COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MUSEUM AND ART

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FSH 0018 MUSEUM AND ART ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUHITTIN AYGÜN

Offered to

Physics(Evening)
Chemistry
Biology
Statistics(Evening)
Computer Science
Mathematics (Evening)
Statistics
Chemistry (Evening)
Physics
Mathematics
Faculty Of Science

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the institutional importance of museums and the role the works of art exhibited in the museums play in developing the cultural and aesthetic level of the society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define and explain the importance of museums in the social and cultural life
2   Acquire a general knowledge on the function and roles of the museums
3   Define and explain different artistic genres and movements
4   Discuss works of art in a comparative way
5   Link between Museum and Art

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Purpose, methodology and sources
2 Theoretical Framework: Museology
3 Mesopotamian Art
4 Egyptian Art
5 Anatolian art
6 Medieval Europe and Byzantine Art
7 Field Work
8 Midterm
9 Renaissance
10 Museum and Modern Art
11 History of Museum Studies
12 Turkish Musems
13 Architecture of Museums
14 Fieldwork

Recomended or Required Reading

Bennett, Tony, The Birth of the Museum, London and New York: Routledge, 1995
Bourdieu, Pierre and Alain Darbel, The Love of Art: European Art Museums and their Public, trans. C. Beattie and N. Merriman, Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991.
Falk, John H. and Lynn D. Dierking, The Museum Experience, Washington, D.C.: Whalesback Books, 1992.
Prior, Nick, Museums and Modernity: Art Galleries and the Making of Modern Culture, Oxford: Berg, 2002

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and presentations, Project, Problem base techniques, examplification

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. A midterm exam and a final exam will be given throughout the term.
2. Students are expected to participate in class discussions after having read the reading materials assigned to them.Students are also expected to submit a presentation based on invidual research.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is required
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3.Homeworks must be handed in on the due date

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

remzi.yagci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Tutorials 2 2 4
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 0
Preparation for Quiz etc 0
Other (please indicate) 0
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 4 4
Preparation for Final Exam 1 6 6
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 6 6
Preparing Presentations 1 6 6
Ouiz etc. 0
Final 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 52

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.12
LO.22
LO.32
LO.42
LO.52

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