EUROPEAN UNION RELATIONS
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
VCD3144 Art and Concept Spring 3 0 3 5
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 İPEK TORUN
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Students who take this course will have a comprehension on the conceptual backgrounds of art pieces appeared in Modern and Postmodern Era through the analysis of the contemporary art works by means of philosophical arguments asserted in 20th Century.
Experiments and new perceptions in art will be studied related to the philosophical assertations in Postmodern Era.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Students will recognize the role and importance of concept in modern art.
II.Students will be informed on art related discussions in ontology and epistemology.
a.Ideas on School of Frankfurt
b.Modern Art Paradigm
c.Avangardism
d.Structuralism
e.Psychoanalysis
III.Students will be familiar with modern movements in art.
IV.Students will explore the well known samples of modern art through discussing the concepts and ideas of the artwork .

Course Content

Examining relations between contemporary art and contemporary philosophy, it is amimed to identify the context of concept in field of art.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) School of Frankfurt, Theories of Theodor Adorno
2) School of Frankfurt, Theories of Walter Benjamin
3) School of Frankfurt, Theories of Ernst Bloch, Georg Lukacs and Horkheimer
4) School of Frankfurt, overall review of school of Frankfurt through discussion
5) Midterm Exam
6) Modern Paradigm and Art: Theories of Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, Sprituality, Sublimation, Mistisism, Kitsch and Art
7) Modern Paradigm and Art: Sprituality, Sublimation, Mistisism, Kitsch and Art
8) Avangardism ve Neo-avagardism: Avangardism Theory of Peter Bürger
9) Avangardism and Neo-avagardism: Montage, New
10) Structualism/Post-Structualism and Art: Levi Strauss, Roland Barthes/Death of Author
11) Structualism/Post-Structualism and Art: Levi Strauss, Roland Barthes/Death of Author
12) Freud and Lacan’s Physco-analise: Subconscious, Automatism, Surrealistic reflections of Freudien ve Lacanian theories, Art and Subconscious,
13) Freud and Lacan’s Physco-analise:Lacan and Mirror Periodi, Lacan and Schoneprenia, Freud/Theory of Expression, Psysco-analise and Art, Art Brut
14) Foucault: The Power of Politics and the Panopticon

Sources

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 20
Homework Assignments 5 % 40
Midterms 1 % 15
Final 1 % 25
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 75
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 25
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 13 39
Study Hours Out of Class 14 36
Homework Assignments 6 40
Final 1 4
Total Workload 119

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 be able to examine, interpret data and assess ideas with the scientific methods in the area of EU studies. 2
2) To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of EU studies, to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems. 2
3) To be introduced to and to get involved in other disciplines that EU studies are strongly related with (political science, international relations, law, economics, sociology, etc.) and to be able to conduct multi-disciplinary research and analysis on European politics. 3
4) To be able to evaluate current news on European Union and Turkey-EU relations and identify, analyze current issues relating to the EU’s politics and policies. 2
5) To be able to use English in written and oral communication in general and in the field of EU studies in particular. 1
6) To have ethical, social and scientific values throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to EU studies. 1
7) To be able to assess the historical development, functioning of the institutions and decision-making system and common policies of the European Union throughout its economic and political integration in a supranational framework. 2
8) To be able to evaluate the current legal, financial and institutional changes that the EU is going through. 2
9) To explain the dynamics of enlargement processes of the EU by identifying the main actors and institutions involved and compare previous enlargement processes and accession process of Turkey. 2
10) To be able to analyze the influence of the EU on political, social and economic system of Turkey. 2
11) To acquire insight in EU project culture and to build up project preparation skills in line with EU format and develop the ability to work in groups and cooperate with peers. 2
12) To be able to recognize theories and concepts used by the discipline of international relations and relate them to the historical development of the EU as a unique post-War political project. 3