historical developments of world cinema and identify the causes and effects of those developments.
2-Demonstrate how the individual histories of national cinemas have affected international trends in producing, distributing, and exhibiting films.
3-Describe how the uses of the film medium have changed and standardized over time.
4-Explain how sociopolitical, technological, economic, and cultural circumstances have influenced the aesthetics of cinema at given junctures in history.

Course Content

Films and reading material related to history of cinema.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the course. Film terminology.
2)	Birth of the narrative form- D.W. Griffith – Birth of a Nation 1915	Reading.
3)	Soviet Silent Cinema and the Theory of Montage Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin 1925 (scene: The Odessa Steps)	Reading.
4)	German Cinema of the Weimar Period Robert Weine – Das Kabinet des Dr. Caligari 1920	Reading.
5)	Golden Age of Hollywood – Charlie Chaplin Modern Times 1936
6)	Classical Hollywood Cinema – Casablanca 1942
7)	A Major Figure of the Studio Era: Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock – The Birds 1963/or Psycho
8)	Review and discussion.
9)	Italian neorealism - De Sica– The Bicycle Thieves 1948	Reading.
10)	La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini	Reading.
11)	1970’s era of cynicism: A nervous romance Woody Allen – Annie Hall 1977
12)	Midterm, 2nd essay.
13)	A German Horror: Das Experiment - Oliver Hirschbiegel 2001
14)	Turkish cinema
15)	Final.
16)	Final.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	History of Film / C. Ellis and Virginia Wright Wexman A History of Narrative Film / David A. Cook
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	16	% 10
Presentation	1	% 15
Midterms	2	% 40
Final	1	% 35
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 65
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 35
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	16	48
Study Hours Out of Class	10	50
Midterms	2	40
Final	1	20
Total Workload		158

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)	Utilize the wealth of information stored in computer databases to answer basic biological questions and solve problems such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases.	3
2)	Acquire an ability to compile and analyze biological information, clearly present and discuss the conclusions, the inferred knowledge and the arguments behind them both in oral and written format.	4
3)	Develop critical, creative and analytical thinking skills.	5
4)	Develop effective communication skills and have competence in scientific speaking, reading and writing abilities in English and Turkish.	3
5)	Gain knowledge of different techniques and methods used in genetics and acquire the relevant laboratory skills.	4
6)	Detect biological problems, learn to make hypothesis and solve the hypothesis by using variety of experimental and observational methods.	4
7)	Gain knowledge of methods for collecting quantitative and qualitative data and obtain the related skills.	3
8)	Conduct research through paying attention to ethics, human values and rights. Pay special attention to confidentiality of information while working with human subjects.	5
9)	Obtain basic concepts used in theory and practices of molecular biology and genetics and establish associations between them.	4
10)	Search and use literature to improve himself/herself and follow recent developments in science and technology.	5
11)	Be aware of the national and international problems in the field and search for solutions.	4