World Music Cultures (ART226) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
World Music Cultures	ART226	Fall and Spring	3	0	0	3	4

Pre-requisite Course(s)
None

Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	To introduce the diversity of music cultures in the world on the principles of ethnomusicology. To explain local music in connection with the technological levels, economic conditions, cultural values and traditions of societies and the interaction in the formation process of local music.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Awareness of the interaction between music and local culture, to analyze the relationship of music with social, economic, technological and political facts, to learn the subjectivity of music types in different geographies, to know music types on geographical basis, to recognize musical instruments of different cultures, to be outside the framework of market music.
Course Content	The characteristics of music in the major regions of the world and its handling in the context of geographical, cultural, religious, social, economic and political factors.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Music and Human, Music and Technology, the Function of Music in Society, the Positioning of World Music Cultures in Response to Western Music's Claim of 'Universality'
2	General Terms of Ethnomusicology and Its Principles, Organology
3	Music Culture in China
4	Japanese and Korean Music Cultures
5	Thai and Indian Music Cultures
6	Music culture of Turkish peoples (Central Asia, Siberia, Caucasus, Balkan, Iran, Iraq and Anatolia)
7	Midterm
8	Arabian and Jewish Music Cultures
9	Music Cultures of the Slavic Peoples (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Poland, Czechia)
10	Spanish, Latin American and Caribbean Music Cultures
11	Music Cultures of Oceania (Australian and New Zealand indigenous peoples)
12	Sub-Saharan African Music Cultures
13	Western European and Balkan (Germany, UK, Italy, France, Hungary, Greece) Music Cultures
14	North American (Native American, Afro-American and American Folk) Music Cultures
15	General Evaluation of All Topics
16	Final Assessment

Sources

Other Sources	1. Haviland, A. W. (ed.). (2008). Kültürel Antropoloji. İstanbul: Kaknüs Yayınları.
	2. Hood, M (ed.). (1980). Musics of Many Cultures. Berkeley: University of California Press.
	3. Kaplan, A. (2005). Kültürel Müzikoloji. İstanbul: Bağlam Yayıncılık.
	4. McLean, M. (2006) Pioneers of Ethnomusicology. Florida: Llumina Press.
	5. Myers, H. (ed.). (1993). Ethnomusicology, Historical and Regional Studies. London: MacMillan Press.
	6. Myers, H. (ed.). (1992). Ethnomusicology. London: MacMillan Press.

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	15	5
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	2	15
Presentation	-	-
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	30
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	50
Toplam	19	100

Percentage of Semester Work	50
Percentage of Final Work	50
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	Acquires Art and Design culture and aesthetic knowledge, theoretical and applied knowledge about the discipline.
2	Knows the legal regulations and processes about Art and Design.
3	Has knowledge about interdisciplinary interaction associated with the relevant field of Art and Design.
4	Describes the concepts, ideas, facts, and problems related with the field; perceives, designs, and applies them multi-dimensionally.
5	Evaluates interaction with sub-disciplines related with the field, uses the information creatively.
6	Works, undertakes responsibility, and carries out plans individually and as a group member.
7	Identifies the learning requirements about the field, and directs his learning within a lifelong sense of social conscience.			X
8	Uses information and communication technologies required by the field at least at an advanced level of Europe Computer Literacy License.
9	Follows new information relevant with the field and communicates with colleagues using a foreign language (Europe Language Portfolio General Level: B1 Level).
10	Creates projects supporting solution suggestions to problems in his field with qualified and quantified data; shares them with experts and non-experts.
11	Converts concrete and abstract concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original products, analyzes the acquired information and skills with a critical approach.
12	Is aware of national and international values of art and design, and acts in accordance with ethical values.
13	Has knowledge, equipment, and aesthetic awareness about art culture and history that is necessary for carrying out successful studies related with the discipline.
14	Has enough awareness about the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture, and protection of cultural values and environment, occupational health and safety.

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	4	4	16
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	2	8	16
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	10	10
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	10	10
Total Workload			100