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
Vertical Tabs
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 |
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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. | x | |||||
| 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. | X | |||||
| 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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