Information Package

Master's of Information Technology and System Management without Thesis

BTS572

VISUAL CULTURES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Course Code
BTS572
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree Without Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Will have a general knowledge regarding Visual Cultures and Visual Technologies.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsThere is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Course DescriptionCAE, the technologies of instruction, interactive multimedia, Methodologies. Structure of hypermedia, the hypermedia database, navigation and orientation, learning tools, expert system shells, modeling and simulation tools, multimedia construction tools, learning environments
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to Visual Cultures and Technologies
2nd Week Diagnostics
3rd Week Curation and Description
4th Week Access and Interpretation
5th Week Creating argument with images
6th Week Serialization
7th Week Framing and Design
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Composing with digital video and sound
10th Week Multimedia and multimodal essay creation
11th Week Webisodic Narrative
12th Week Digital archives
13th Week eBooks
14th Week Project presentations
Recommended or Required ReadingGrau, Oliver. "Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion". Trans. Gloria Custance. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003).
Hacker, Diana. "A Pocket Style Manual". 5th ed. (New York: Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 2008.)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Questions/Answers
  • Problem Solving
  • Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 10
Project 1 10
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
LO1
K1 X
K2
K3
K4
K5 X
K6
K7
K8 X
K9 X
K10 X
K11