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Course Code: 
ART 403
Course Period: 
Autumn
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
7
Course Language: 
İngilizce
Course Objectives: 
This course is a theoretical introduction to understanding the political dimension of culture. Its purpose is to examine the theoretical approaches that shape the current cultural policy discourse, to examine the development and paradigm changes of the field of cultural policy research, and to teach the interrelation of theory and practice.
Course Content: 

The students will learn terminology for cultural economics and they will able to follow theory of economical issues. A conceptual framework will be developed through definitions, models, and the utilization of case studies.

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 9: Simulation, 12: Case Study
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Testing, C: Homework

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Course Learning Outcomes

 

Learning Outcomes  Program Learning Outcomes Teaching Methods  Assessment Methods 
1) Learning needs of the reasons for the cultural economics 2,7,8 1,2,3 A,C
2) Cultural industry 2,7,10 1,2,3 A,C
3) Comparison of Turkey and EU countries 10,14 1,2,3 A,C
4) Analysing of statistics about cultural economics of Turkey,  13 1,2,3 A,C
5) Legislation on cultural economy; cultural heritage, intellectual property, investment and businesses, creative industries. 10 1,2,3 A,C

Course Flow

 

COURSE CONTENT
Week Topics Study Materials
1 Introduction and syllabus  
2 Culture and consumption  
3 Cultural Industry – Frankfurt School  
4 Turkey – statistics  
5 National income – sectoral allocation İstatistikçiler Dergisi 1 (2008) 50-67  
6 Midterm  
7 A Brief History of Cultural NGO’s in Turkey –Ünsal D. ‘How to talk about the cultural sector in Turkey’  
8 Visual Arts  
9 Cultural economics in EU, culture in social and politic view  
10 USA and other countries  
11 Cultural Heritage and cultural economy  
12 Intellectual property rights, legislation and codes  
13 Library research  
14 General overview  

Recommended Sources

 

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook
  1. Akdede, S.H. Kültür ve Sanatın Politik Ekonomisi Devlet Tiyatroları Örneği, Efil Yay. Ankara 2011
  2. Aksoy,A.& Enlil, Z. Kültür Ekonomisi Envanteri, Bilgi Ün. Yay. İstanbul, 2011
  3. Özdemir,N. Kültür Ekonomisi Yönetimi, Hacettepe Ün. Yay.
  4. Çelik, Ş. Abdurrahman, Kültür Endüstrisi: Üç Yanlış Bir Doğru, Literatür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2011
  5. Hutter, M. & Throsby, D., Paha Biçilemez, Sel Yay., İstanbul, 2013.

Material Sharing

 

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents  
Assignments Presentations will be evaluate as final examination
Exams Mid-term, Final Examination

Assessment

 

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES NUMBER PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms 1 30
Assignment 1 20
Final 1 50
Total   100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE   50
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE   50
Total   100

Course’s Contribution to Program

 

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5  
1 To educate students as an Arts and Cultural Manager with an interdisciplinary outlook.         x  
2 To gain expertise in Visual and Performance Arts in detail.     x      
3 To teach students the main actors in art and cultural sector.         x  
4 To educate students in order to make them aware of the close relationship between artist, art work, critic and art collector.          
5 To teach students basics of business administration in relation to the cultural sector.         x  
6 To instruct students to evaluate the importance of team work and cooperation.          
7 To give them essential knowledge about the work of cultural professionals (those who work for museums, art institutions, festivals, and so on) and possible pitfalls they can face.         x  
8 To make students followers of international art.        x    
9 To enable them to pinpoint the issues in their area of expertise and give them essential tools to solve problems.         x  
10 To make them able to plan and put in practice their projects collectively.       x    
11 To give students professional tools to evaluate all the facts in art and culture area.         x  
12 To teach them how to use PR and publicity tools in their job.       X    
13 To teach students methodology, documentation and archiving.        x    
14 To make students aware of necessary level of legal knowledge in order to make contracts.     X      
15 To equip students with the basic knowledge of accounting.     x      

ECTS

 

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities Quantity Duration
(Hour)
Total
Workload
(Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 14 6 84
Mid-terms 1 10 10
Homework 2 10 20
Final examination 1 15 15
Total Work Load     171
Total Work Load / 25 (h)     6,84
ECTS Credit of the Course     7
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