COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RUSSIAN CULTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RDE 4009 RUSSIAN CULTURE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Russian Language and Literature (Russian)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TAMILLA ALIYEVA

Offered to

Russian Language and Literature (Russian)

Course Objective

To acquaint students with the history of Russian Culture, which is one of the important pillars of world culture and cultural values of modern Russia.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Know the history of Russian culture.
2   2. Learn about main components of Russian culture
3   3. Learn about features of modern Russian society.
4   4. Analyzes according to different approaches in cultural studies.
5   5. Establishes the relationship among culture-politics-literature.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. History of Russian culture. 11. Education in Russia.
2 2. Russian Theater 12. Cooperation with the Russians
3 3. Russian Cinema 13. Review of the material
4 4. Russian Ballet 14. Review of the material
5 5. Russian Ballet 15. General review
6 6.Russian Composers 16. Finel exam
7 7. Midterm exam
8 8. Russian Painters
9 9. Russian Architecture
10 10. Modern Socio-cultural values of Russians. Family Relations in Russia, women, youth

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Volkov, A. (2007). Russian Culture. Moscow: Encyclopedia Publishing.
2. Sergeeva, A. (2006). Russians: stereotypes of behaviour, traditions, mentality. Moscow: Flinta Publishing

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Russian

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance at 80% of the classes is mandatory.
2. Participation in the midterm and final activities will be taken into account in the evaluation.
3. Attempts to cheat and plagiarize in the midterm and final exams will be evaluated as 0 (zero).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tamilla.aliyeva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.00 - 16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555