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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS SOS 3037 SOCIOLOGY OF CINEMA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

Discuss the relationship between cinema and society; cinema as a tool to describe the characteristics reflective of society and culture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Film and audience, theories and methods analysing the cinema-society relationship 2   Social contents of the films, contetnt analysis and cultural values a case study: The Changing Profile of the Immigrants in Turkish Cinema" Mid-term exam analysing the cinema-society relationship 3   Ideological approach, understanding ideology of a film, semiotics and their ideological meanings.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Talks about the content of the course 2 Social point of view, the relationship between cinema and society, basic principals and studies 3 Cinema as a mass communication, place of cinema in mass culture 4 Analysing the cinema-society relationship 1: film and audience, theories and methods 5 Analysing the cinema-society relationship 2: social contents of the films, contetnt analysis and cultural values 6 A case study: The Changing Profile of the Immigrants in Turkish Cinema" 7 Mid-term exam 8 Analysing the cinema-society relationship 3: ideological approach, understanding ideology of a film, semiotics and their ideological meanings 9 A case study:Women at the Turkish Cinema 10 A case study:Hollywood and War 11 A case study:Globalization,National Identy and Turkish Cinema 12 Presenting student works 13 Presenting student works 14 Presenting student works 15 Presenting student works 16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

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

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Midterm 1 5 5 Final 1 10 10 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

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 5 5 LO.2 5 LO.3 5