(Between the 2013-2019 Academic Years) Courses



ENG 101 Academic Skills in English I

This course aims at preparing students to use academic skills in English.


ENG 102 Academic Skills in English II

ENG 102 is a compulsory course for first year students. ENG 102 focuses on the cognitive skills of listening, reading, writing and speaking. Students' academic listening skills will be improved by listening to important / relevant information from lectures or discussions and reading skills by reading recent academic texts and then using this information to create an output task. Speaking focuses on giving presentations and students get prepared to express their ideas and opinions by speaking persuasively and coherently. The writing component is a consolidation of the speaking activities.


HIST 100 Principles of Atatürk and History of Revolution

This course provides a general information of the events from the end of the 19. century until the end of the Turkish War of Independence and the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 and the following period until 1990’s.


HUM 103 Principles of Social Sciences I

In addition to a specific discussion on the nature of scientific knowledge and social sciences, the course will cover selected issues from anthropology, psychology, sociology, social psychology, political science and economics.


HUM 104 Principles of Social Sciences II

The course involves a careful study of the formation of various aspects of modern societies. It examines the key ideas of the Enlightenment, the development of the modern state, the economic formation of modernity, the relevance of class and gender issues to industrial societies, and the political and cultural significance of religion, secularism and ideology in the modern world.


MCS 111 Communication, Culture & Society I

The course defines communication; evaluates different forms of communication; draws on major developments in the field; discusses key models and theories of communication; reflects on traditional and contemporary approaches of issues related to media and communication field.


MCS 112 Communication, Culture & Society II

The course draws on diverse aspects of the media of communication, probing into their social, cultural and political implications


MCS 160 Seminars in Communication

Throughout the academic semester, topical issues from around the world and Turkey will be evaluated and discussed in relation to the field of media and communication. Each week a new issue will be introduced and opened to discussion among students. Students will then be expected to develop an arguments and analysis regarding the issue of the week.


MCS 260 Producing for Media I

This course consists of a number of tasks in which students are going to be introduced in a theoretical and practical way about online multimedia management. Projects and web contents which students will compose through laboratory sessions, computers and relevant software will be the outputs of this course.


MCS 262 Producing for Media II

This course consists of a number of tasks in which students are going to be introduced in a theoretical and practical way about audiovisual production on an entry-level basis. Projects and digital products in various formats which students will produce through laboratory and field sessions, will be the outputs of this course.


MCS 270 Media & Politics I

This course is designed to provide the students with an historical account of relations between media and political power. In addition to theoretical discussions on how the media is shaped by social, economic and political circumstances, the course also examines a number of cases, both from international and domestic, that best exemplify the interplay between media and politics.


MCS 272 Media & Politics II

This course aims to inform students on the historical development of relation between political power and media practices and institutions. The course also aims to analyze a series of national and global events in light of the interaction between media and economic and political conditions.


MMC 101 Introduction to Communication Studies

This course provides students with the necessary theoretical and methodological knowledge to understand and analyze different forms and means of communication. The course defines the main issues and porous borders of communication studies as an interdisciplinary field. It helps students develop the necessary analytical skills to criticize media texts.


SFL 1013 Second Foreign Languages I

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SFL 1024 Second Foreign Languages II

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SFL 201 Second Foreign Languages III

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SFL 202 Second Foreign Languages IV

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TURK 100 Turkish

Students will be taught how to use the written and verbal communication tools accurately and efficiently in this course. Various types of verbal and written statements will be examined through a critical point of view by doing exercises on understanding, telling, reading, and writing. Punctuation and spelling rules, which are basis of written statement, will be taught and accurate usage of these rules for efficient and strong expression will be provided. As for verbal statement, students will be taught how to use the body language, use accent and intonation elaborately, and use presentation techniques.


ENG 310 Essential Speaking Skills in English

ENG 310 is a compulsory course for third year students and is designed to enable them to speak more effectively while expressing themselves in a variety of areas, such as business related and academic related topics. These areas range from participating in discusiions to presenting information in the form of short presentations, known as Pecha Kuchas. Students will also take part in role plays and formal debates.


ENG 410 English for Career Development

This course is designed to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge that they will need when they start their professional lives. The course simulates all stages of the job application process, including topics like finding job openings, CVs, job application forms, cover letters, job interviews, and following up, as well as handling job offers and rejection.


MCS 104 Communication, Literature and Philosophy

This course focuses on the historical trajectory of western philosophy from ancient Greece to postmodernism in parallel to its relations particularly with literature and art, and generally with culture and communications.




ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 312 Network Society

The course will focus on the definitons and conceptualisations of new media, social media, network society, social movements, the Internet, networked public spheres. An emphasis will given to power relations, historical backdrops, social interactions and technological developments with relation to these concepts.


MCSB 301 Broadcasting Studio I

This is the fundamental studio course for students who are studying in the broadcasting option. Within the rubric of this course, all processes regarding broadcasting will be covered from programming to broadcast management. In addition to creative and technical information on production, the course will also cover broadcasting industry, regulation and technology.


MCSB 302 Broadcasting Studio II

This is the fundamental studio course for students who are studying in the broadcasting option. Within the rubric of this course, all processes regarding broadcasting will be covered from programming to broadcast management. In addition to creative and technical information on production, the course will also cover broadcasting industry, regulation and technology.


MCSB 497 Broadcasting Senior Project I

Students will develop a project proposal in groups. Projects might be prepared either in print, web, photo, radio or video formats. Project ideas will be developed through meetings with the teaching staff and then presented to their peers. Approved projects will take off. Team work is encouraged and balanced sharing of workload among team members will be monitored. For the course of the project work, each project will have weekly tutoring meetings with the advisors. Project owners submit a progress report in each weekly meeting. The advisors will guide the students on how to progress. Advisors may require students to sit in other courses related to the subject of their project. At the end of the term, project teams will present their work in front of a jury composed of the faculty, students and media profesionals.


MCSB 498 Broadcasting Senior Project II

Students will develop a project proposal in groups. Projects might be prepared either in print, web, photo, radio or video formats. Project ideas will be developed through meetings with the teaching staff and then presented to their peers. Approved projects will take off. Team work is encouraged and balanced sharing of workload among team members will be monitored. For the course of the project work, each project will have weekly tutoring meetings with the advisors. Project owners submit a progress report in each weekly meeting. The advisors will guide the students on how to progress. Advisors may require students to sit in other courses related to the subject of their project. At the end of the term, project teams will present and exhibit their work in front of a jury composed of the faculty, students and media professionals.


MCSN 301 Newsmaking Studio I

This course is designed to simulate a working newsroom. Students will work on all stages of news production, make the news and present them through several media outlets including print, online, video and radio. The course is a combination of editorial meetings, handson work, lectures and traning sessions.



ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCSN 302 Newsmaking Studio II

This course is designed to simulate a working newsroom. Students will work on all stages of news production, make the news and present them through several media outlets including print, online, video and radio. The course is a combination of editorial meetings, handson work, lectures and traning sessions.




ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCSN 497 Newsmaking Senior Project I

Students will develop a project proposal in groups. Projects might be prepared either in print, web, photo, radio or video formats. Project ideas will be developed through meetings with the teaching staff and then presented to their peers. Approved projects will take off. Team work is encouraged and balanced sharing of workload among team members will be monitored. For the course of the project work, each project will have weekly tutoring meetings with the advisors. Project owners submit a progress report in each weekly meeting. The advisors will guide the students on how to progress. Advisors may require students to sit in other courses related to the subject of their project. At the end of the term, project teams will present their work in front of a jury composed of the faculty, students and media profesionals.


MCSN 498 Newsmaking Senior Project II

Students will develop a project proposal in groups. Projects might be prepared either in print, web, photo, radio or video formats. Project ideas will be developed through meetings with the teaching staff and then presented to their peers. Approved projects will take off. Team work is encouraged and balanced sharing of workload among team members will be monitored. For the course of the project work, each project will have weekly tutoring meetings with the advisors. Project owners submit a progress report in each weekly meeting. The advisors will guide the students on how to progress. Advisors may require students to sit in other courses related to the subject of their project. At the end of the term, project teams will present and exhibit their work in front of a jury composed of the faculty, students and media professionals.


MCSR 301 Research and Manangement Studio I

This course is designed to introduce undergraduate students the metholodology of the stages of writing a seminar work including the selection process of a research topic, developping and preparing an effective litterature review, writing introduction, main section and conclusion of dissertation, learning citation methods and preparing bibliography regarding academic honesty policies.




ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.


A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCSR 302 Research and Manangement Studio II

The reading material will vary according to the individual project of the students.




ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.



A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCSR 498 Research and Management Senior Project II

Each student will work on a main and an auxiliary project. Feedbacks on student works will be provided by weekly interviews. It is recommended students to take elective courses from faculty in accordance with their field of interests. Completed projects will be presented by students, and these presentations will be open to all faculty members, students and professionals.


ST 204 Summer Training (4 weeks)

Internship, covers field experience at any work place for 3 weeks. Students should follow the instructions stated in IUE Internship Guide in order to successfully complete their internships.


ST 304 Summer Training (4 weeks)

Internship, covers field experience at any work place for 3 weeks. Students should follow the instructions stated in IUE Internship Guide in order to successfully complete their internships.


MCS 207 History of Turkish Media

The course outlines the main developments in the history of the Turkish media. It shows the significance of the technological development in the media and their impact on culture and society.




ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 300 Visual Journalism

The course will focus on the visual aspect of news and how to create them. The course will start with photojournalism, which includes the basics of photography, shooting and processing techniques. The course will then move on to video journalism. This will include news video techniques, composition and lighting techniques. Students of the course will be required to do handson work and attend practice sessions.



ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 302 Cultural Studies

Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field and this course will introduce the students to the history and development of this field in Turkey and beyond. We will start with a brief history of the development of the field and analyze the concept of culture. We will then discuss specific theoretical contributions and particularly scrutinize the development of the field in Turkey. Every week there will be screenings (movies, documentaries, advertisements...) that will relate the theoretical perspectives to our practical understanding.


MCS 340 Documentary Production

The course will include the following topics related to documentary production and development: research and planning, production, postproduction, festivals and distribution, documentary storytelling, treatment preparation.



ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 360 Visual Theory

This course combines theoretical work and its application to images. Students are responsible for the preparation of presentations of each week’s key reading. Each week, we will summarise key points and arguments made by a visual theory scholar on a particular topic (see syllabus) and use examples that relate closely to the text.


MCS 370 Gender and Media

This course examines various images and representations of gender in mass media paying particular attention to contemporary discussions. We will consider gender as a constitutive element of identity and by analyzing its intersection with other categories such as race, class, nation and sexuality, we will grasp the importance of the representation of gender in media and its meaning for our lives. The course consists of lectures, screenings and discussions revolving around critical analysis of and engagement with contemporary examples of film, television, adverts and new media. It employs theories from cultural studies, media, film and gender studies.


MCS 380 Digital Media Theory

The course will cover such matters like the concept of new media, genres, networked sociality, interaction, distribution, and narrative with attention to audience uses. These will be handled by making a focus on the past, present, and future of digital communication technologies.



ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 390 Social Media

Asking questions on the impact of social media and alternative media on society. Guiding the communication scientists in understanding the new media.


MCS 402 Language and Pronunciation in Communication

The course is designed to emphasize the importance and uses of better speaking. Students will learn how to control their diction and pronounciation, and then practice in several forms of speech.



ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 404 Globalization and The Media

This course is designed to introduce students to diverse theories, concepts, and analyses related to the consequences of globalization processes in the social, economic, cultural and political realms. ACADEMIC CAUTION Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility. \\\\n\\\\nPlagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words. \\\\n\\\\nA detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 413 Radio Programming

Radio practice is at the heart of this course. Students will have many hours of handson practice. This practice will be informed by weekly discussions of principles essential to making good radio productions.



ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 414 Advanced Radio Porduction

Studio practice and audio editing are at the heart of this course. Students will have many hours of handson practice. This practice will be informed by weekly discussions of principles essential to making good audio productions.


MCS 422 Media Industries

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MCS 430 Online Journalism

This course is consist of the theoretical and practical issues of online journalism. Considering the connections between online journalism and traditional print media, the aspects of cross media publishing are observed.



ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 441 Music and Sound Design in Film

This course is all about music and music culture. Understanding and using the definition of music, its effect on human mind, defining musical genres and common strategies used when adding music to a moving image; It covers learning the distinctive importance of music in new media tools.


MCS 444 Meaning, Language and Communication

This course will investigate communication as a social practice. It will carry out such an investigation along the two axes of language-use: the articulation of true (or false) claims and the formulation of arguments to produce various types of effect on people. Some of the questions that will frame our discussions will be: How is meaning created and shared? What are the criteria for meaningful linguistic expression? How do we distiguish sense from non-sense? How is language related to truth, on the one hand, and to norms, on the other? How do we distinguish (but also relate) the different kinds of things we do with language such as writing poetry, convincing others, knowing reality, and telling lies? What does it mean to investigate communication as a social practice?


MCS 446 Film History and Aesthetics

The course is structured chronologically and focuses on moments in the cinema’s development that are particularly relevant from a historical perspective, be it aesthetic, political, technological, cultural, or economic.



ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 447 Audio Production

This course is a combination of the knowledge on audio equipments such as microphones, mixing desks, recording devices and an audio editing software. It also covers using the sound as a tool of effective expression.




ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 450 Daily Life and Communication

This course examines the material culture and everyday cultural practices with an aim to demonstrate their functioning as essential means of communication in the 21st century world.


MCS 464 Contemporary Debates and Practise in Photography

This unit introduces various genres and fields of use of photography in which the themes and genres of practice units will be based on.


MCS 470 TV Genres

This course combines theoretical readings about the television genres and contemporary television with solid examples drawn from television series that circulate in the global mediascape. Discussion of readings and lecture will be accompanied by the screening of excerpts from several television series that will both exemplify and deepen the understanding of topics we will cover in this class.


MCS 474 Press and Documentary Photography

This unit explores the elements of press and documentary photography, such as techniques, ethics and theories.


MCS 480 Project Development and Production

The course will include the following topics related to film production and project devolepment: preproduction, production, postproduction, budget planning, crew, marketing and distribution, founding research, project file preparation.




ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MCS 490 Media, Culture and Technology

This course is divided into four parts. In the first part major technological breakthroughs in daily life will be discussed. In the second part cinema, media, and technology relation will be analyzed. Consequently, the third part will focus on debates surrounding cinema, media and future; concepts like utopia and dystopia will be major concerns in here. In the last part representations of technology in cinema and media will be analyzed in relation to science fiction genre.



ACADEMIC CAUTION

Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility.

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words.

A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here.


MMC 304 Sociology of Communication

Each week in this class is devoted to a particular topic of discussion pertaining to the social, cultural, and political study of 21st century mediated communication practices. This class is reading-intensive and, in emphasizing the theoretical literature, it will enrich students’ understanding of the socio-cultural significances of their everyday use of communication tools and channels.


MMC 401 Popular Culture

This course intends to analyze and discuss popular culture and its role in the world. We will scrutinize its major theories and contemporary discussions around it, and relate them with various recent works. We will also elaborate popular culture of Turkey and situate it within wider theoretical debates. The course consists of lectures, screenings and discussions revolving around critical analysis of and engagement with contemporary examples of film, television, adverts and new media.