FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Department of New Media and Communication
GEAR 211 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Communication, Literature and Philosophy
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
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Local Credits
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ECTS
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GEAR 211
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Service Course
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Course Objectives | This module aims to introduce students to analytic thinking and philosophizing via short readings and analysis of literary texts, art works, photography and cinema. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course focuses on the historical trajectory of western philosophy in parallel to its relations particularly with literature and art, and generally with culture and communications. |
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Core Courses | |
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
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WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Presentation and an overview of the course, course organization, requirements and methods of evaluation. | |
| 2 | Essential Questions of Philosophy: Ancient Greece | Clerk, ‘Ancient Philosophy, in Kenny, 1-53 |
| 3 | Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Times | ‘Descartes to Kant’, in Kenny, 107-193 |
| 4 | Enlightenment, Modernity and Reason | Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose; ‘Descartes’ in Russell, 511-520, Umberto Eco, ‘The Return of the Middle Ages’ in Eco,Travels in Hyperreality, 59-86 |
| 5 | Modernity, Science, Progress and Dangers | Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. Descartes in Russell, 511-520 |
| 6 | Discussion on the Consequences of Modernization | 'Descartes to Kant' in Kenny, 107-193. |
| 7 | Consciousness, Identity and Freedom: Lord and Bondsman | Orhan Pamuk, The White Castle. ‘Hegel’ in Kenny 201 -206. |
| 8 | Discussion on Lord/Bondsman and East/West | Hegel’ in Kenny 201 -206. Hall, ‘The West and the Rest’ (Handout) |
| 9 | Ethics: Modern and Postmodern | Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment. ‘Kantian Morality’, in Kenny, 190-192; ‘Nietzsche’, in Kenny 216-221 |
| 10 | Modernity and Social Injustice | John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath Movie: Germinal ‘ Marx and the Young Hegelians’ & ‘Capitalism and its Discontents’, Kenny, 304-309. Russell, Ch. XXVII. Karl Marx |
| 11 | Modernity, Power, Bureaucracy and Surveillance | Franz Kafka ‘The Trial’ Movie ‘Kafka’ SEP ‘Weber’; SEP ‘Foucault’ (Handouts) |
| 12 | Rousseau: “Natural Man” and Degeneration | Joseph Conrad, ‘Heart of Darkness’ Movie ‘Apocalypse Now’ Quinton ‘Rousseau’ in Kenny 329-332 Freud, ‘Civilization and Its Discontents’ (Handout) |
| 13 | Existentialism | Albert Camus, The Stranger. Existentialism,SEP |
| 14 | Philosophy and Psyche | Franz Kafka ‘Metamorphosis’ Yusuf Atılgan ‘Anayurt Oteli’ & Movie Modules on Freud (Handout) Kenny, .’Sigmound Freud’, pp. 343-350. |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Revision |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins, The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy. Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, Sir Anthony Kenny, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose Orhan Pamuk, The White Castle Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment Franz Kafka ‘The Trial’ Joseph Conrad, ‘Heart of Darkness’ Franz Kafka ‘Metamorphosis’ Yusuf Atılgan ‘Anayurt Oteli’ Albert Camus, The Stranger John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
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30
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
2
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60
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| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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70
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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30
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ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
15
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5
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75
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
0
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
1
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20
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20
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
2
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10
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20
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| Final Exam |
0
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| Total |
163
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. |
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| 2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. |
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| 3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. |
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| 4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. |
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| 5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. |
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| 6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. |
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| 7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. |
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| 8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. |
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| 9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. |
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| 10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. |
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| 11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). |
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| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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