Major Topics in Cultural Studies (ELIT331) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Major Topics in Cultural Studies	ELIT331	Area Elective	3	0	0	3	5

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The theme of violence covered in different genres such as short fiction, film and drama.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Become competent in narrowing down the focus to a single topic Improve their paper writing skills Acquire the ability to make scholarly comments on a particular literary work Acquire a wide understanding of the violent aspects of human nature and the way violence informs the interaction between the individual and society
Course Content	The theme of violence covered in different genres such as short fiction, film and drama.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	“ The Tell-Tale Heart”	The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
2	“The Lottery”	The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
3	Screening	Animations
4	“A Goodman is Hard to Find”	The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
5	“The Yellow Wallpaper”	The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
6	“The Bloody Chamber”	The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
7	Screening	1984
8	Screening	Fight Club
9	Midterm Exam	Revision
10	Titus Andronicus	The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
11	Titus Andronicus	The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
12	Screening	Titus Andronicus
13	Screening	American History X
14	“Everything that Rises must Converge”	The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
15	“Everything that Rises must Converge”	The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
16	Final exam	Revision

Sources

Course Book	1. Cassil, R.V. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. New York London: W.W. Norton Company, 1995.
Other Sources	2. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Wordsworth Editions. Great Britain: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1999.

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	1	5
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	1	25
Presentation	-	-
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	30
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	40
Toplam	4	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
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	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 Culture and 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 culture and 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	To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects.
12	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.
13	To be able to understand and be a part of world culture.

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	14	2	28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	1	10	10
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	15	15
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	25	25
Total Workload			126