TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	2
SEMESTER	Fourth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Mustafa Onur Duman
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will acquire knowledge of thought systems and world culture. 2) will be able to conduct Cultural Studies practices. 3) will improve their skills for inferring meaning by analysing signs.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to introduce students to the theory and practice of Cultural Studies, and it focuses on the reading of signs as a means of deriving meanings out of non-textual, as well as textual material.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week General Introduction 2nd Week Definition of Cultural Studies 3rd Week Marxism effect and critical approach 4th Week Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus ? Louis Althusser 5th Week Semiotics 6th Week Encoding/ Decoding ? Stuart Hall 7th Week Anthropology of Cultural Studies 8th Week Midterm Exam 9th Week Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida 10th Week Gender, Queer and LGBT Studies 11th Week Postcolonial Studies 12th Week Translation Studies 13th Week Recent Popular Culture Studies 14th Week Final Remarks 15th Week Final Exam
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Berger, Arthur Asa. Signs in Contemporary Culture: An Introduction to Semiotics. 2nd ed. Salem: Sheffield, 1998. During, Simon, ed. The Cultural Studies Reader. 3rd Ed. London: Routledge, 2007.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Case Study,Presentation
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 0 0 0 Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10 Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0 Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 0 0 0 Total Workload 146 Total Workload / 30 4,86 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No