NEW MEDIA
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

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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 critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.
2)	To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.
3)	To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.
4)	To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.
5)	To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.
6)	To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.
8)	To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.
9)	To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.
10)	To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.