MCS2535 FILM CRITICISM I
| Course Code: | 8162535 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Media and Cultural Studies |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. NECMİ ERDOĞAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
The course introduces students to film criticism and analysis. Employing various theoretical approaches to the study of film, it analyzes a number of films from world cinema selected on the basis of a particular theme or mode of cinematic representation. The module also offers students the opportunity to write critical essays on the films screened for the class. The focus of this semesters course will be on the cinematic representations of social classes. It examines the ways in which class relations and encounters are represented in a group of films selected from different contexts around the world. It provides students with conceptual tools to analyze the films which, even though they were made in relatively different contexts, share a common concern with thematizing various experiences of class under the conditions of late capitalism. References will also be made to the literature on social theory and social history as well as film studies.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Reaching the information is needed about media for its analysis and research and having skills to interpret it in daily life | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Having an acquaintance on the basic concepts of media theory | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, social and economic changes of popular culture which occurs in a wide range from local stages to international stages | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Identifying and analyzing issues about information which are encountered with in political and social life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being educated as professionals that can work as creative consultants in any organization related with media | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being educated about operations, decision making process and mechanisms of media organizations in terms of their theoretical framework | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Proposing original solutions to the issues are encountered with about media | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having the skill of critical thinking | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Being open to the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Writing a master thesis on a particular field of media and cultural studies which can be satisfy the expectations listed above | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution