Semiotics (GRT333) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Semiotics GRT333 5. Semester 2 0 0 2 3
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
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.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Özgen Osman Demirbaş
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;
  • 1. Clearly identify resources that can provide a more advanced understanding of the field of semiotics, especially in design,
  • 2. Define the theoretical, research-based, and application-based foundations of semiotics,
  • 3. Identify social and cultural messages in various fields of design,
  • 4. Deeply analyze the meanings in products designed with a semiotic background,
  • 5. Evaluate the multi-layered meanings in design.
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 Course Introduction No preparation
2 Introduction to the Course Reading: Daniel Chandler, Semiotics - The Basics, Introduction ve Chapter 1; Fatma Erkmen-Akerson, Göstergebilime Giriş, Bölüm 8.1
3 Models of the Sign Reading: Daniel Chandler, Semiotics - The Basics, Introduction ve Chapter 1; Fatma Erkmen-Akerson, Göstergebilime Giriş, Bölüm 8.1, 8.2
4 Signs and Things Reading: Daniel Chandler, Semiotics - The Basics, Chapter 2; Fatma Erkmen-Akerson, Göstergebilime Giriş, Bölüm 8.2, 8.3
5 Analyzing Structures Reading: Daniel Chandler, Semiotics - The Basics, Chapter 3; Fatma Erkmen-Akerson, Göstergebilime Giriş, Bölüm 8
6 Challenging the Literal: Denotation, Connotation, Metaphor, Metonymy, Irony Reading: Daniel Chandler, Semiotics - The Basics, Chapter 4; Fatma Erkmen-Akerson, Göstergebilime Giriş, Bölüm 9, Ödev
7 Codes Reading: : Daniel Chandler, Semiotics - The Basics, Chapter 5; Fatma Erkmen-Akerson, Göstergebilime Giriş, Bölüm 16
8 Textual Interactions, Post-Structuralism Reading: Daniel Chandler, Semiotics - The Basics, Chapters 6 ve 7; Fatma Erkmen-Akerson, Göstergebilime Giriş, Bölüm 11
9 Review No preparation
10 MID TERM No preparation
11 Term Project Presentation, Discussion, Question and Answer Session. No preparation
12 Interactive Film Screening and Semiotic Analysis Term Paper (Report)
13 Submission of Individual Report on Interactive Film Screening Analysis Term Project Study
14 Term Project Preliminary Evaluation Term Project Study
15 Submission and Final Evaluation No preparation
16 Submission and Final Evaluation No preparation

Sources

Course Book 1. Semiotics – The Basics, D. CHANDLER, Routledge: 2nd Edition, 2007, ISBN-10: 9780415363754, ISBN-13: 978-0415363754, https://e-sarthi.lpcps.org.in/uploads/Notes/11/53/336/Unit%20I/Semiotics-the-Basics.pdf
2. Göstergebilime Giriş, Fatma Erkman-Akerson, Bilge Kültür Sanat: 2. Baskı, 2019, ISBN: 978 - 605 - 9241 - 57 - 1
Other Sources 3. Açıklamalı Göstergebilim Sözlüğü – kavramlar, yöntemler, kuramcılar, okullar, M. RİFAT, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 1. Baskı, 2013, ISBN 978-605-360-801-1
4. Dilbilim ve Götergebilimin Çağdaş Kuramları, M. RİFAT, İstanbul, 1990
5. Göstergebilim, P. GUIRAD, Ankara, 1994
6. Göstergebilimsel Serüven, R. BARTHES, İstanbul, 2008

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 5
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 1 10
Presentation - -
Project 1 40
Report 1 20
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 25
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 5 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
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
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 1 8 8
Homework Assignments 1 4 4
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 4 4
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 11 11
Total Workload 75