| COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| GEP0603 | Current Political Issues and Leaders | 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 Lecturer(s): |
Dr. AHMET İLKAY CEYHAN Prof. Dr. İDİL KARADEMİRLİDAĞ SUHER |
| Course Objectives: | The course aims to help students on how to think about the daily political issues by using their theoretical knowledge. The interactions between political thinkers and political leaders together with an introductory discussion on the developments in political thought elsewhere in the world. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; To inquire the reasons of contemporary political problems with point of views both in theory and practice, to analyze the solutions of contemporary political problems, to expresse the analysis of contemporary problems in his/her own words, |
| Turkey's political system, constitutions, administrative structure, political parties, elections, and interest groups. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
| 1) | Introduction | ||
| 2) | The political effects of globalization | Course notes | |
| 3) | The transformation of the modern nation states | course notes | |
| 4) | Postmodern identity crises | course notes | |
| 5) | Political representation of the concept of public sphere | Course notes | |
| 6) | Military-civil relations | Course notes | |
| 7) | Political parties and electoral systems | Course notes | |
| 8) | Political education problems of citizens | Course notes | |
| 9) | Political effects of terrorism | Course notes | |
| 10) | Media-policy relations | Course notes | |
| 11) | Political legitimization crises | Course notes | |
| 12) | Human rights problems | Course notes | |
| 13) | Political Civil society and its political effects | Course notes | |
| 14) | State and law relations | Course notes | |
| Course Notes: | |
| References: | Demokrasi Teorileri ve Toplumsal Hareketler, M.Kemal COŞKUN Bir İstikrarlı Demokrasi Teorisi, Ergun ÖZBUDUN |
| 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 | 1 | % 10 |
| Presentation | % 0 | |
| Project | % 0 | |
| Seminar | % 0 | |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| Paper Submission | % 0 | |
| Jury | % 0 | |
| Bütünleme | % 0 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preliminary Jury | 0 | ||
| Midterms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Paper Submission | 0 | ||
| Jury | 0 | ||
| Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 92 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
| 2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
| 3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
| 4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
| 5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
| 6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
| 7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
| 8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
| 9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
| 10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
| 11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
| 12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
| 13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
| 14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |