TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Çağdaş Emrah Çağlıyan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) İmprove their analysing skills relating to films. 2) Learn how to relate films and other disciplines. 3) Get abilities to write academic texts with relating their fields of interests.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Film Critics is designed for the students who are interested in cinema and willing to improve their analysing skills at competent level. Inthe course, film critics approaches will be studied by watching and establishing a mutual relations with suitable films.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction of the course / discussing the differences between popular and academic ways of reading film. 2nd Week Examining the relations of film critics and philosophy / introduction to the sociological approach. 3rd Week Film screening about the sociological approach 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957) / discussing the film in the context of sociological approach. 4th Week Examining the ideological approach. 5th Week Film screening about the ideological approach (They Live, John Carpenter, 1988) / discussing the film in the context of ideological approach. 6th Week Discussing the semantics and semiology / examining the semiological approach in the film critics. 7th Week Film screening about the semiological approach (Paris, Texas, Wim Wenders, 1984) / discussing the film in the context of the semiological approach. 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Discussing the studies about gender roles / examining the feminist approach in the film critics. 10th Week Discussing about the auteurs in the film history / examining the auteur approach in the film critics. 11th Week Film screening about the auteur approach Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011) / discussing the film in the context of the auteur approach. 12th Week Examining the psychoanalitical approach in the film critics. 13th Week Auteur approach. 14th Week Discussion about a film in the context of auteur approach: The Passenger (M. Antonioni, 1975).
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	RYAN Michael, KELLNER Douglas, (1997) Politik Kamera Çağdaş Hollywood Sinemasının İdeolojisi ve Politikası, Çev. Elif Özsayar, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul. Teksoy, Rekin, (2005) Rekin Teksoy'un Sinema Tarihi, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık. Özden, Zafer, (2007), Film Eleştirisi, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara. Kabadayı, Lale, (2013) Film Eleştirisi, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul. Adanır, Oğuz, (2003) Sinemada Anlam ve Anlatım, İstanbul, Alfa Yayınları. Büker, Seçil, (2010) Sinemada Anlam Yaratma, İstanbul, Hayalbaz Kitap. Monaco, James, (2007) Bir Film Nasıl Okunur?, çev. Ertan Yılmaz, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık. Read, Rupert, Goodenough, Jerry, (2005) Film as Philosophy, Great Britain, Palgrave Macmillan.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Other,Questions/Answers
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
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 50 50 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Total Workload 156 Total Workload / 30 5,2 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No