COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND FASHION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TMA 6129 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND FASHION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Textile and Fashion Design

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CEMAL MEYDAN

Offered to

Textile and Fashion Design

Course Objective

Aims to teach fashion concept, principals, fashion definitions with respect to social structure, social sources and effects of fashion and relationship between social structure and fashion.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have information related with social structure and fashion concepts, principals, definitions.
2   To have cultural acknowledgement related with social structure and fashion
3   To have information related with factors and basic sources in contemporary fashion evolution.
4   To be able to make and present scientific research about a subject including relationship between social structure and fashion. .
5   To be able to make analysis/comments and critics in fashion field

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Social Structure, Fashion concepts, principals and definitions
2 Clothing reasons for people and functions of clothing
3 Some definitions which are effective in fashion and clothing behaviors
4 Fashion cycle
5 Fashion Processes
6 Fashion and Modernity
7 Fashion from modern to post modern
8 Fashion and Meta Aesthetics
9 Fashion and Mass Production
10 Fashion and Mass Production
11 Fashion Clothing and Sexuality
12 Fashion and Public Communication ( Identity, Status, Role and Fashion)
13 Fashion and Economics
14 Fashion, Politics and religion

Recomended or Required Reading

WILSON, Elizabeth., Adorned in Dreams Fashion and Modernity, I.B. Tauris and Co Ltd. London, 2003
TOMLINSON, John., Kültürel Emperyalizm, ( Ç. E. Zeybekoglu), AyrıntıYayınları, Istanbul, 1999
TURNER, SÇ Bryan., Statü, Doruk Yay., Ankara, 2000
ONUR, Nur., Moda Bulasıcıdır, Epsilon Yay., _stanbul, 2004
MÜLLER, Harold., Kültürlerin Uzlasması, Çev: Ali Çimen, Timas Yay.,Istanbul, 2001
LEFEBVRE, Henri., Modern Dünyada Gündelik Hayat, Metis yay. Istanbul, 1998
LEHNERT, Gertrud., A History of Fashion, Könemann, Germany. 2000
KUMAR, Krishan., Sanayi Sonrası Toplumdan Postmodern Topluma, (Ç. M. Küçük), Dost Kitabevi Yay., Ankara, 1999
KÖMEÇOGLU, Ugur., Küresellesme, Modernlesme ve Modernlik. Dogu
JASPER, M. James., Ahlaki Protesto Sanatı, Ayrıntı Yay., Istanbul, 2002
BRUZZ_, Stella G_BSON, Pamela., (Editor) Fashion Cultures: Theories, Exploations and Analysis, Routledge, London, 2005
DAV_S. Fred., Moda, Kültür ve Kimlik, Çev: Özden Arıkan, Yapı Kredi Yayınları Istanbul, 1997

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In first week of academic term bibliography related with research subjects and course is given by lecturer to the students. Lecturer conveys the course the students by means of course notes which are prepared from different sources and visual presentations. Students presents their research subjects in class by means of oral and/or visual presentations in last 4 weeks in seminar form

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 RST RESIT ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignment - presentation %50
Final exam %50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cemal.meydan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wednesday, 12-13

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 2 3 6
Preparing assignments 14 3 42
Preparing presentations 3 4 12
Final 1 2 2
Assignment - presentation 1 6 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1553
LO.25553
LO.355553
LO.4335
LO.555