COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN
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
GEP0709 The Lives of Turkish Intellectuals Spring 3 0 3 5
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: GE-Elective
Course Level: Bachelor
Mode of Delivery:
Course Coordinator : Instructor KENAN SAYACI
Course Objectives: The subject of this lecture is to introduce the leading names in Turkey
who had an important influence on the intellectual, political and the art life
thoroughout the period of Republic.A large span of characters either

socialist, Kemalist, Islamic, liberal, or nationalist etc. We will
specifically

focus on 15 of these names and draw their 'Portraits" around their
lives, their thoughts, works, their influence on their periods.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who take discourse:

- will be familiar with major political thoughts of Turkish close past.
- will be familiar with Turkish thinkers and their works.
- will be able to deconstruct these works by using close reading.

Course Content

The pioneer political and social thinkers in Turkey

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Mehmet Fuat Köprülü Türk Tarihinin Ana Hatları,Türkiye Tarihi,Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi
2) Şerif Mardin Türk Modernleşmesi,Religion, Society and Modernity in Turkey
3) Muhsin Ertuğrul İnsan ve Tiyatro Üzerine Gördüklerim, Turkish Theatre
4) Muazzez İlmiye Çığ Sumerology http://muazzezcig.blogcu.com/
5) Emin Onat
6) Şevket Süreyya Aydemir
7) Midterm
8) Ziya Gökalp
9) Aydın Gün
10) Nazım Hikmet
11) Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
12) Fahr-ül Nisa Zeyd
13) Yaşar Kemal
14) Sedat Hakkı Eldem İbrahim Çallı
15) Final Exam
16) Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes: Emre Kongar “Türk Toplumbilimcileri”, “Toplum ve Bilim” dergileri, ilgili düşünürlerin kitapları, çıkardıkları dergiler, Büyük Doğu, Yön, vb.
References:

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application 1 2 2
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 0 0
Field Work 0 0 0
Study Hours Out of Class 3 3 9
Presentations / Seminar 1 2 2
Project 1 3 3
Homework Assignments 0 0 0
Quizzes 3 6 18
Preliminary Jury 0
Midterms 1 10 10
Paper Submission 0
Jury 0
Final 1 10 10
Total Workload 96

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) 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