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COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (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
ACL2052 Introduction to Film Studies Spring
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: Associate (Short 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) Students will have knowledge of fundemantals of mathemetaics and phsics
2) Students will have konowledge of relevant software and hardware requirements in the office environment
3) Having the ability to define and explain the fundemental concepts, principles and essentilas of software and having the ability to develop software.
4) Having the ability to use tools, machines and having the ability to recognize and diagnose problems in the related computer fields.
5) Having the ability to communicate efficiently in verbal and written Turkish, to know at least one foreign language in order to communicate with the colleagues and customers.
6) Having the ability to setup,diagnose and maintanance of databases
7) Having the ability to design graphical animations for desktop applications and internet programming.
8) Having the ability to develop and control internet projects
9) Having the ability to develop group projects, team work, software and hardware projects
10) Having the ability to set up,diagnose operating systems and network systems