TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Eighth Term (Spring)
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) Improve 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
COURSE DEFINITION	Throughout the course, the students gain knowledge about historical, semiological, sociological, ideological, psychoanalytical, feminist and auteur criticism approaches, they will be acquainted on different film genres and its variations, they can understand the difference between film criticism and film interpretation, and they can analyze a film using fundamental approaches in film criticism.
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 The sociological approach 4th Week Examining the ideological approach 5th Week Ideological approach 6th Week The semantics and semiology / examining the semiological approach in the film critics 7th Week 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 The auteur approach 12th Week Examining the psychoanalitical approach in the film critics 13th Week The psychoanalitical approach 14th Week Examining the historical approach in the film critics / examining the cognitive approach in the film critics
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	RYAN Michael, KELLNER Douglas, (1997) Politik Kamera Çağdaş Hollywood Sinemasının İdeolojisi ve Politikası, Çev. Elif Özsayar, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul. Ryan Michael, Lenos Melissa (2014) Film Çözümlemesine Giriş, çev. Emrah Suat Onat, Ankara, De Ki Yayınları. Kabadayı, Lale, (2013) Film Eleştirisi, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul. Teksoy, Rekin, (2005) Rekin Teksoy'un Sinema Tarihi, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık. 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,Questions/Answers,Other
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