COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PREHISTORIC PERIOD IN ANATOLIA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 6003 PREHISTORIC PERIOD IN ANATOLIA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Doctorate Degree in Museum Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR REMZI YAĞCI

Offered to

Doctorate Degree in Museum Studies

Course Objective

In this course from prehistoric period to the First Millennium in Anatolia, it will provide basic information about the development of art in civilization. Ceramics, plastic and architectural works will be discussed comparatively.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Examining the artistic language of the cultures of Anatolian geography.
2   Early periods of the history of Anatolia from primitive language to artistic language The meaning and development of the arts of painting and sculpture that began in the Paleothic Period, new art products related to the developing concepts in the Neolithic period, works of art by Chalcolithic people who distinguish more and more indivual tastes and images, metalworking in the Broze Age, the art of Hatti, the oldest nation in Anatolia whose name is known.
3   Studying sample works of art, from the earliest period to the transformation from magic-talisman to imitation and mimesis.
4   Works of art are analyed in a chronological order by taking into accounts the criteria such conservation in museums and ehhibition techniques.
5   The role of basic instincts towards artistic production and representation of culture are highlighted while understanding a work of art.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Anatolia in the Paleolithic Period, 1.
2 Anatolia in the Paleolithic Period, 2.
3 Anadolia in the Epipaleolithic (Mezolithic) Period
4 Anatolia in the Prepottery Neolithic, 1.
5 Anatolia in the Prepottery Neolithic, 2
6 Anatolia in the Prepottery Neolithic, 3.
7 Anatolia in the Neolithic Period, 1.
8 Midterm exam
9 Anatolia in the Neolithic Period, 2
10 Anatolia in the Chalcolithic Period
11 Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age I.
12 Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age II
13 Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age III
14 Beginning of Protohistoric Periods in Anatolia.
15 Student presentations
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

-Ekrem Akurgal, Die Kunst der Hethiter, Max Hirmer, Mùnchen 1961, 1976; The Art of the Hittites, Thames und Hudson, London 1962; Arte degli Ittiti, Sansoni Firenze 1962.
-U. Bahadır Alkım, Henri Metzger, Anatolia: From the beginnings to the end of the 2nd millennium B.C, Barrie & Rockliff the Cresset P., 1969.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

If required field trips and museum visits will be organised
Power Point Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance il obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

engin.akdeniz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 1 6 6
Group session 2 10 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 2 30 60
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 242

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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