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GEAR 211 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Communication, Literature and Philosophy
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
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Local Credits
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ECTS
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GEAR 211
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Service Course
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | - | |||||
| National Occupation Classification | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This module aims to introduce students to analytic thinking and philosophizing via short readings and analysis of literary and media texts. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course will examine Western philosophy in relation to literature, art, and culture and communication fields in general. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction, getting to know each other, presentation of course learning outcomes and evaluation criteria | |
| 2 | What is philosophy? Why read literature? | Nigel Warburton – Philosophy: The Basics, Introduction Mario Vargas Llosa – Why literature? In-class close reading exercise: Ray Bradbury – The Veldt |
| 3 | Reading in the Digital Age | Umberto Eco - From Internet to Gutenberg Nicholas Carr – Is Google Making Us Stupid? In-class close reading exercise: Ernest Hemingway – Cat in the Rain |
| 4 | What is close reading? | Francine Prose — Reading Like a Writer, Chapter 1: Close Reading In-class close reading exercise: Novel and Movie Nancy H. Kleinbaum – Dead Poets Society, excerpts Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir, selected scenes |
| 5 | What is Enlightenment? | Immanuel Kant – What is Enlightenment? Shirley Jackson – The Lottery |
| 6 | Alienation | Nigel Warburton - A Little History of Philosophy, Chapter 27: Workers of the World Unite Karl Marx – Estranged Labour John Updike – A&P |
| 7 | Reading a Movie | In-class close film reading exercise: Fight Club (1999) dir. David Fincher, selected scenes |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | 7-15 November 2026 |
| 9 | Not to Work | Paul Lafargue - The Right to Be Lazy Bertrand Russell - In Praise of Idleness Spongebob Squarepants selected episodes |
| 10 | Boredom | Georg Simmel – The Metropolis and Mental Life American Psycho, dir. Mary Harron |
| 11 | Unconscious | Nigel Warburton - A little history of philosophy, Chapter 30: Thoughts in Disguise Sigmund Freud - The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Chapter 5: Slips of the Tongue |
| 12 | The Traces of Unconscious | Kate Chopin – The Story of an Hour Fight Club (1999) dir. David Fincher |
| 13 | Freedom | Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism is a Humanism Groundhog Day, dir. Harold Ramis |
| 14 | Humor | Henry Bergson – Laughter, excerpts Simon Critchley — On Humour, excerpts Selected movie, serie and stand-up scenes, tba |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam | 4-13 January 2027 |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | *All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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15
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
1
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15
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| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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40
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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100
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
16
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3
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48
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
1
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14
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14
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
0
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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15
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15
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| Final Exam |
1
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25
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25
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| Total |
150
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
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To be able to use advanced, field-specific conceptual, theoretical, and practical knowledge acquired, |
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To be able to analyze and research field-specific concepts and ideas and to interpret data individually or as a team using scientific methods, |
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To be able to understand and use grammatical and semantic structures of the source and target languages, |
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To be able to obtain information about social, cultural, and historical approaches within the source and target languages and to use this information for textual analysis and production, |
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To be able to understand and interpret written and oral texts in the source language and to transfer these texts into the target language using a semantically and functionally appropriate language, |
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To be able to produce creative translations and assess the translation products critically by defining the steps, strategies and problems in the translation process in the light of field-specific theoretical knowledge and skills acquired, |
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To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge and research skills within different areas of expertise to translational act, |
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To be able to use computer-assisted translation tools and machine translation effectively at each step of the translation process, and to follow the theoretical and practical developments in these fields, |
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To be able to gain awareness of the translator’s social role, job profile, and professional ethical values and to acquire workload management skills for individual or team work, |
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To be able to access necessary sources to improve quality at each step of the translation process and to assess the target text in accordance with the quality objectives by using these sources, |
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To be able to establish effective oral and written communication skills both in English and Turkish, to be able to speak a second foreign language at a good level, to be able to use a third foreign language at intermediate level, |
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To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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