Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
STV8005		CULTURAL STUDIES	2/0/0	DE		4

Course Goals	The aim of the course is to teach the birth, rise and important contributions to the field of cultural studies as an important approach in communication studies. The course will make use of films, commercials, television programs, and news programs in order to do text analysis.
Prerequisite(s)	.
Corequisite(s)	.
Special Requisite(s)	The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)	Assoc. Prof. Remziye Köse Özelçi
Course Assistant(s)	Res. Asst. Emre Fırat
Schedule	Thursday 15:00-16:45
Office Hour(s)	.
Teaching Methods and Techniques	Lectures and analysis of media texts
Principle Sources	John Storey. “What is Popular Culture.” Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. New York: Routledge Yayınları. 6. Edisyon. 2014 (Türkçe çeviri dersin hocası tarafından sağlanacaktır). Theodor Adorno. Kültür Endüstrisi Kültür Yönetimi, Ankara: İletişim Yayınları. Serpil Kırel, “Eğlence Çalışmanın Uzantısıdır! Sinema ve Kültür Endüstrisi İlişkisi.” Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Sinema. İstanbul: İthaki Yayınları. 2018 Antonio Gramsci. “Popüler Kültür” Gramsci Kitabı - Seçme Yazılar 1916-1935. İstanbul: Dipnot Yayınları. 2012 Benedict Anderson. “Kültürel Kökenler” & “Ulusal Bilincin Kökenleri” Hayali Cemaatler: Milliyetçiliğin Kökenleri ve Yayılması. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları. 1995 Edward Said. “Şarkiyatçılığın Etkinlik alanları” Şarkiyatçılık. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları. 2013.   Serpil Kırel, “Temsil ve Ötekinin Algılanması: Doğu, Batı ve Sinema.” Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Sinema. İstanbul: İthaki Yayınları. 2018
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Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Introduction to the course	Oral presentation
2. Week	What is culture? Cultural Studies as a Discipline	Oral presentation
3. Week	Defining Culture: Adorno & Horkheimer	Oral presentation
4. Week	Culture and Ideology: Gramsci	Oral presentation
5. Week	Culture and Nation: Imagined Communities and National Culture (Benedict Anderson)	Oral presentation
6. Week	Representation and the Other: Stuart Hall	Oral presentation
7. Week	Film Screening	Oral presentation
8. Week	Midterm exam
9. Week	The relationship between culture and representation: Roland Barthes	Oral presentation
10. Week	Postcolonialism	Oral presentation
11. Week	Colony and Representation in Cinema	Oral presentation
12. Week	Edward Said and the Concept of 'Orientalism': orientalism in artworks and the creation of the Orient	Oral presentation
13. Week	The Other and Orientalism in Cinema	Oral presentation
14. Week	Film screening and Overview	Oral presentation
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Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Midterm(s)	1	30
Attendance	1	10
Final Exam	1	60

Program Outcomes PO-1 Communication, art and culture related concepts to be priorities, all kinds of definitions can berelated to different areas. PO-2 Interpret technological developments and related artistic and cultural perceptions PO-3 Will be able to understand contemporary / contemporary cinema and television practices. PO-4 Will be able to analyze the organic relationship between art, communication and society. PO-5 Will be able to produce works that will learn the creative process and bring creativity to the foreground PO-6 It will be able to work creatively, flexibly and independently in a disciplined and self-created line. PO-7 Will be able to use the tools and equipment necessary for their profession in the right place and at the right time and will be able to implement their projects within the determined time. PO-8 Will be able to express his / her creative ideas using visual messages. PO-9 They will be able to give original products in different interdisciplinary fields like animation, photography, cinema. PO-10 He will have experience in film management, screenplay, cinematography and editing. PO-11 Will be able to prepare visual effects for cinema and television using computer based applications. PO-12 He will have experience in acting, mimicry, dramatic improvisation. PO-13 Be open to innovations in the field of mass communication and adapt to innovations in the field. PO-14 It will be able to produce projects with experienced experts in national and international areas. PO-15 Competitions, exhibitions, festivals, seminars etc. in national and international areas. will participate in the events.

Learning Outcomes LO-1 The knowledge of the theoretical connections between cultural structure and cinema LO-2 The ability to analyze visual culture products from a socio-cultural and economic context LO-3 The ability to draw connections between current cultural theories LO-4 The ability to analyze films within the context of cultural studies theories LO-5 The ability to question and discuss the presence of ideology in daily life practices

Course Assessment Matrix:

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