COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL CHANGE AND CINEMA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 6086 SOCIAL CHANGE AND CINEMA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEBIYE KONUK KANDEMIR

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to develop a critical perspective in order to interpret social change through art and to make social readings, especially through cinema.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understands the concept of social change and can relate it to the elements of social structure,
2   Learns to interpret Human-Society relations from different perspectives,
3   Learns to see the structure and social problems of the society he lives in with the concept of social change,
4   Have knowledge about theories regarding social change,
5   Can analyze the relationship between the individual and social change through cinema.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Individual and Society and art
2 Concept of social change
3 Basic theories of social change
4 Social change concepts and theories
5 Social change and social structure
6 The relationship between social change and art
7 The relationship between social change and cinema
8 Midterm exam
9 Social value-cinema
10 Social deviation-cinema
11 Cinema in the context of morality and law
12 The relationship between separation from society, crime and violence and cinema
13 Movie analysis
14 Movie analysis
15 Movie analysis
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Giddens, A. (2008). Sosyoloji,(çev: Cemal Güzel). Kırmızı Yayınları, Istanbul.

A.Ertaylan, "BIR DIRENIŞ/ISYAN BIÇIMI OLARAK 'DELILIK' VE 'MECZUPLUK' UN SINEMADAKI TEMSILI," In ILETIŞIMDE GÜNCEL YAKLAŞIMLAR , Prag: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2017, pp.105-128
Aytekin, H. (2016). Türkiyede toplumsal değişme ve belgesel sinema.
Ataman, Ö. E. (2002). Sinemada toplumsal cinsiyet rolleri: 1980-1999 yılları arasında Türk sinemasında toplumsal cinsiyet rollerinin sunumu (Doctoral dissertation, Anadolu University (Turkey)).
KONUK, N., & ALICI, B. (2022). EKONOMIK ŞIDDETIN TOPLUMSAL YANSIMALARINA TÜRK SINEMASINDAN BAKIŞ: NEFESIM KESILENE KADAR ÖRNEĞI. Öneri Dergisi, 17(57), 365-385.
Kandemir, N. K., & Demir, S. K. Birey, toplum ve çevre ilişkisi bağlamında sinema: 2040 belgesel filmi örneği. NOSYON: Uluslararası Toplum ve Kültür Çalışmaları Dergisi, (10), 122-133.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.20 + FN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nebiye.konukkandemir@deu.edu.tr

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 8 112
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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