Introduction to Photography (ART201) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Introduction to Photography	ART201	Fall and Spring	3	0	0	3	4

Pre-requisite Course(s)
None

Course Language	Turkish
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	- To learn technical and compositional information in photography - To take good photographs on professional and social life - To learn photographers works’ throughout photography history to our day
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Explain the different uses of photography. Knows ethics and copyright in photography Learns different types of cameras Uses aperture and focal length to control depth of field Uses shutter speed to control movement Uses proper lighting to take good photographs Learns to compose a photograph Knows historical and contemporary photographers and their works
Course Content	Definition of photography and the photographer, the uses of photography in life, camera and its parts (aperture, iso, shutter, lens), light and its use in photography, composition rules in photography, the works of photographers from the world and Turkey.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Introduction. Essential information about the course context, course outline, references and assesment methods.
2	Definition of photography and photographer. Different types of photography. Basic elements of photography.
3	Ethics and copyright in photography.
4	Watch a photography documentary. Students will write one paragraph about the documentary.
5	Types of cameras and lenses.
6	The relationship between aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Sensors, memory cards, filters.
7	Midterm
8	Understanding light and posing in photography.
9	Composition rules in photography and different approaches.	Practicing the previous subjects.
10	Watch a photography documentary. Students will write one paragraph about the documentary.
11	Photographers’ works from the invention of photography to present day.	Finishing the writing.
12	Photographers’ works from the invention of photography to present day.
13	Photographers’ works and development of photography from Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey.
14	Photographers’ works from the Republic of Turkey.	Researching national photographers.
15	Watch a photography documentary. Students will write one paragraph about the documentary or reviewing the term.
16	Final

Sources

Other Sources	1. Akbaş, F., & İkizler, E. (2011). Fotoğraf Teknik Okumaları. İstanbul: Say Yayınları.
	2. Carroll, H. (2015). İyi Fotoğraflar Çekmek İçin Bu Kitabı Okuyun. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
	3. İkizler, E. (2007). Filmden Dijitale Fotoğraf. İstanbul: Say Yayınları.

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	3	15
Presentation	1	15
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	30
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	40
Toplam	6	100

Percentage of Semester Work	60
Percentage of Final Work	40
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses	X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	Has the ability to apply scientific knowledge gained in the undergraduate education and to expand and extend knowledge in the same or in a different area
2	Can apply gained knowledge and problem solving abilities in inter-disciplinary research
3	Has the ability to work independently within research area, to state the problem, to develop solution techniques, to solve the problem, to evaluate the obtained results and to apply them when necessary
4	Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to improve systematic approaches to produce solutions in unexpected complicated situations related to the area of study
5	Can develop strategies, implement plans and principles on the area of study and can evaluate obtained results within the framework
6	Can develop and extend the knowledge in the area and to use them with scientific, social and ethical responsibility
7	Has the ability to follow recent developments within the area of research, to support research with scientific arguments and data, to communicate the information on the area of expertise in a systematically by means of written report and oral/visual presentation
8	To have an oral and written communication ability in at least one of the common foreign languages ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B2)
9	Has software and hardware knowledge in the area of expertise, and has proficient information and communication technology knowledge
10	Follows scientific, cultural, and ethical criteria in collecting, interpreting and announcing data in the research area and has the ability to teach.
11	Has professional ethical consciousness and responsibility which takes into account the universal and social dimensions in the process of data collection, interpretation, implementation and declaration of results in mathematics and its applications.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	3	2	6
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	1	10	10
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	3	5	15
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	6	6
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	15	15
Total Workload			100