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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Fall/Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s) -
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • define the key areas of research in cultural studies
  • explain the trajectory of methodological development in the academic field of cultural studies
  • demonstrate a critical understanding of particular research methods in cultural studies
  • evaluate the historical and contemporary relevance of various academic disciplines, such as linguistics/semiology, philosophy, sociology, political science and psychoanalysis, for the research in cultural studies
  • develop a comparative insight into the theoretical notions of author, subject, message and communicative action
  • compare the historical and contemporary relevance of different theoretical stances in generating answers to the major questions that arise during the analysis of cultural products
Course Description

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Presentation and an overview of the course, course organization, requirements and methods of evaluation Video: John Berger, Ways of Seeing
2 Introduction: An overview of the Discipline of Cultural Studies Stuart Hall, Representation, Meaning and Language (pp. 1530)Video: Stuart Hall’s Cultural Studies
3 Structural Linguistics: Language, Sign and Representation Burgoyne, FlittermanLewis & Stam, The Origins of SemioticsAsaBerger, Semiotic Analysis
4 Semiology: Codes, Denotation, Connotation and Myth Stuart Hall, From Language to Culture: Linguistics to Semiotics (pp. 3641)Roland Barthes, Myth Today
5 Myth and the Theory of Ideology Terry Eagleton, ‘Discourse and Ideology’ (from Ideology)Marx & Engels, The Ruling Class and the Ruling IdeasAntonio Gramsci, History of the Subaltern Classes; The Concept of Ideology; Cultural Themes: Ideological MaterialLouis Althusser, Ideology and Ideological State ApparatusesSchirato & Yell, ‘Ideology’, from Communication and Culture
6 The Critique of Realism: From Structuralism to Post Structuralism Terry Eagleton, PoststructuralismChandler, IntertextualitySelected passages from: Roland Barthes, S/Z
7 Poststructuralism and Deconstruction Stuart Hall, The Spectacle of the OtherSelected Passages from:J. Derrida, Writing and Difference Movie: Fight Club
8 From Language to Discourse: Truth, Power and Knowledge Stuart Hall, Discourse, Power and the SubjectS. Best & D. Kellner, Foucault and the Critique of Modernity
9 The Postmodern Condition and Cultural Studies Postmodernism For Beginners by Jim Powell and Joe LeeS. Best & D. Kellner, Baudrillard Movie (screening and analysis): Natural Born Killers
10 Psychoanalysis and Cultural Studies I: Freud Eagleton, PsychoanalysisModules on Freud
11 Psychoanalysis and Cultural Studies II: Lacan and Kristeva Burgoyne, FlittermanLewis & Stam, PsychoanalysisBerger, Psychoanalytic CriticismModules on LacanModules on Kristeva
12 Sex, Gender and Culture Stam, et. al., New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics, Ch.4 pp. 174183Screening: Trailers and selected scenes from American Gigolo and Silence of the Lambs.)
13 Race and Culture Stuart Hall, The Spectacle of the Other (pp. 3641)Screening: Trailers and selected scenes from The Birth of a Nation, Mississipi Burning and Malcolm X
14 Orientalism and postColonial Critique Stuart Hall, The West and the Rest: Discourse and PowerMovie (screening and analysis): The Mission
15 Revision
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks See below
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
5
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
30
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
35
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
65
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
35
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
3
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
16
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
10
Final Exams
1
18
    Total
140

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of media and communication discipline. X
2 To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the mediaproduction process. X
3 To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. X
4 To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of media and communication. X
5 To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of media and communication studies. X
6 To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problemsolving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report those methods to the public. X
7 To be able to gather, scrutinize and use with scientific methods the necessary data to for the processes of production and distribution. X
8 To be able to use and develop the acquired knowledge and skills in a lifelong process towards personal and social goals. X
9 To be able to follow developments in new technologies of media and communication, as well as new methods of production, new media industries, and new theories; and to be able to communicate with international colleagues in a foreign language. (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale,” Level B1)
10 To be able to use a second foreign language at the intermediate level.
11 To be able to use computer software required by the discipline and to possess advancedlevel computing and IT skills. (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level) X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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