COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POPULAR CULTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 2011 POPULAR CULTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course aims to analyze theoretical content, exemplary popular culture research as well as contemporary popular culture phenomena.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will become aquainted with cultural categorizations and terminology in the area
2   Students will acquire skills of learning new terminology, viewing, listening, recognizing.
3   Students will have access to teaching material online at course blog, and will aquire skills to do reseach online.
4   Students will recognize cultural categories such as race, class and gender special to culture studies analysis
5   Students will recognize theories of art, philosophy, and technological/digital platforms giving way to new cultural concepts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Nachbar Lause Section 1 Nachbar & L ause /course boks mayeb subject to change each semester. Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary viewing
2 Myths beliefs and values in Popular culture Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary viewing
3 Meaning of Power and popular icons Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture powe point presentations /movie documentary viewing
4 Meaning of Stereotypes, cultural celebrations Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary viewing
5 Meaning of Stereotypes--continued Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary viewing
6 Rituals in American Popular Culture Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary
7 Formulas in American Popular Culture Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary viewing
8 Midterm
9 Reflections of the Western genre in Popular culture Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary viewing
10 Tv Sitcoms Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary viewing
11 Textual Narrative analysis Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary viewing
12 Literary genres and their manifestations through Popular Culture/intertextuality Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary viewing
13 New trends in Popular Culture Introduction to popular culture concepts Lecture power point presentations /movie documentary viewing
14 Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Jack Nachbar and Kevin Lause, Popular Culture: An introductory Text (Bowling Green State University Popular Press) 1992 and additional visual material.
Syllabi maybe altered with due notice.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Classes
1 All selected teaching material; written and visual are to be notified prior to the semester.
Syllabi maybe altered with due notice.
Lectures maybe inclusive of power point presentations; black board use, and handouts.
2. Teaching material is posted on the blog site (online)/Linked at the Sakai educational platform allowing
for duly class preparation.
3. audio/visual resources will be part of in-class learning.
Computer applications:
6. The Course Blog will carry all class related audio visual texts, as well as class related announcements.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Exams:
Throughout the semester two (2) exams will be administered.
1) Midterm: (%50)
Midterm exam will be in test form, inclusive of multiple choice, fill in the blanks, open ended
type questions. This exam aims to test student understanding of acquired information.
1) Final: (%50)
Final exam will be in test form, inclusive of multiple choice, fill in the blanks, open ended type
Home works maybe assigned as (%10) of the final grade

Assessment Criteria

1. Exam questions require memorization of a concept, an author s name, a literary work, an aspect specific to an era, the name of a particular style, the essence of an intellectual trend etc.
2. In multiple-choice text exam answers are constant.
3. In Fill in the blank type questions correct answers and answers that are closest to the correct answer are accepted as correct. If the correct answer is worth two points (2) the answer closest to correct is to be graded as one (1) point.
4. In open ended type questions students are expected to remember a definition at its best possible form in a cause and effect relationship, showing their best understanding of it. If the correct answer is worth two points (2) the answer closest to correct is to be graded as one (1) point.
5. Test questions are commensurate with issues covered during the half semester in concern, and are prepared so as to allow for due response time.
6. In grading bell curve may be applied, with 70 median. University Oracle system is employed in the implementation of this calculation.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1) Class attendance is compulsory (%70)
2) Students who have already fulfilled attendance but have failed the course on an earlier year, and are regarded by university rule and regulations exempt from participation to the class, are still expected to be informed of the current year s course content, as it maybe subject to alteration.
3) Students are expected to adhere with the academic code of ethics.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Faculty of Letters A-112

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Ders Anlatımı 13 3 39
Vize Sınavına Hazırlık 1 16 16
Haftalık Ders Öncesi/Sonrası Hazırlıklar 13 3 39
Final Sınavına Hazırlık 1 25 25
Final Sınavı 1 3 3
Vize Sınavı 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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