ECTS - Introduction to Photography

Introduction to Photography (ART201) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Introduction to Photography ART201 Fall and Spring 3 0 0 3 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives - To learn technical and compositional information in photography - To take good photographs on professional and social life - To learn photographers works’ throughout photography history to our day
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Explain the different uses of photography.
  • Knows ethics and copyright in photography
  • Learns different types of cameras
  • Uses aperture and focal length to control depth of field
  • Uses shutter speed to control movement
  • Uses proper lighting to take good photographs
  • Learns to compose a photograph
  • Knows historical and contemporary photographers and their works
Course Content Definition of photography and the photographer, the uses of photography in life, camera and its parts (aperture, iso, shutter, lens), light and its use in photography, composition rules in photography, the works of photographers from the world and Turkey.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction. Essential information about the course context, course outline, references and assesment methods.
2 Definition of photography and photographer. Different types of photography. Basic elements of photography.
3 Ethics and copyright in photography.
4 Watch a photography documentary. Students will write one paragraph about the documentary.
5 Types of cameras and lenses.
6 The relationship between aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Sensors, memory cards, filters.
7 Midterm
8 Understanding light and posing in photography.
9 Composition rules in photography and different approaches. Practicing the previous subjects.
10 Watch a photography documentary. Students will write one paragraph about the documentary.
11 Photographers’ works from the invention of photography to present day. Finishing the writing.
12 Photographers’ works from the invention of photography to present day.
13 Photographers’ works and development of photography from Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey.
14 Photographers’ works from the Republic of Turkey. Researching national photographers.
15 Watch a photography documentary. Students will write one paragraph about the documentary or reviewing the term.
16 Final

Sources

Other Sources 1. Akbaş, F., & İkizler, E. (2011). Fotoğraf Teknik Okumaları. İstanbul: Say Yayınları.
2. Carroll, H. (2015). İyi Fotoğraflar Çekmek İçin Bu Kitabı Okuyun. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
3. İkizler, E. (2007). Filmden Dijitale Fotoğraf. İstanbul: Say Yayınları.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 3 15
Presentation 1 15
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 6 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 The ability to have and use theoretical and practical information in international trade and logistics
2 The ability to define problems, as well as to collect, evaluate, analyze, and interpret data, and to devise solutions, making use of the information, skills, and competencies in the field
3 The ability to perform numerical analyses and research through accessing different resources of information in the field
4 The ability to take part in intra- and interdisciplinary, or multi-cultural working groups, as well as work individually
5 The ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English, and to make use of at least 1 foreign language
6 The ability to act responsibly, and with the awareness in the issues of environmental sensitivity, sustainability, transparency, social responsibility, and ethical values
7 The ability to read, understand, and interpret the relevant legislation in the field of international trade and logistics, and to see the global, and social effects of practices
8 The ability to question and interpret the acquired interdisciplinary pieces of information within the framework of the current economic, social, and environmental conjuncture
9 The ability to stay up to date regarding the local, regional, and global changes in the international trade and logistics, and the supply chain sector; and relevant through improvements on professional competencies and backgrounds, and to devise quick and effective solutions to possible problems through an innovative approach
10 The ability to track national and international regulations in international trade and logistics, to learn logistic procedures and risk management, to use current instruments of technology and informatics, to analyze and improve processes, to devise new ideas and suggestions, to manage activities for change, and to report and document these processes
11 -

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 3 2 6
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 10 10
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 3 5 15
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 6 6
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 15 15
Total Workload 100