TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to discuss the understanding that all art is political in nature, 2) will be able to discuss how the arts influence politics as much as politics influence the arts and how political ideas are reflected through a variety of artistic means.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	A course which examines the relationship between art and politics in America by studying various literary and artistic works and movements which are ostensibly political in nature.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Politics and Art 2nd Week Politics and Music: Jazz, Rock'n Roll, Hip-Hop, Neosoul, Country, and the like 3rd Week Politics and Music: Jazz, Rock'n Roll, Hip-Hop, Neosoul, Country, and the like 4th Week Political Cinema: Patriotic, Anti-War, Anti-Establishment Films 5th Week Political Cinema: Patriotic, Anti-War, Anti-Establishment Films 6th Week Student Presentations 7th Week Student Presentations 8th Week Mid-term Examination 9th Week Poetry and Politics: Democratic Vistas, Poetry of Dissent 10th Week Poetry and Politics: Democratic Vistas, Poetry of Dissent 11th Week Pictorial Arts: Revolutionary Artists, Critiques of Consumer Society (Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock the Armory Show of 1913, and the like) 12th Week Pictorial Arts: Revolutionary Artists, Critiques of Consumer Society (Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock the Armory Show of 1913, and the like) 13th Week Student Presentations 14th Week Student Presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Adorno, Theodore. Culture Industry, London: Routledge, 1991. Barta, Tony. Screening the Past: Film and the Representation of History. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. Davies, Philip, and Brian Neve. Cinema, Politics and Society in America, New York: St. Martin's, 1981. Francis, Frascina. Art, Politics and Dissent: Aspects of the Art Left in Sixties' America. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1999. Howe, Irving. Politics and the Novel. New York: Meridian, 1987. Melzer, Arthur M, J. Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman, eds. Democracy and the Arts, 1999.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Attendance 1 10 Presentation of Article 2 20 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 25 25 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Article Presentation 2 35 70 Weekly Articles and Resource Research 14 5 70 Total Workload 308 Total Workload / 30 10,26 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No