ECTS - Aesthetics
Aesthetics (HUM320) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Aesthetics | HUM320 | General Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The course aims at introducing the concept of aesthetics to students, reading and discussing some of the most outstanding philosophers’ works (as a whole or as selections) on Aesthetics and tracing the changes and improvement in the idea of aesthetics in history. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Defining art, aesthetics, the beautiful and the ugly, and ethics; scrutinizing their contents; examining the place of aethetics in art and nature; discussing and comparing the views of the philosophers studied. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction to Aesthetics | Recommended throughout the course |
| 2 | Aristote: Poetika(Poetics) | |
| 3 | Aristote: Poetika(Poetics) | |
| 4 | Plato: Şölen (Symposium) | |
| 5 | Plato: Şölen (Symposium) | |
| 6 | David Hume, Zevkin Ölçütüne Dair (Of the Standard of Taste) | |
| 7 | David Hume, Zevkin Ölçütüne Dair (Of the Standard of Taste) | |
| 8 | Kant, Immanuel, Yargı Yetisinin Eleştirisi (Critique of Judgment) | |
| 9 | Kant, Immanuel, Yargı Yetisinin Eleştirisi (Critique of Judgment) | |
| 10 | Kant, Immanuel, Yargı Yetisinin Eleştirisi | |
| 11 | Nietzsche, Friedrick, Putların Alacakaranlığı (Twilight of the Idols) (Selection) | |
| 12 | Nietzsche, Friedrick, Putların Alacakaranlığı (Selection) | |
| 13 | Nietzsche, Friedrick, Tragedyanın Doğuşu (Birth of Tragedy) (Selections) | |
| 14 | Nietzsche, Friedrick, Tragedyanın Doğuşu (Selections) | |
| 15 | Review | |
| 16 | Exam Week |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Aristoteles, Poetika, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1987. |
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| 2. Platon, Şölen, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2016. | |
| 3. David Hume, Zevkin Ölçütüne Dair, Elibron Classics, Boston, 2007. | |
| 4. Kant, Immanuel, Yargı Yetisinin Eleştirisi, İdea Yayınavi, İstanbul, 2006. | |
| 5. Nietzsche, Friedrick, Putların Alacakaranlığı, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul,2010. | |
| 6. Nietzsche, Friedrick, Tragedyanın Doğuşu, Can sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 20 |
| Presentation | 2 | 10 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 9 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| 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 | To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing | |||||
| 2 | To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English literature. | |||||
| 3 | To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts | |||||
| 4 | To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects | |||||
| 5 | To be able to compare and contrast English literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures | |||||
| 7 | To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field | |||||
| 8 | To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking | |||||
| 9 | To gain knowledge about how to conduct an academic research and to use the acquired knowledge in accordance with the purpose of the research | |||||
| 10 | To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production | |||||
| 11 | The ability to translate various kinds of texts from different disciplines both from English into Turkish and from Turkish into English | |||||
| 12 | To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects | |||||
| 13 | To be able to understand and decipher various discourses involved in literature such as literary, philosophical, psychological, cultural, critical and theoretical discourses in English language | |||||
| 14 | To be able to understand and be a part of world culture | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | |||
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Total Workload | 98 | ||