GEAR 308 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of English Translation and Interpreting

Course Name

Contemporary Debates and Practise in Photography

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
GEAR 308	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	5

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Service Course
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Dr.Öğretim Üyesi Ünsal Doğan BAŞKIR
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Toros MUTLU
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	This module aims for students to gain both theoretical and practical experiences on different uses of photography by creating awareness about the contemporary approaches to it.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Will be able to read today’s photography with the knowledge of historical development of the photography. Will relate the photography with fields, such as, media, art, architecture, fashion and advertising. Will analyse the relationships and effects of political and cultural developments with the photography Will have the skills to practise what they have learned. Will be acquainted with the important figures and artists in photography history Will analyse the effects of photography on mass media and communication.
Course Description	This unit introduces various genres and fields of use of photography in which the themes and genres of practice units will be based on.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction to the course
2	Brief History and Origins of Photography	History by David Bate and screening of The Genius of Photography - I (59 mins)
3	Basics - I
4	Mini Assignment	No Need; will not be graded
5	Lightroom Workshop	Bring your computers with Lightroom installed
6	Photojournalism and Documentary Photography - I	Screening of War Photographer by Christian Frei (97 mins)
7	Photojournalism and Documentary Photography - II	Photojournalism and Tabloid Press by Karin E. Becker
8	Project I (20%)	Bring your cameras, make sure they’re fully charged
9	Reviews of the first project/Lecture	Global Photography by David Bate and Mass Media and Mass Markets by Mary Warner Marien
10	Project II (20%)	Bring your cameras, make sure they’re fully charged
11	Still Life	Screening of William Eggleston in the Real World by Michael Almereyda (84 mins)
12	Project III (20%)	Bring your cameras, make sure they’re fully charged
13	Reviews/Lecture
14	Project IV (20%)	Bring your cameras, make sure they’re fully charged
15	Project presentation of a photographer(s)	Full attendance is mandatory.
16	Class presentation and discussion of the projects	Full attendance is mandatory. An external examiner(s) might evaluate your works as well.

Course Notes/Textbooks

• Art and Photography – David Campany

• Photography – David Bate

• The Photography Reader – Liz Wells

• Photography: A Cultural History – M. W. Marien

• Education of a Photographer –Traub, Heller & Beller *

• Another Way of Telling – John Berger & Jean Mohr *

• Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography – Roland Barthes *

*** Related articles and/or materials will be supplied, if necessary. ***

* Turkish translations are available.

Suggested Readings/Materials

Documentary films will be screened, when necessary.

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	20
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project	4	80
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	5	100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	12	3	36
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury			0
Project	1	14	14
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms			0
Final Exam			0
		Total	98

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use advanced, field-specific conceptual, theoretical, and practical knowledge acquired,	-	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to analyze and research field-specific concepts and ideas and to interpret data individually or as a team using scientific methods,	-	-	-	-	-
3	To be able to understand and use grammatical and semantic structures of the source and target languages,	-	-	-	-	-
4	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,	-	-	-	-	-
5	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,	-	-	-	-	-
6	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,	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge and research skills within different areas of expertise to translational act,	-	-	-	-	-
8	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,	-	-	-	-	-
9	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,	-	-	-	-	-
10	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,	-	-	-	-	-
11	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,	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-