| Course Name | Popular Culture |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| GEHU 302 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Service Course | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course to engage students in critically thinking about popular culture and its roles in society. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | 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. |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Course Introduction: Why should we study popular culture? | |
| 2 | What is popular culture? Why is the distinction between “popular” and “high” culture problematic? | J. Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Bölüm 1, S. 1-17. |
| 3 | Culture and Civilization Tradition | Storey, Chapter 2, p. 17-35 |
| 4 | Culturalism: Hoggart, Williams, Thompson, Hall and Whannel. Case study: The use of opera and classical music in advertisements | J. Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Chapter 3, P. 38-60. |
| 5 | Marxisms: Frankfurt School, Althusser, Gramsci, post-Marxism and cultural studies Screening: Popular music videos | J. Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Chapter 4, P.61-94. |
| 6 | Structuralism and Post-Structuralism Screening: Dances with Wolves (1990) | J. Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Chapter 6, P. 116-139. |
| 7 | Midterm exam I | |
| 8 | Gender and Sexuality Case study: Bitch Magazine: A Feminist Response to Popular Culture | J. Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Chapter 8, P. 152-186. |
| 9 | Postmodernism: Postmodern Theories of Popular Culture; Art and Popular Culture | J. Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Bölüm 9, S.204-236. |
| 10 | Documentary/Film Screening | |
| 11 | In-Class Writing Assignment | |
| 12 | Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture | Storey, Chapter 5, p. 91-111 |
| 13 | Popular Culture and Politics | Storey, Chapter 10, p. 213-237 |
| 14 | Review of the term | |
| 15 | Second Midterm II | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks |
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| Suggested Readings/Materials | The course uses the sources that are listed above. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 30 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 2 | 60 |
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
| 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 | 48 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 24 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 2 | 30 | |
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 180 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to perform, execute and manage the various responsibilities and duties of an interior architecture and environmental design professional | |||||
| 2 | To be able to recognize, analyze and integrate within their practice the particular local and regional needs and developments of their profession | |||||
| 3 | To be able to communicate and collaborate with other individuals and groups on a national and international level within their profession | |||||
| 4 | To be able to develop, integrate and promote independent critical approaches for their professional practice | |||||
| 5 | To be able to understand the social and environmental issues and responsibilities of their profession | |||||
| 6 | To be able identify, assess and utilize the most up to date research, innovations, trends and technologies | |||||
| 7 | To be able to consider the national and international standards and regulations of their field | |||||
| 8 | To be able to develop the abilities to communicate and present design ideas within visual, oral and textual formats | |||||
| 9 | To be able to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to design on a national and international level | |||||
| 10 | To be able to recognize their own strengths, and develop them within an environment | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of interior architecture and environmental design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
