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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
STA 6038	DISNEY S IMAGINEERING AND SOCIETY ENGINEERING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Art and Design Proficiency in Art

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET KORKUT ÖZTEKIN

Offered to

Art and Design Proficiency in Art

Course Objective

Walt Disney is not only one of the most important personalities of 20th century because of his contribution to animation art, but also an entrepreneur on media technologies, a visionary on marketing and public relation sectors, last but not the least an important master mind of society design experiments. Today Disney becomes a gargantuan enterprise, a merchandise of billion dollars. Rise of Disney as a politic, artistic and cultural figure will be explored in this class.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To gain expertise on artistic creativity and experimental sensitivity
2	To understand design and illustration sensitivities foreign civilizations and to gain expertise on illustration techniques and mixing medias of Global cultures
3	To gain expertise on idea development and Imagineering
4	To become a self imposing and self-reliant designer and artist
5	To become an expert on applying most of production techniques
6	To become an expert on graphic storytelling techniques
7	To reach virtuosity on a specific illustration medium
8	To reach and help on a specific illustration branch

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Under the dawn of art and science, constructing the reality, which overshadows the imagination
2	Who is Disney
3	Yesterday, today and tomorrow; The Theme Parks, Disney s Fairy Land
4	War, politics and entrepreneurship
5	Creation of an entertainment industry
6	Disney cinema, the contemporary circus
7	Disney s alter ego; Miki Mouse
8	Children psychology and Disney
9	Reflections of Disney; Mobius & Miyazaki
10	American image and Disney
11	Samurai and Duels; Blade of The Immortal and remembering the past through heroic literature
12	Free seminar day
13	Free seminar day
14	Free seminar day

Recomended or Required Reading

BUCATMAN, Scott, Matters of Gravity, Remembering Cyber Space, X Bodies, Duke University Press, London, 2003,
MURAKAMI, Takashi(editör), Little Boy The Arts of Japans Exploding Subculture , Japan Society, Yale University Press, New York A.B.D., s.70
The Imagineers, Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real Disney Editions, 1998, Michigan Üniversitesi, 0786883723, 9780786883721
ÖZTEKIN, Mehmet Korkut, Bir Kültürel Direniş Aracı Olarak Japon Çizgi Romanı Manga
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Enstitüsü Yayınları / ISNB no: 978-9944-172-33-2

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

A general look towards one of the most important founding father of contemporary American identity and aesthetic codes. Multifaceted projects and theoretical seminars for gaining expertise for exploring and criticizing unique cultural expressions, mainstream themes with local and global effects of the industry developed under the impression of the foremost samples of entertainment design

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Seminars and innovative research projects on imagineering...

Assessment Criteria

In this one term course, participants shall prepare several seminars and research papers

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course shall be executed with the respect towards universal academic ethics and code of laws. Originality and flawless participation shall be awarded highly. Trickery, cheating and plagiarism are absolutely forbidden and shall be heavily punishable by any academic means.

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)
Lecture	14	3	42
Course Preparation (Reading and gathering of the course materials etc.)	14	2	28
Final exam preparation	1	6	6
Paper Preparation	4	16	64
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14
LO.1	5	4	5		3	5	4	5	5	5		4	5
LO.2		5	3			5	4		5			5	4
LO.3				5	5	3	5			5	4	5		5
LO.4	4	5	4	5			5	5		5	4	5
LO.5		5	4		5	4		5	3	5			5
LO.6		4	5	4	5		3	5				5	4
LO.7	5	4	5			5	4	3		5		5		5
LO.8			5	4		3	5			5	5	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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