Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
0PSIR498Cinema And Politics3+0+03612.07.2024

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Political Science and İnternational Relations (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The first objective of this course is to ensure that the students develop an understanding of political history, political philosophy, the main concepts and debates of politics as a field thorough cinema as an art form and media product. The course’s second objective is to equip the students with an ability to critically relate various notable films to historical and current political and diplomatic developments.
Course Content This undergraduate course plans (a) to discuss the linkages of cinema as an art and politics, (b) to decipher notable films critically with reference to main concepts of political science, and (c) to study and critique a select set of films from Turkey and abroad to exemplify how films dwell on and shape our understanding of political issues and events that we encounter.
Course Methods and Techniques Watching films in advance and then in class, class discussions on the film and its meanings for political concepts and practices.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Prof.Dr. Ali Tekin
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. DENİZ ZORLU
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources This course is not open in this term.

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Attendance 14 % 20
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
16
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 5 70
Mid-terms 1 12 12
Final examination 1 20 20
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 6 144

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Understand the relations between politics, art and cinema
2 Know how to decipher the moral messages of political films
3 Understand how cinema relates to real life political events and their possible manipulation
4 Understand the communicative importance of cinema and other forms of art in the new media age
5 Understand how modern cinema impacts and shapes our perception of “the others”.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction
2 Politics, art, and cinema Open source readings
3 Political culture and media Open source readings
4 Eşkiya
5 Zübük
6 Wag the Dog
7 Dağ
8 Mid-term exam preparation
9 Black Hawk Down
10 Schindler’s List
11 All President’s Men
12 Blood Diamond
13 Argo
14 International Politics and cinema Open source readings

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
C1 5 4
C2 4 3 3
C3 3 3
C4 3 3 3
C5 3 3 4 3

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