TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	6
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will apply social psychological knowledge and insight to understanding of cinema. 2) Will analyze the movies with reference to their representation of social psychological concepts. 3) Will develop a skill to show social psychological paradigms using cinematic examples. 4) Will make inferences about micro and macro social contexts in which movies are released. 5) Will be able to write a movie critique from a social psychological point of view.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The relationship between social psychology and cinema, models of human behavior, affect, and cognition in movies, human interaction models of directors, movies and representation of deviance are some topics of the course. The main purpose is to examine the representation of social psychological variables and concept in cinema. Another aim is to enable students examine movies and make movie analyses according to social psychological parameters.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to Social Psychology and Cinema 2nd Week Social Representation Research 3rd Week Social Psychology of Narration 4th Week Social Psychology of Narration (continued) 5th Week Social Psychology of Hollywood Cinema 6th Week Social Psychology of European Cinema 7th Week Social Psychology of Turkish Cinema 8th Week Mid-Term Exam 9th Week Silent Films, Musicals and Comedy 10th Week The Concept of "Absurd" in the Cinema 11th Week Social Influence, Propaganda, and Cinema 12th Week War and Cinema 13th Week Social Psychology of Violence and Pornography in Movies 14th Week Horror and Science Fiction
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Baumeister, R. F., & Finkel, E. J. (Eds.) (2010). Advanced social psychology: The state of the science. New York: Oxford University Press. Belton, J. (2009). American cinema, American culture. Boston: McGraw-Hill.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion
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 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 35 35 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 25 25 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework Total Workload 174 Total Workload / 30 5,8 ECTS Credits of the Course 6
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No