Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Workshop I RES601 Turkish Compulsory 2 + 1 3.0 10.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Graduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator
Instructor(s)
Goals The course aims to enable students to think actively on contemporary art matters based on political and cultural contexts and to improve their creativity through visual samples created individually.
Course Content The main objective of this course is to analyse the relationship between thoughts and its visualization process with the relevant theoretical sources and to interrogate the concept of contemporaneity and push the innovation borders.
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 The students develop their relational experience between theory and visuality.
2 They gain certain skills to associate with art and handcraft concepts and to analyse their diffrence and similarites.
3 At the end of the course they perceive the importance of space concept in art work and realize subsequently relevant individual art work.
4 They develop their association capacity of art work in a global sense and investigate their conceptual background.
5 They develop their personal skills in creating visual samples.
6 They obtain verbal expression ability to address community on their individual work through various presentation techniques.
7 They learn the importance of conflict and similarity conceptc in processing art work.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Introduction: Objectives, Method, Responsibilities and Expectations. Other Activities, Preparation, After Class Study, Research
2. Week Determination of semester projects Preparation, After Class Study, Other Activities, Research
3. Week Examination of the project in the context of contemporary art concepts Research, Preparation, After Class Study, Other Activities
4. Week Discussion of the project in terms of Contemporary Art Preparation, After Class Study, Other Activities, Research
5. Week Discussion of artists connected with contemporary art Research, Other Activities, Preparation, After Class Study
6. Week Discussion on notable points in individual presentations. Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities
7. Week MidTerm Exam Research, Other Activities, Preparation, After Class Study
8. Week Analysis of the concepts in the project through contemporary art works Other Activities, Research, Preparation, After Class Study
9. Week Analysis of the concepts in the project through contemporary art works Research, Preparation, After Class Study, Other Activities
10. Week Preliminary presentation of project applications Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities
11. Week Preliminary presentation of project applications Preparation, After Class Study, Other Activities, Research
12. Week Preliminary presentation of project applications Research, Other Activities, Preparation, After Class Study
13. Week General evaluation of project applications Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities
14. Week General Assesment Research, Other Activities, Preparation, After Class Study
15. Week Final Exam Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 The experience gained during the master period becomes more tangible with implementation and projects
2 Art discussions are held at the postgraduate level.
3 Examining the technical, formal and aesthetic features of Modern and contemporary trends in art.
4 Understanding the changes in art and their reflections to the art scene in Turkey
5 Understanding the relation of visual constructions in contemporary art with the historical roots of artistic form.
6 Examining the dynamics of contemporary art, discussions and readings in this field.
7 According to the logic of the conditions of different periods of work of art criticism in technical, aesthetic, socio-economic, political context, by putting forward, to create a critical perspective.
8 Place-specific projects are carried out.
9 In course period and in thesis work, produced its own unique approach.
10 Gains the ability to prepare a dissertation proposal and make a thesis in the direction of its accumulation towards the field.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 DK7
PY1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
PY2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
PY5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
PY6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Recommended Sources
Ders Kitabı veya Notu Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır.
Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Slovoj Zizek, “Paralaks” (çev.Sabri Gürses), Encore Yay., İstanbul, 2014
  • Henri Lefebvre, “Mekanın Üretimi”, (Çev.Işık Ergüden), Sel Yay., 2014
  • Brian O’Doherty, “Beyaz Küpün İçinde”, (Çev.Ahu Antmen), Sel Yay., 2010
  • Deniz Güner, “Sansür ve İktidar”, Yeditepe Yay., 2016
  • Rene Descards, “Discourse on Method”, University of Notre Dame Press, 1994
  • Jurgen Habermas, “Kamusallığın Yapısal Dönüşümü”, (Çev.Tanıl Bora, Mithat Sancar), İletişim Yay., 2015
  • H. Wölfflin, Sanat Tarihinin Temel Kavramları, Remzi Kitabevi, 2000.
  • Julian Bell, Sanatın Yeni Tarihi, NTV Yayınları, 2009.
  • Umberto Eco, Güzelliğin Tarihi, Doğan Kitap
  • Miwon Kwon “One Place After Another”, MIT Press, 2004
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours 14 3 42
Ders Dışı
Preparation, After Class Study 15 3 45
Research 15 5 75
Other Activities 15 3 45
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 1.5 1.5
Homework 1 15 3 45
Final 1 1.5 1.5
Total Workload 255
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 10.0