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Program of Graphic Design

SGRA120

SOCIOLOGY OF ARTS

Course Code
SGRA120
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. Acquires communication skills and the ability to use Turkish effectively.
  2. Acquires the ability to establish and interpret the relationship between the past, present, and future in the field of design.
  3. Acquires critical thinking skills.
  4. Acquires the ability to think within a context.
  5. Acquires the ability to establish a relationship between historical, social, and economic conditions and art and design processes.
  6. Acquires the ability to speak and analyze at a level that can criticize and make comparisons about art theories.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThis course explores how art is shaped by social, political, and economic conditions. Students study the social value of art, production and distribution mechanisms, and the role of the artist in society.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the sociology of art.
2nd Week Basic concepts.
3rd Week The basic problems of the sociology of art.
4th Week Basic problems.
5th Week Basic problems.
6th Week Society-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 ReadingAdorno T.W., The Culture Industry, London Routladge 1991
Alexander, Samuel, 1998, Beauty and other forms of value, Ann Arbor.
Burke S., The Death and Return of the Author, Criticism and Subjectivity in Barthes Foucault and Derrida, Edinburg 1998
Bürger P., ,Avangarde Kuram, çev Erol Özbek İletişim Yay. İstanbul 2007
Fredrich Jameson, Postmodernism, Duke University Press USA 1995
E,Lunn, Marxism and Modernism an Historical Study of Lukacs Brecht, Benjamin and Adorno, Berkley University of California Press 1982
Read H., Art and Society, London 1970
I. Armstrong, The Radical Aesthetic, Blackwell UK 2000
Schaeffer Jean Marie, Art of the Modern Age, New French Thought Princeton University Pres, 2000
Whitford F., Bauhaus, London 2000
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Presentation
  • Report Preparation
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

LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
K1 X X X
K2
K3
K4
K5 X
K6 X
K7
K8 X
K9
K10 X
K11
K12
K13
K14 X
K15
K16
K17