MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD) | |||||
PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP1201 | City and Culture | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | Tr |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi NURAN FERYAL TANSUĞ DOURLARİS |
Course Objectives: | To stimulate students to think about art, architecture & cities as they relate to power structures in different times & places |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1-will have a general notion of the cultures of world cities, 2-will be able to compare/contrast the social and cultural groups of the cities, 3-will have developed a complex understanding of the world cities in all its façades: social, political, historical, architectural etc., 4- students shall develop abilities to recognize and analyze historical problems, 5- the student shall be able to benchmark different cultural civilizations and cities in the same view point. |
Discussing specific locations in various cities as they are built & rebuilt through time in relation to changing political, religious, military or economic power structures |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
1) | Introduction - Bamyan buddhas, New York WTC, Saddam’s statue; WW II Warsaw; Mostar bridge; New York & Bilbao Guggenheim | ||
2) | Berlin - Brandenburg Gate & Reichstag of the Prussian Empire; in Hitler’s time; during & after WWII; the Wall; unification & manifestations in built form | ||
3) | Constantinopolis - the changing rituals & significations related to the Hippodrome & the Hagia Sophia in Roman/Christian & Ottoman/Islamic times | ||
4) | Moscow - church of Christ the Savior intsarist times; demolition by Stalin; reconstruction during post-1990 era | ||
5) | boulevards of Paris in 1850s capital of modernity; emergence of bourgeois society & institutions; class struggles; 1889 exhibition | ||
6) | Konstantiniyye - Ottoman reconstruction as Islamic city through imperial mosque complexes | ||
7) | Venice - piazza di San Marco & its treasury; commercial & artsitic ties with the East | ||
8) | Athens - the Parthenon as pagan temple, church & mosque; Elgin marbles, museums & conservation | ||
9) | Istanbul - republican modernization of 1950s through building of wide streets | ||
10) | Dubai - waterfront; urge to build high structures & iconic buildings of global age in comparison to 1930’s New York | ||
11) | Buenos Aires - Plaza de Mayo; military rule & Peron; mothers of Plaza de Mayo | ||
12) | Ankara - Augustus’ monuments in Rome & reincarnation under Mussolini; temple in Ankara | ||
13) | Washington mall - government buildings & Vietnam Veteran’s monument | ||
14) | Ein Hud - Palestinian olive groves versus Israeli pines; identifying territory artists’ works specific to place, Buren, Christo, Matta-Clark, Spitzer | ||
15) | Final exam | ||
16) | Final Exam |
Course Notes: | |
References: |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Laboratory | % 0 | |
Application | % 0 | |
Field Work | % 0 | |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
Quizzes | % 0 | |
Homework Assignments | % 0 | |
Presentation | % 0 | |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Seminar | % 0 | |
Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
Final | 1 | % 45 |
Paper Submission | % 0 | |
Jury | % 0 | |
Bütünleme | % 0 | |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 35 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 65 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Project | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Homework Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | ||
Midterms | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Paper Submission | 0 | ||
Jury | 0 | ||
Final | 1 | 25 | 25 |
Total Workload | 102 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |