Semiotics (GRT333) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Semiotics GRT333 2 0 0 2 3
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Instructor Pınar Bingöl
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To help students develop the perception of semiotics analysis and understand the relationship between meaning and semiotics
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Know and tell the semiotics systems in their own words
  • Read and edit a work of art or design correctly
  • Develop an artistic style and organize the appropriate semiotics in the frame of this style
Course Content Semiotics lessons, signs, symbols, icons, adaptive experiments, image interpretation, formal review, conceptual critique, consciousness ?six studies, ideas, the creation of sketches, concept sketches in the light of merging; methods of analysis of the overlap with the message criteria.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Perception of Gestalt. The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
2 The sources of Semiotics The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
3 The basic concepts of Semiotics The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
4 The history of Semiotics The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
5 The fact of meaning and Semiotics The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
6 Functions and media The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
7 Midterm
8 Sign and signification The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
9 The form of sign The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
10 Communication styles The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
11 Meaning The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
12 Linguistics and Semiotics The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
13 Cinema and Semiotics The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
14 Theatre, performance art and Semiotics The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
15 Case analysis The theoretical preliminary information about the topics that will be covered next lesson and information about the course documents are given to students.
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. M. RIFAT, Dilbilim ve Götergebilimin Çağdaş Kuramları, İstanbul, 1990
2. P. GUIRAD, Göstergebilim, Ankara, 1994
3. R. BARTHES, Göstergebilimsel Serüven, İstanbul, 2008

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 4 60
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 6 100
Percentage of Semester Work 40
Percentage of Final Work 60
Total 100

Course Category

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

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Acquires Art and Design culture and aesthetic knowledge, theoretical and applied knowledge about the discipline. X
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. X
4 Describes the concepts, ideas, facts, and problems related with the field; perceives, designs, and applies them multi-dimensionally. X
5 Evaluates interaction with sub-disciplines related with the field, uses the information creatively. X
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.
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 2 32
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 8 2 16
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 4 5 20
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 3 3
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 4 4
Total Workload 75