COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESTITUTION OF CARPETS AND RUGS II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GES 5150 RESTITUTION OF CARPETS AND RUGS II ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Traditional Turkish Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GONCA KARAVAR

Offered to

Traditional Turkish Arts

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to have the students comprehend the importance of documentation during textile restoration; to have them figure out at which stage the people educated on design officiate in this period; and to help them to specialize in their field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   make technical analysis of the carpets and rugs, at the speciality level, to be restored at the documentation stage,
2   make academic researches to complete the missing parts of carpets or plain weavings schematically,
3   define carpets or rugs schematically by referring to the sources of their periodical features,
4   make restitutions by completing the missing part of carpets or rugs schematically,
5   present their restitution study effectively.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General introduction of the course content
2 Researching sources to complete the missing part of a chosen carpet or rug schematically
3 Scanning the source
4 Scanning the source
5 Determining the definition of the carpet
6 Preparations for the report related to the current situation of the carpet or rug
7 Determining the design features of the carpet or rug to be restituted, related to the period they belong to
8 Determining the design features of the carpet or rug to be restituted, related to the period they belong to
9 Determining the composition features of the carpet or rug to be restituted
10 Determining the composition features of the carpet or rug to be restituted
11 Determining the motifs in the missing part of the carpet or rug to be restituted
12 Determining the motifs in the missing part of the carpet or rug to be restituted
13 Preparing the result report, preparations for the file

Recomended or Required Reading

*Works and web sites of institution related conservation and restoration
*Sample works of museums in Europe and USA

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The foreign studies, entities, institutions and plants related to the field are examined as well as scanning the related literature. Later on, the documentation stage, the most important part of restoration, is instructed by studying on a sample.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 +FCG * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 RST RESIT MTE * 0.20 +ASG * 0.20 +RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

A mid-term and a final exam will be given, related to the lesson subjects. Besides, the students are supposed to prepare a homework. The pass grade will be determined out of the mid-term, final and homework grades.

Assessment Criteria

The mid-term, the final and the homework will be evaluated out of 100. the 20 % of the mid-term, 20 % of the homework and 60 % of the final will determine the pass grade. The students will be informed about value of the questions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70 % attendance is compulsory.
Before the end of the term, in the last 15 days, students will be able to learn their attendance. The students who have failed due to absenteeism will not be admitted the final exam.
At the end of each lesson, the next one s subject is given to the students as study and research subject. So, students come to the next lesson ready.
Students who are on sick leave will be considered absent, except the mid-term and the final exams.
By no means is the student given the exam again, if he does not take the mid-term or/and the final without any excuse.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gonca.karavar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

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Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 60 60
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.154555
LO.254555
LO.354555
LO.454555
LO.554555

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