CINEMA AND MEDIA RESEARCH (ENGLISH, PHD)


Profile of the Program

The program is concerned with the study of culture, media and cinema through an interdisciplinary approach. The objective of the program is to strengthen the academic and institutional research within cultural studies, media and cinema research in Turkey as well as to develop scientific principles in these areas of study.

Qualification Awarded

The students who successfully complete the program are awarded the degree of Bachelor of Cinema and Media

Level of Qualification

This is a program.

Specific Admission Requirements

For the Ph.D. Programs students are evaluated that; the score of ALES or International exams like GRE and GMAT which are approved by Higher Education Council (YÖK). By related Graduate School of Social Science (EADB), other criteria deemed appropriate and candidates are announced to students. Applicants for PhD programs to be admitted with undergraduate degree, grade point average must be at least 3.00, and ALES score must be at least 80. Candidates that providing the minimum requirements are required to take the written exam. If they are successful, they are entitled to register.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The candidates complete this program obtain their doctoral degree in cinema and media research.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Applicants are required to have graduate or undergraduate degrees in the related fields. Applicants who do not have related educational background in cinema, media and cultural studies might be required to have an additional prep program based on the committee decision. These candidates proceed their doctoral education once they complete their prep courses that are selected by the committee.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Graduates of this program can be recruited within academic and research institutions as well as media, culture and cinema foundations and companies.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates of this program may apply to post-doc programs.

Program Outcomes

1 Have the qualified skills and abilities in production and analysis of academic knowledge and texts (including the conference papers, articles, essays, research projects etc) that would contribute to the national and international academic literature.
2 Gain the knowledge and comprehension of the literature on specific research area defined within the fields of cinema, media and cultural studies.
3 Have the knowledge about fundamental concepts and main school of thoughts within the fields of cinema, media and cultural stıdies.
4 Gain required academic skills for the production of research projects and publications both in Turkish and in English.
5 Gain the skills required for grounded analysis, description and interpretation of a subject within the cinema, media and cultural studies fields in conformance with the ethical values and rules.
6 Have the academic consciousness and responsibility about the necessity of production of research with potentials of wide influence on literature and society, and with an original academic value.
7 Have the analytical skills required for the contextualized interpretation of a phenomenon that is related to cinema, media, and culture along with its relation to the historical, social, political, economic and cultural components.
8 Gain the knowledge and the research skills about qualitative and quantitative research.

Course & Program Outcomes Matrix

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Courses
CMR6001 Theories of Cinema, Media and Culture I 5 5 3 3 5 2
CMR6002 Theories of Cinema, Media and Culture II 5 5 3 3 5 2
CMR6103 Historical and Social Research 5 5 3 5 2 2
CMR6887 Seminar
CMR6888-1 Ph.D. Thesis 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
CMR6888-2 Ph.D. Thesis 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
CMR6888-3 Ph.D. Thesis 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
CMR6888-4 Ph.D. Thesis 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
CMR6999 Ph.D Qualification Exam 4 5 2 5 2 5 2
Departmental Elective
CMR6007 Cinema and Gender
CMR6012 Comparative Research: Time And Space
CMR6015 Visual Culture
CMR6019 From Film Noir to Neo-Noir and Further
CMR6024 Memory and Identity in Visual Culture
CMR6026 Myths on Cinema, Popular Discourses and Technology
CMR6028 Image, Text and Culture
CMR6104 Historical and Social Research II 5 5 4 3 5 2 2
GE-Elective

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

1. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMR6001 Theories of Cinema, Media and Culture I 3 0 3 9
CMR6103 Historical and Social Research 3 0 3 9
Departmental Elective 3 12
Total 30
2. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMR6002 Theories of Cinema, Media and Culture II 3 0 3 9
Departmental Elective 3 12
Departmental Elective 3 12
Total 33
3. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMR6887 Seminar ☑ 0 0 0 6
Departmental Elective 3 12
Departmental Elective 3 12
Total 30
4. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMR6999 Ph.D Qualification Exam 0 0 0 30
Total 30
5. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMR6888-1 Ph.D. Thesis ☑ 0 0 0 30
Total 30
6. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMR6888-2 Ph.D. Thesis ☑ CMR6888-1 0 0 0 30
Total 30
7. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMR6888-3 Ph.D. Thesis ☑ CMR6888-2 0 0 0 30
Total 30
8. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMR6888-4 Ph.D. Thesis ☑ CMR6888-3 0 0 0 30
Total 30

Program Director (or Equivalent)


CINEMA AND MEDIA RESEARCH (ENGLISH, PHD) - GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES