TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Seventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	2
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) learn about historical development, genres, important figures of popular music.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Acquiring historical and therotical information and gaining perspective on the concept and culture of popular music.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Conceptual framework: Pop culture, folk culture. 2nd Week Field of popular culture, main approaches. 3rd Week Frankfurt School. 4th Week British Culture Studies. 5th Week Adorno, culture industry and popular music. 6th Week Main aspects of popular music. 7th Week Genres in popular music. 8th Week Midterm. 9th Week Development of Blues and Rock'n Roll 10th Week Popular Music Theory: Basic rhythmic patternsç 11th Week Popular Music Theory: Scales, modes. 12th Week Popular Music Theory: Basic chord progressions. 13th Week Popular music in Turkey. 14th Week Recent developments.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Ayhan Erol, Popüler Müziği Anlamak, Bağlam Yay., 2. Giles Oakley, Blues Tarihi, Ayrıntı Yay., 3. L. Malson ve C. Bellest, Caz, Dost Yay., 4. Meral Özbek, Popüler Kültür ve Orhan Gencebay Arabeski, İletişim Yay., 5. Martin Stokes, Türkiye'de Arabesk Olayı, İletişim Yay., 6. Metin Solmaz, Türkiye'de Pop Müzik, Pan Yay., 7. Nail Yavuzoğlu, Caz Müziğinde Akor Dizileri, Pan Yay.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No