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Program of Graphic Design

GSF355

SOCIOLOGY OF ART

Course Code
GSF355
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Develop communication skills and the ability to use the Turkish language effectively.
  2. Gain the ability to establish, interpret, and analyze the relationship between past, present, and future in the field of design.
  3. Acquire critical thinking skills.
  4. Develop the ability to think within a context.
  5. Learn to relate historical, social, and economic conditions to artistic and design processes.
  6. Gain the ability to critique and compare art theories at an analytical level.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionChanges in various fields of art depending on sociological development and the social dimension of art; the social value of artistic production, economic-political, and social influences on production and distribution relations.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the sociology of art
2nd Week Basic concepts
3rd Week Fundamental problems in the sociology of art
4th Week Fundamental problems
5th Week Fundamental problems
6th Week Society and culture
7th Week Midterm exam
8th Week The relationship between art and society
9th Week Principles in society and art
10th Week Theories ? Principles in society and art
11th Week Theories
12th Week Theories
13th Week Theories
14th Week Theories
Recommended or Required Reading1. Adorno T.W., The Culture Industry, London Routladge 1991
2. Alexander, Samuel, 1998, Beauty and other forms of value, Ann Arbor.
3 Burke S., The Death and Return of the Author, Criticism and Subjectivity in Barthes Foucault and Derrida, Edinburg 1998
4Bürger P., ,Avangarde Kuram, çev Erol Özbek İletişim Yay. İstanbul 2007
5. Fredrich Jameson, Postmodernism, Duke University Press USA 1995
6.E,Lunn, Marxism and Modernism an Historical Study of Lukacs Brecht, Benjamin and Adorno, Berkley University of California Press 1982
7 Read H., Art and Society, London 1970
8 I. Armstrong, The Radical Aesthetic, Blackwell UK 2000
9.Schaeffer Jean Marie, Art of the Modern Age, New French Thought Princeton University Pres, 2000
10 Whitford F., Bauhaus, London 2000
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Attendance 1 10
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 3 42
Preparation for Final exam 1 5 5
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 5 5
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 2 4 8
Weekly Articles and Resource Research 14 1 14
Total Work Load120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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K1
K2
K3 X X
K4 X
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9 X
K10 X
K11
K12
K13
K14
K15
K16 X
K17
K18
K19
K20 X
K21
K22