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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0623 | Fashion and Media | Fall Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | En |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Course Objectives: | Fashion is one of the fundamental ways in which humans communicate to each other about themselves. This course examines the intersection between fashion, media, personal identity in today’s society. Drawing on theories of rhetorical and social criticism, we will examine how the fashion industry creates powerful and persuasive messages to sell a given image to consumers. We will also study how those images are reinforced and given authority through media. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Acquire familiarity with concepts of fashion in relation to media in a Turkish as well as international context. 2. Will be competent to formulate research questions concerning fashion and its relation to media material. 3. Critique the role fashion and style play in visual self-presentation 4. Demonstrate an understanding of the economic, social, and cultural aspects offashion 5. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship of modernity to style and visuality 6. Demonstrate a critical analysis of celebrity culture and how it functions |
Through cultural and media studies theory, the courses main topic is to examine how fashion makes meaning, and how it has been valued through history, popular culture and media institutions, focusing on therelationship between fashion, visual self-presentation, and power.. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
1) | What is Fashion | ||
2) | Introduction to Fashion and Culture | ||
3) | Fashioning the Self | ||
4) | The History of Fashion | ||
5) | Fashion and the Masses | ||
6) | Fashion, Communication, and Culture | ||
7) | Roland Barthes and the Rhetoric of Fashion | ||
8) | Midterm exam | ||
9) | Fashion and Society | ||
10) | Fashion in Popular Culture | ||
11) | Fashion Icons | ||
12) | Supermodels and Superstars | ||
13) | Costume Design | ||
14) | Fashion at the Edge | ||
15) | General review | ||
16) | Final Exam |
Course Notes: | Course Notes / Textbooks selected readings from this books below: Fashion in Film: Adrienne Munich, Indiana University Press: 2011 Fashion Theory: A Reader, Malcom Barnard: Routledge, 2007 Barthes, Roland, The Language of Fashion (Oxford: Berg, 2004. Anne Hollander, Sex and Suits: The Evolution of Modern DressSteele, Valerie (eds). Barnard, Malcom, Fashion as Communication, New York: Routledge; 2 edition (29 Aug 2002) Moseley, Rachel, Fashioning Film Stars: Dress, Culture, Identity (London: BFI, 2005) McDowell, Colin Fashion Today, London, Phaidon Press Limited, 2000. |
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Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Have sufficient background in mathematics, science and artificial intelligence engineering. | |
2) | Use theoretical and applied knowledge in the fields of mathematics, science and artificial intelligence engineering together for engineering solutions. | |
3) | Identify, define, formulate and solve engineering problems, select and apply appropriate analytical methods and modeling techniques for this purpose. | |
4) | Analyse a system, system component or process and design it under realistic constraints to meet desired requirements; apply modern design methods in this direction. | |
5) | Select and use modern techniques and tools necessary for engineering applications. | |
6) | Design and conduct experiments, collect data, and analyse and interpret results. | |
7) | Work effectively both as an individual and as a multi-disciplinary team member. | |
8) | Access information via conducting literature research, using databases and other resources | |
9) | Follow the developments in science and technology and constantly update themself with an awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning. | |
10) | Use information and communication technologies together with computer software with at least the European Computer License Advanced Level required by their field. | |
11) | Communicate effectively, both verbal and written; know a foreign language at least at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. | |
12) | Have an awareness of the universal and social impacts of engineering solutions and applications; know about entrepreneurship and innovation; and have an awareness of the problems of the age. | |
13) | Have a sense of professional and ethical responsibility. | |
14) | Have an awareness of project management, workplace practices, employee health, environment and work safety; know the legal consequences of engineering practices. |