COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEXTILE SOCIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STA 6047 TEXTILE SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Art and Design

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NESRIN ÖNLÜ

Offered to

Art and Design

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to discuss the sociological meaning of textile as a field of art and a consumption means.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   identify `textile as a scientific field,
2   identify `textile as a field of art,
3   identify `textile as a cultural and global consumption means,
4   discuss the interdisciplinary feature of textile,
5   examine the relationship between textile and sociology scientifically.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Assessing textile in terms of art
2 Assessing art in terms of science
3 Identifying sociology and correlating it with textile
4 Origins of textile and dressing and the improvement of styles
5 Social order and changes in fashion
6 Cultural, group and personal values
7 Class differences and the role of textile
8 Social movement and textile-clothing relation
9 Symbolism of clothing
10 The concept of `role and traditional `role model
11 Social acceptance and status
12 Individualism and socialism in terms of textile
13 New inferences in textile-sociology relationship

Recomended or Required Reading


- THE SECOND SKIN, Marilyn J. Horn / Lois M. Gurel, Third Edition,Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981, USA, 516 s.
- CLOTHING: A STUDY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, Mary Shaw Ryan, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1966, 341 s.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

After discussing the outcome process of textile as a field of art, sociological relations will be determined or new relations will be discussed.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STA TERM WORK (ANNUAL)
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STA * 0.70 +ASG* 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparation for Projects 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2435453545
LO.35453543
LO.4435545455
LO.545355435