Objectives and contents of the courses are taken from the program Information Package. For weekly topics, learning outcomes and assessment criteria, use the information package link next to each course. Course names not available in English are shown with their official Turkish names.
Current Course Contents (Information Package)
Year 1
Semester 1
Objectives: Students who have recently joined the university are provided with information regarding situations they may encounter in their academic and daily lives. Through a month-long series of seminars and activities, opportunities that support the students ` academic and personal development are also presented and introduced.
Content: This course is an orientation program that provides information about the situations that new students may encounter in their academic and daily lives, and opportunities that will contribute to their personal development.
Objectives: The aim of this course is to keep up with the developing and changing world, to have the ability to communicate in a foreign language. The aim of this course is to keep up with the changing world and to have the ability to communicate in foreign languages.
Content: This course is a 14-week program; The basic level (A1) English knowledge and skills are planned to be synchronized with the department knowledge of the students and in harmony with the subject. Students will be able to produce English content related to their field by learning basic structures, phrases and words and using their chapter knowledge.
Objectives: The aim of this course; First of all, it is aimed to understand the meaning of communication and review communication theories by making the basic definition of communication and effective communication and reviewing the basic concepts and principles related to communication. In addition, this course will contribute to revealing the communicative problems and disruptions that people encounter in their daily and business lives, from micro-level relations (personal and interpersonal communication) to macro-level relations, communication (group and mass communication), and to produce solutions for them.
Content: Lesson; It covers the basic concepts that form the general framework of communication sciences, solutions and suggestions for strengthening communication skills, interpersonal communication, group communication, organizational communication, mass communication, public communication, international communication and intercultural communication.
Objectives: The general aim of this course is to give students basic information about computers, operating systems, use of the internet and design programs.
Content: Expressing and using the Internet, computers and programs
Objectives: To examine the development process of cinema and television as a branch of art and mass communication together with artistic, political, economic and cultural changes.
Content: It deals with the development of cinema in connection with other branches of art, from the end of the 19th century to the present. In addition to the main art movements, it examines the movements and schools specific to cinema. It deals with and makes sense of the technological, artistic and communicative development of cinema and television in parallel with the political, economic and cultural conditions of the period.
Objectives: To ensure that students have basic knowledge in the fields of art history, aesthetics and visual culture in order to be effective in the field of Radio and Television. At the same time, to increase their professional skills by teaching them to analyze symbols that are widely used in all art fields.
Content: This course, which provides chronological information about the changes in the forms of artistic expression in the historical process, aims to develop a visual sensitivity in students about artistic and cultural production. In addition to this, it is also aimed to provide the basic skills to be able to make the artistic expansion of concepts such as design, composition, color, light, texture, space, time, representation, and to analyze the works.
Objectives: This course explains the types of programs used in radio, television and cinema, technical tools and their features, the basic concepts used in radio, television and cinema, and thus aims to develop students ` knowledge and skills in order to gain competence in the field of radio, television and cinema.
Content: In the course, which deals with the basic concepts used in radio, television and cinema, the concepts related to program types, sectoral job descriptions, technical equipment, editing and scenario are covered.
Objectives: In this course, students analyze various visual media products, analyze the messages conveyed visually, and gain practice in evaluating images in terms of both message content and artistic features.
Content: During the course, theoretical information is given on making sense of moving and still images and analyzing them with an artistic point of view. Short films, documentaries, commercials, etc. shot in different countries. Visuals are examined and students are provided with analysis practice.
Objectives: It is to transfer the basic photography theory with its most basic concepts to students in a theoretical and practical way.
Content: The aim of the course is to examine the perspective of the world that these concepts, which are in constant interaction with each other, from amateur photography to professional photographic thinking with the help of photocritics, beyond the distinction of technical aesthetics. Another aim is to discuss the development and changes of photography in a historical way and its usage areas in the process. In addition, within the scope of the course, thoughts and discussions on photography, technical photography information, and basic photographic materials and usage patterns will be comprehended. Finally, photo selection and framing will be discussed.
Objectives: It is to improve the student ` s perception of art, to make students comprehend design principles by making applications with basic design elements and to develop their acquired design skills based on previous learning.
Content: Collage and assemblage technique, Visual perception rules, Design concept, Basic elements and principles of design, Images and visual perception rules, Rhythm, harmony, harmony, similarities, contrasts, hierarchy, repetitions, Close relationship of design and art-
Objectives: The objective of this course is to equip students with the fundamental concepts, ways of thinking, and analytical methods of economics; to help them understand the economic decision-making processes of individuals, businesses, and governments; and to provide them with the foundational knowledge necessary to interpret economic events at both the micro and macro levels.
Content: This course is an introductory course that covers the fundamental concepts of economics, the structure of economic systems, and market mechanisms. Within the scope of microeconomics, consumer behavior, production processes, and market equilibrium are examined; within the scope of macroeconomics, key indicators such as national income calculations, economic growth, the monetary and banking system, inflation, and unemployment are analyzed. Additionally, the role of the state in the economy, foreign trade, globalization, and the fundamental dynamics of the Turkish economy are evaluated. By the end of the course, students will have acquired the proficiency to conduct basic-level analysis in the field of economics.
Objectives: By making them comprehend the structural features, functioning and richness of the Turkish language, it is to awaken the consciousness and love of the mother tongue, which is the main element of our national unity.
Content: Spelling, punctuation and composition (punctuation marks, other signs), Spelling, spelling rules (capital letters, spelling of numbers, spelling of abbreviations, spelling of quoted words), Composition (purpose of composition, method of writing composition), plan in composition, introduction, development, result, Expression features, clarity in expression, simplicity in expression, clarity in expression, sincerity, Expression disorders (using synonyms in sentences), Misuse of idioms, Expression styles (explanation, story, concise expression, description, satire, portrait, proof, speech, Verbal expression types (daily and impromptu speech, prepared speech, panel discussion, debate, panel), Written expression types (letter, telegram, greeting, invitation, literary letter), business letters, official letter, petition, report, report, decision, advertisement, conversation, criticism, memoir, travel article, interview, survey, autobiography, biography, novel, story, fairy tale, fable, drama, tragedy, drama, screenplay).
Semester 2
Objectives: The aim of this course is to keep up with the developing and changing world, to have the ability to communicate in a foreign language.
Content: sentence corelations, , tense knowledge, prefixes and suffixes, reading, speaking and writing skills
Objectives: Introducing students to the basic theories that shape the field of communication studies, understanding these theories in the context of their historical framework, and conveying the relationship between media and society.
Content: It will critically examine important developments in mass communication. This critical point of view, which will be given through narration and discussion, will enable to comprehend what, why, how, effects and implications of mass communication.
Objectives: The aim of this course is to give students basic information about computers, operating systems, programming and the use of the internet.
Content: using the Internet, computers and programs
Objectives: To examine the development process of cinema and television as a branch of art and mass communication in our country, together with artistic, political, economic and cultural changes.
Content: The development of cinema and television in Turkey is examined in a chronological flow. The political, economic and cultural conditions of the period are defined. The effects of these conditions on Turkish cinema and television broadcasting are analyzed. The artistic development of Turkish cinema is examined on the basis of creators. These topics are reinforced by watching sample movies.
Objectives: With this course, students will gain the ability to analyze works of art through their historical, social and cultural context. Students will also have information on the relationship between visuality and culture by watching films from different cultures.
Content: Throughout the course, all kinds of visual products, especially the art of cinema, will be evaluated in accordance with their cultural context. The information power of the image will be analyzed, and the importance and power of the image will be emphasized through the works that have left their mark in the history of cinema. During the course, films that have been awarded in international festivals will also be discussed in terms of their visual use.
Objectives: This course aims to enable the student to learn how to write his/her thoughts and feelings effectively by using language effectively and experiencing different types of writing.
Content: The course deals with the effective use of language, different writing styles in literary genres, transition from thought to writing and effective writing styles, which are necessary for authorship.
Objectives: In this course, students examine all the elements of cinematic language and learn the main narrative principles and rules. They can perform meaning-making practices with images and analyze cinema works in accordance with the rules of visual narrative.
Content: Apart from visual and written texts, pictures, photographs, posters, symbols, figures, signs, maps, tables, graphics, cartoons, etc. It is a general name given to elements. The work of making sense of and interpreting these elements other than the written text is called visual reading or visual narrative. The aim of this course is to analyze the narratives using these elements and to perform the act of expression using these elements.
Objectives: To provide the student with the ability to take photographs by learning the camera and equipment with the knowledge of light and color in accordance with the composition rules.
Content: Knowing the camera, light information, composition, action information, portrait photography, news photography, documentary, movement, geography, being able to see, show etc.
Objectives: To introduce the social, cultural, and intellectual transformations that humanity has undergone from the earliest civilizations to the present day within their historical context; and to enable students—by grasping the interactions between civilizations and fundamental schools of thought—to evaluate contemporary developments in the fields of communication, art, and media from a historical and critical perspective.
Content: The concepts of civilization, culture, and thought; the prehistoric period and the invention of writing; the civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Iran, India, and China; thought in Ancient Greece and Rome; Medieval Europe and scholastic thought; science and philosophy in Islamic civilization; Turkish civilization and culture; the Renaissance and the Reformation; the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment; the Industrial Revolution and modernization; intellectual movements of the 19th and 20th centuries; civilization in the era of globalization and the digital age.
Objectives: The aim of the course is to examine the emergence of communication tools throughout history and how they have transformed societal, cultural, and media practices. To develop an understanding of communication theories through inquiry and discussion. To foster a critical perspective on issues related to communication and media. To examine in detail how each new communication tool has impacted society’s daily life. To discuss new media communication technologies/tools and their effects.
Content: The course aims to help students gain an understanding of the development of technology and various forms of media, enable them to compare traditional and new forms of media, and develop an understanding of the impact of media technologies on society and culture.
Objectives: The primary objective of the course is to help students understand the concept of news and to enable them to report on events. As one of the core courses in journalism education, the News Gathering and Writing course aims to prepare students for the journalism profession by teaching them how to gather news information from the scene of an event and then write a news story within the limited time allotted to them.
Content: The course will cover the general concept of news, a discussion of the definition of news and news value, the structure of news, rules for writing news, the elements of news, news writing style, writing news for different media outlets, the 5W1H rule, various news writing techniques, and the stages of news evaluation.
Objectives: By making them comprehend the structural features, functioning and richness of the Turkish language, it is to awaken the consciousness and love of the mother tongue, which is the main element of our national unity.
Content: Spelling, punctuation and composition (punctuation marks, other signs), Spelling, spelling rules (capital letters, spelling of numbers, spelling of abbreviations, spelling of quoted words), Composition (purpose of composition, method of writing composition), plan in composition, introduction, development, result, Expression features, clarity in expression, simplicity in expression, clarity in expression, sincerity, Expression disorders (using synonyms in sentences), Misuse of idioms, Expression styles (explanation, story, concise expression, description, satire, portrait, proof, speech, Verbal expression types (daily and impromptu speech, prepared speech, panel discussion, debate, panel), Written expression types (letter, telegram, greeting, invitation, literary letter), business letters, official letter, petition, report, report, decision, advertisement, conversation, criticism, memoir, travel article, interview, survey, autobiography, biography, novel, story, fairy tale, fable, drama, tragedy, drama, screenplay).
Year 2
Semester 3
Objectives: To teach the recent history of Turkey to university students; To inform students about the Turkish Revolution/Revolution, Kemalism and Atatürk ` s Principles; To ensure the adoption of Turkey ` s goal and mission of being the carrier of modernization and modernization by university students.
Content: Internal and external reasons that prepared the collapse of the Ottoman Empire; XIX. Innovation movements in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century; The currents of ideas in the last period of the Ottoman Empire; XX. The political and military situation of the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the century; World War I and the Armenian question; Invasion of Anatolia and reactions; Mustafa Kemal Pasha ` s departure to Samsun and his activities; congress period and organization; the opening of the last Ottoman Chamber of Deputies and the acceptance of the National Pact; Preparation for the National Struggle and the material and moral foundations of this preparation; The opening and activities of the TGNA; Treaty of sevr; the struggles on the Southern and Eastern fronts; It covers the establishment of the regular army, the Greek offensive and the wars on the Western front, the signing of the Mudanya Armistice, the convening of the Lausanne Conference and the signing of the Peace Treaty.
Objectives: No English description is available in the Information Package.
Content: The content of this course is to learn the theories of the first directors and editors who formed the theory of editing, to understand and learn the basic functions of editing, the methods used in editing and simple editing.
Objectives: To enable students to have basic knowledge in the fields of mass media, mass culture, sociology of communication, so that they can be effective in the field of visual design and production of visual materials. At the same time, gaining a sociological perspective in the field of communication and teaching discourse analysis, to increase their professional skills.
Content: The relationship between communication and sociology, the fields of the sociology of communication, the sociological dimension of the mass media are the main subjects of the course. The emergence of the concept of mass communication and the social transformations it has created and in this context, the concept and emergence of mass communication, the historical development of mass communication studies, liberal and critical approaches in mass communication, identity and representation in the media, globalization and consumer society, social expansions brought by the internet are covered in the course. will be examined.
Objectives: It is to transfer the moving image shooting techniques and theory to the students in a theoretical and practical way with the most basic concepts.
Content: Within the scope of this course, the choice of a cinematographer during the shootings camera scales, camera movements, relevant angles, camera Information about the auxiliary equipment that needs to be known will be shared. In addition, a cinematographer ` s shooting techniques are applied. theoretically presented infrastructure with the practices that can be put forward will be supported. These topics are from the movies that have taken place in the history of the world. will be followed, analyzed, criticized and discussed.
Objectives: The aim of this course is to show the students how they can use the radio to reach the target audience by explaining the advantages and disadvantages of radio compared to other mass media, and to teach the types and characteristics of radio programs.
Content: In this course, in the theoretical part, textbooks written on radio programming and sample studies made in previous years are used, while sample interviews and programs are played in the classroom and in the radio studio.
Objectives: To teach how to write the screenplay, which is the unique writing style of cinema, in a way that covers the stages of idea, story flow, synopsis, treatment, separation scenario and shooting script.
Content: The course covers the entire writing process of a screenplay, including the creation of characters, writing the story in accordance with the language of the film, arranging the scenes with a correct composition, setting up the filmic time frame of the flow, and establishing the dramatic structure.
Objectives: The aim of this course is to teach students the origins of belief in the world, to explain symbols and their meanings, to make semiotic analysis, to distinguish between fairy tales and stories, and to gain methodological knowledge that can look at one ` s own culture.
Content: World belief origins, cultural differences, symbols and their meanings, semiotic analysis, discourse analysis of tale, story and myth concepts, culture methodology etc.
Objectives: Effective Presentation and Communication involves oral and/or visual communication aimed at conveying a message. The course aims to guide students through practical activities and enable them to experience the stages involved in preparing and delivering an effective presentation or talk.
Content: Communication, Communication Models, Effective Communication, Objectives and Functions of Effective Communication and Presentation, Effective Presentation and Nonverbal Expression, Body Language and Facial Expressions in Effective Presentation, Barriers and the Concept of Noise in the Presentation Process, Incorporating Emotion into Effective Speaking, and Listening in Effective Presentation.
Objectives: Editing, which serves as a crucial component during both the production and post-production phases, is a two-layered experience. Although these two layers—which can be distinguished as editing operation and editing logic—follow one another, they require different backgrounds. Editing operation involves the use of digital, “non-linear” editing software, whereas editing logic entails conceptually defining the function of editing within moving images. Regarding class attendance requirements, Article 26, Paragraph 1 of the Istanbul Medipol University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Training Regulation applies.
Content: This course covers the following topics: the nature of film editing; cutting styles and functions; Murch ` s rules of editing; an introduction to digital video codecs and formats; practices for organizing raw footage; an introduction to the Adobe Premiere Pro interface; rough cutting in Adobe Premiere Pro; detailed aspects of rough cutting in Adobe Premiere Pro; color correction and color grading in Adobe Premiere Pro; an introduction to sound recording and design; practical sound recording techniques; project design and sound editing; and project and overall evaluation.
Objectives: It is to realize something about social and social life through photography by using photography techniques and installations.
Content: The content of the course is to create and record photo series that create stories by using photography techniques in a more qualified way, beyond basic photography information, and to reflect on the photographs what people feel with their own perspective as a photographer. It is to reveal the production of photography in order to make people think, act or inform through documentary photographs.
Objectives: The course aims to demonstrate, with examples, the processes involved in producing television news. The goal is for students to understand the unique aspects, advantages, and limitations of television journalism stemming from the medium’s specific characteristics, and to acquire the skills necessary to practice journalism in this medium.
Content: It teaches the correct and proper writing, production, and programming of news scripts.
Objectives: In this course, we will examine video’s contribution to production as a medium within the context of contemporary art, focusing on the relationship between media, identity, memory, the body, and the image. The course aims to explore the processes of creation, presentation, and analysis of moving images in contemporary video practices, as well as to re-examine the relationship between the image and time.
Content: The relationship between video art and various forms of art, as well as video art practices, will be examined and applied from historical, technical, theoretical, and conceptual perspectives, accompanied by examples. While carrying out their project as part of the course, students will be able to integrate their own field with other art disciplines, analyze their artistic work from conceptual, theoretical, and aesthetic perspectives, and advance their skills to an advanced level in their chosen art discipline.
Objectives: The aim is to teach students the fundamental concepts and production processes of 3D digital animation, and to provide them with practical skills in modeling, material and texture creation, lighting, camera usage, and animation techniques.
Content: The course covers the 3D design environment and its fundamental tools, modeling with geometric objects, polygon modeling, material and texture creation, UV mapping, lighting, camera placement, and rendering processes. Furthermore, it explores the core principles of animation—including the use of keyframes, timing of motion, animation curves, object hierarchies, and basic skeletal systems—through practical exercises aimed at developing a short animation project.
Objectives: It is aimed that the student learns to think critically about one or more characters and to study in depth by carefully reading the text and making inferences.
Content: Within the scope of the course, the student is taught to examine one or more characters and to make inferences about the character with critical analysis. The student analyzes the character ` s conflicts in depth, as well as the ability to map the character ` s personality, understand and describe his role in the story.
Objectives: To enable students to analyze the dramaturgy relations between cinema and literature based on the structural similarities and differences between literature and cinema.
Content: Examining the adapted works between literature and cinema and the process of transforming a literary work into a movie scenario constitute the content of the course.
Objectives: Effective Presentation and Communication; It is verbal and/or visual communication performed to convey a message. The course is to teach/show students to be involved in the process of doing a practical work and to enable them to experience the stages of an effective presentation-interview.
Content: Communication;
Objectives: This course aims to equip students with proficiency in climate communication by developing their knowledge and skills regarding climate change. It also seeks to provide a deep understanding of key topics, including concepts such as the climate crisis and climate chaos. The course’s objective is to increase students’ knowledge and awareness of climate change and to help them develop a comprehensive perspective on the causes and impacts of the climate crisis. It also aims to help students understand the characteristics of climate communication and use these characteristics to effectively convey issues related to climate change. In this way, students will develop the ability to make informed decisions regarding the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable future.
Content: The Climate Communication course aims to develop knowledge and skills related to climate change. Topics covered include the concept of the climate crisis, communicating scientific data, effective communication strategies, and considering emotional engagement. Students increase awareness of climate change and strengthen their communication skills to influence society and promote sustainability.
Semester 4
Objectives: To teach the recent history of Turkey to university students; To inform students about the Turkish Revolution/Revolution, Kemalism and Atatürk ` s Principles; To ensure the adoption of Turkey ` s goal and mission of being the carrier of modernization and modernization by university students.
Content: Internal and external reasons that prepared the collapse of the Ottoman Empire; XIX. Innovation movements in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century; The currents of ideas in the last period of the Ottoman Empire; XX. The political and military situation of the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the century; World War I and the Armenian question; Invasion of Anatolia and reactions; Mustafa Kemal Pasha ` s departure to Samsun and his activities; congress period and organization; the opening of the last Ottoman Chamber of Deputies and the acceptance of the National Pact; Preparation for the National Struggle and the material and moral foundations of this preparation; The opening and activities of the TGNA; Treaty of sevr; the struggles on the Southern and Eastern fronts; It covers the establishment of the regular army, the Greek offensive and the wars on the Western front, the signing of the Mudanya Armistice, the convening of the Lausanne Conference and the signing of the Peace Treaty.
Objectives: The newest of Fine Arts is to teach the theories of cinema and to enable the student to look at cinema and filmmaking in general from a wider perspective.
Content: The content of the course consists of the thoughts of film theorists who examine cinema and its form, existence, structure and expression in its journey from a technological invention to an art branch.
Objectives: It consists of explanations by analyzing the editing theory of the great genius, cinema and editing master Eisenstein, the art of editing with visual messages and different indicators, its concepts and history, genres, through various films. The topics listed under the lesson plan title will be conveyed to the students by the instructor using multimedia tools. By adopting a student-centered approach in teaching, it is aimed that students actively participate in the lesson. Concepts and subjects will be exemplified by associating them with the movies.
Content: The content of this course is to learn the theories of the first directors and editors who formed the theory of editing, to understand and learn the basic functions of editing, to show the methods used in editing and to make basic editing.
Objectives: The aim of this course is for students to have knowledge about the camera, to recognize and use camera equipment, to apply shooting angles, to make preparations before shooting, to apply documentary shooting angles, to apply news shooting angles.
Content: Camera, Editing, Shooting Techniques, Shooting Angles, Using Light, Controlling and Using Equipment, Production of Package Programs, Documentary Shooting, News Shooting, Determining the shooting angle
Objectives: The aim of this course is to show the students how they can use the radio to reach the target audience by explaining the advantages and disadvantages of radio compared to other mass media, to teach the types and features of radio programs and to prepare a radio program.
Content: In this course, in the theoretical part, textbooks written on radio programming and sample studies made in previous years are used, while sample interviews and programs are played in the classroom and in the radio studio.
Objectives: The aim of this course is to equip students with the fundamental concepts, processes, and analytical methods of political communication; to help them understand the relationship between the media and politics; to enable them to evaluate political campaign processes; and to provide them with the foundational knowledge necessary to interpret public opinion formation, voter behavior, and the roles of political actors.
Content: This course is an introductory course that covers the fundamental concepts of politics, the structure of political systems, and how political processes function. Within the scope of political communication, key aspects such as public opinion formation, voter behavior, and political actors are examined. Additionally, the fundamental dynamics of political campaign processes are analyzed. By the end of the course, students will have acquired the skills necessary to conduct basic-level analysis in the field of political communication.
Objectives: The aim of this course is to analyze written, spoken, and visual media texts to help students develop a critical perspective, and to demonstrate the significant impact of the elective media literacy course in primary education in Turkey on children and young people.
Content: This course will introduce students to what media literacy is and why it is important, while showcasing media literacy practices in Turkey and around the world. Students will learn to analyze various forms of verbal, written, and visual communication content. Additionally, they will examine the media literacy curriculum taught as an elective course in elementary schools, including the program’s implementation procedures, textbook content, and assessment methods, and will understand the impact of this course on children and young people as well as the importance of future research in this area.
Objectives: It is aimed that students reinforce the knowledge they have learned theoretically by doing practical studies and learn the methods applied in institutions operating in the field of radio, television and cinema.
Content: The environment, working conditions and practical applications of institutions operating in the field of radio, television and cinema.
Objectives: To enable students to understand the historical development and current practices of arts and culture journalism; to evaluate arts-related events in terms of news value, critical perspective, and journalistic ethics; and to produce original arts and culture content for both traditional and alternative media.
Content: The historical development of arts and culture journalism—a specific subfield of journalism—is explored, and relevant examples are examined. Students are guided to produce news content on selected topics for both traditional and alternative media platforms.
Objectives: Acquires technical and aesthetic knowledge regarding 3D animation. Develops designs using various software programs employed in 3D design and implements these designs.
Content: This course covers the following topics: an introduction to 3D animation; the history, types, and fundamental principles of animation; object design in Illustrator; applying 3D effects to objects in Photoshop; an introduction to the Dimension software; 3D object design in Dimension; the application of textures, lighting, backgrounds, and camera movements in Dimension; an introduction to 3D modeling and animation software (Maya); 3D modeling techniques; organic modeling; surfacing, coloring, and texturing; lighting and shading techniques; and object creation.
Objectives: To acquire the digital culture necessary for adapting to the digital age, and to grasp the impact of art—created and presented through digital technology—on the design of a new society.
Content: 1.2.3.4. Industrial Revolutions, digitalization, digitizing, history of the internet, internet technologies, digital arts, and digital technologies used in the creation and exhibition of art
Objectives: The purpose of this course is to provide a critical analysis—in terms of both content and form—of the material broadcast on television as a mass medium. It aims to foster an understanding of the ideological, cultural, and socio-economic structures of the society in which television operates. Beyond establishing a theoretical framework concerning narrative and genre, the course seeks to equip aspiring media professionals with the foundation for active, critical viewing.
Content: This course will examine the transformative role of television at both the societal and individual levels, while exploring the relationship between the content produced and the processes of language, representation, and the construction of meaning. The curriculum will cover the influence of mass society theories, television studies, the narrative structure of television, and the evaluation of television content through its various genres and subgenres.
Objectives: The aim of the course is to equip students with the analytical methods necessary to examine advertising visual narratives critically and to grasp the meaning underlying what is visible.
Content: This course covers: The Conceptual Framework and Brief History of Advertising; Advertising and Society; Advertising Objectives and Marketing Strategies; Elements of Advertising: Visual and Written Components; Language Use and Ideology; Components of Advertising Language: Text and Visuals/Jingles, Color, Lighting, Camera Techniques, Actors and Actresses, Location, Setting, Clothing, and Accessories; Signs, Symbols, Icons, Images, Sharing of documents related to the field, Advertising Rhetoric—theory of visual rhetoric, Meaning and Ideology in Advertising, Cultural Differences and Cultural Codes in Advertising, Advertising Discourse and Rhetoric, Methods of Uncovering Meaning in Advertising, Methods of Uncovering Meaning in Advertising, Iconographic Methods in Advertising Analysis, Examples of Advertising Rhetoric and Analysis.
Objectives: The goal is to equip students with advanced photography skills by combining their knowledge of cameras and equipment with an understanding of lighting and color in accordance with the principles of composition.
Content: Advanced lighting techniques, composition, action photography, portrait photography, photojournalism, documentary photography, motion, geography, the ability to see, the ability to convey, etc.
Objectives: In this course, students will improve their anatomical awareness by doing breathing and body exercises, and in this way, they will be able to use their bodies more effectively.
Content: Lesson is consisted of body and performance oriented works based on the “Biodynamics” method developed by Theodoros Terzopoulos at the Attis Theatre.
Objectives: To enable students to learn the basic principles of being effective in communication and the characteristics of effective communication, to convey the qualities of effective verbal and non-verbal communication, to provide basic information about the problems encountered in the communication process, and to gain the skills to solve these communication problems.
Content: Communication, Communication Models, Effective Communication, Purposes of Effective Communication
Year 3
Semester 5
Objectives: The aim of the new media technologies course is primarily to reveal what new media technologies are and to explain the features of new communication technologies. In addition, it is to discuss what has changed in different areas of media such as newspapers, television, cinema, advertising with new communication technologies.
Content: Transition process from traditional media to new media, brief history and characteristics of new media, communication theories developed about new media technologies, new journalism activities that emerged with new media technologies, changes in advertising with new media, changes in cinema thanks to new media technologies. , developments in the field of television with the new media, innovations in other fields such as marketing and public relations by new media technologies, legal regulations for new media technologies, etc.
Objectives: These courses aim to enable the student to produce a television program by teaching the television program types, program production and management stages in practice.
Content: The history, development, types and production methods of the TV program and all the production and management processes of a TV program constitute the content of the course.
Objectives: The aim of this course is to introduce the science of psychology, its basic subjects and concepts, sub-fields of psychology, psychopathology and treatment processes at a basic level.
Content: -In this course, after explaining the basic concepts in psychology and the basic principles that explain human beings, information about structures such as language, cognition, intelligence, psychological disorders and treatment processes will be discussed.
Objectives: To enable students to make sense of the universe of signs around them, based on the basic concepts of semiotics, and to create original, creative visual and linguistic messages through different signs; By establishing the semiotics-communication relationship, it is to gain basic skills and knowledge about which indicators the messages to be constructed should consist of so that they can establish “effective communication”.
Content: Communication and Semiotics, Sign, Types of Signs, Functions of semiotics, Linguistic sign, Non-linguistic sign, Symbol, Cultural signs, Use of cultural signs in different texts, Use of signs in visual texts such as Picture-Advertising-Poster, Narrative, Narrative analysis and applications.
Objectives: Explaining the grammar of the film language to the student
Content: Short film, script, preparation, post production
Objectives: To transfer basic studio techniques, practices and theory to students in a theoretical and applied way with the most basic concepts.
Content: This course is the core studio course for students who choose the Broadcasting Specialization. Within the scope of the course, all processes related to broadcasting from program production to broadcast management will be covered. For this reason, in addition to the creative and technical information for production, the publishing industry, legal regulations, broadcast technologies will also be covered within the scope of the course.
Objectives: The aim of the course is to reveal what social media is a part of internet publishing and to explain the features of social media. In addition, it is to provide practical training on content production and management in social media.
Content: Social media and new media theories, Social media and politics, social media and journalism, social media and new media relationship, social media economy, usage areas of social media in Turkey and the world, social media statistics, social media research, use of social media as a marketing tool , social media advertising, social media and television, social media and cinema, social media and marketing, social media advertising, social media and reputation management, social media and legal regulations, social media expertise, social media applications…
Objectives: The objective of this course is to enable students in Radio, Television, and Cinema programs to master the fundamental and technical terminology (at the A2/B1 level) used in cinematography, screenwriting, sound design, and production. The course aims to develop students ` skills in drafting creative materials—such as treatments, shooting schedules, and press releases—in English; communicating according to international production standards; pitching audiovisual projects persuasively; and engaging in the critical evaluation and development of work within the department.
Content: The course covers fundamental English terminology related to the fields of radio, television, and cinema, the reading and comprehension of professional texts, the analysis of audiovisual content, and the forms of oral and written expression used in professional communication.
Objectives: A multifaceted approach to advertising strategy, one of the most important elements of marketing, involves thoroughly evaluating all its stages, reinforcing understanding by following significant industry studies, and creating and completing an advertising campaign process using the acquired knowledge.
Content: It is a comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of the advertising production process.
Objectives: To provide students with the fundamental knowledge necessary for the use of sound in filmmaking and, based on this knowledge, to equip them with sufficient skills in areas such as sound recording, sound design, and editing.
Content: Understanding the nature of sound. Learning proper microphone placement and recording equipment by considering sound propagation and acoustics. Understanding audio file formats and making appropriate choices based on needs before recording. Gaining a general understanding of topics such as sound design, Foley microphones, and audio editing.
Objectives: This course introduces various acting techniques, enabling the director to establish a connection between the actor and the character. Participants gain hands-on experience with acting and actor direction, starting with casting and extending through the rehearsal and filming process.
Content: The course examines the acting approaches of K. Stanislavski, J. Grotowski, V. Meyerhold, and Bertolt Brecht—who have proposed significant methods in the history of acting—while focusing on the relationship between actor and director through practical exercises.
Objectives: This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for both analyzing news sources in the field of culture and arts journalism and writing culture and arts news stories.
Content: The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of culture and arts journalism, as well as to explain the qualities required of a reporter, their working conditions, and methods for accessing reliable news sources.
Objectives: The objective is to enable students to grasp the underlying logic, capabilities, and limitations of artificial intelligence technologies; to equip them with the skills to critically evaluate the outputs of generative AI tools; and to ensure they can utilize these tools—within processes such as visual communication, audiovisual production, and game design—in a creative and transparent manner, while maintaining an awareness of ethical, legal, and aesthetic responsibilities.
Content: The definition of artificial intelligence literacy and international competency frameworks; the fundamental workings of machine learning; the capabilities and limitations of generative AI and large language models; prompt engineering and output verification; algorithmic bias and fairness; data labor and environmental costs; AI applications in visual design, film, animation, and game production; copyright and personality rights; synthetic media and disinformation; and principles of academic integrity and responsible use.
Objectives: Theoretically, they should have a solid understanding of the fundamentals of music, musical genres, the technical characteristics of instruments, and their psychological associations, among other things.
Content: The use of minor and major keys in films: a joint analysis of the screenplay and the music
Objectives: The aim is to discuss, using examples, the reasons for, forms of, and consequences of the use of propaganda through cinema, one of the most important mass media.
Content: This course examines the concept of propaganda—including its historical, cultural, and social impacts and consequences—as well as its forms of application, underlying causes, and the most significant propaganda films in the history of Turkish and world cinema.
Semester 6
Objectives: To understand, make sense of and interpret communicative processes; To carry out applied studies by informing about content analysis and discourse analysis from quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Content: Research as a social process, research as a communicative process, the approaches of Western and Eastern thinkers to methodology and the differences between them, research methods in positivistic thinking, research methods in post-positivistic thinking, content analysis stages and applications, discourse analysis stages and applications, random sampling method, media world research examples, field studies in the process of acquiring and reproducing local knowledge
Objectives: Explaining the grammar of the film language to the student
Content: Short film, script, preparation, postproduction
Objectives: It aims to show how the news on television is prepared by going through what process, with examples. It is aimed that the students comprehend the advantages and limits of the distinctive aspects of television journalism arising from the unique features of these communication tools, and gain the necessary skills to be able to report in these communication tools.
Content: It teaches the correct and ideal writing, production and programming of news texts.
Objectives: This course aims to teach the student to make a documentary film by teaching all the production elements of documentary film such as documentary film types and project file preparation, presentation, documentary budget creation, interview techniques, use of dramatic elements in documentary.
Content: The history, development, genres and production methods of the documentary film and all the production processes of a documentary film constitute the content of the course.
Objectives: It is aimed to introduce the basic concepts of communication law to the students, to make them comprehend the importance of freedom of communication and the connection between fundamental rights and freedoms and the field of communication, and to provide them with information about the legal regulations, legal and criminal responsibilities of media institutions and organizations.
Content: Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, Human Rights, Freedom of Expression and Its Constitutional Fundamentals, General Information on Mass Communication and Mass Media Law, Press Law, Responsibility in the Press, Right to Reply and Correction, Radio-Television Law, Audit of Radio-Television Organizations and Institutional Structure, Cinema –Video Law and Corporate Structure, Criminal and Legal Liability in Communication via the Internet.
Objectives: The objective of this course is to develop the professional English language skills of Radio, Television, and Cinema students to an A2/B1 level. The course aims to ensure that students master the fundamental terminology related to pre-production, production, post-production, TV studio broadcasting, script analysis, film marketing, and festival distribution. Furthermore, it seeks to enable students to grasp the English communication and command structures used in on-set and studio environments, as well as to understand and produce essential written and oral materials utilized in the industry (such as loglines, pitch decks, EPKs, etc.).
Content: This course covers the essential professional English terminology and linguistic structures used in the film, television, and radio industries. Over the course of 14 weeks, the curriculum addresses—through both theoretical concepts and practical examples—the stages of film and TV production, script formatting, visual planning (storyboards and shot scales), camera movements and lighting techniques, sound recording and Foley design, editing and post-production processes, live TV studio management and control room terminology, script structure and genre analysis, film pitching and logline writing, as well as topics related to film festivals, marketing, and distribution rights.
Objectives: November Metin, Radio Programming, Literatürk Academia Broadcasts, 2014
Content: Course Content Environment, working conditions and practical applications of institutions operating in the field of radio, television and cinema.
Objectives: The objective is to enable students to learn the fundamental principles of effective communication and the characteristics of such communication; to convey the qualities of effective verbal and non-verbal interaction; and to provide the essential knowledge required to address challenges encountered during the communication process, thereby equipping students with the skills to resolve these issues.
Content: The course aims to equip students with fundamental communication skills, enabling them to engage in accurate and effective written and verbal communication. The core communicative knowledge gained—covering effective speaking, active listening, and proficient, articulate writing—will serve students in every aspect of their lives. Furthermore, individuals developed in this manner will be capable of crafting clear and comprehensible messages within academic contexts, while also finding solutions to the communication challenges they may encounter. The course will offer strategies for addressing both existing and potential communication issues, with a particular focus on the essential communicative competencies required for academic success.
Objectives: It is the practice of conveying a message about any subject through photography, utilizing photographic techniques and theories while taking societal and social life into account.
Content: Beyond the fundamentals of photography, the course focuses on creating and documenting photographic series that tell stories through the sophisticated application of photographic techniques, enabling individuals to reflect their own perspectives and emotions in their work. It aims to produce documentary-style photography capable of provoking thought, inspiring action, or informing the audience.
Objectives: This course aims to teach the fundamental concepts of virtual reality technologies, their software and hardware components, development processes, and techniques for creating interactive virtual environments. By learning the operating principles of virtual reality applications, students will have the opportunity to create audiovisual experiences, facilitate user interaction, and explore various use cases across different sectors. The course will examine in detail how virtual reality systems function, covering the algorithms employed, hardware components, software development tools, and optimization techniques. By the end of the course, students will possess the knowledge and skills required to develop a basic virtual reality environment.
Content: This course covers the fundamental components of virtual reality technologies, including software and hardware systems, user interaction mechanisms, and the processes involved in creating virtual environments. Students will acquire the skills necessary to develop interactive experiences by learning the operating principles of virtual reality systems, 3D object modeling and scene design, movement and interaction systems, visual and auditory feedback mechanisms, physics engines, and optimization techniques. Furthermore, the applications of virtual reality technologies across various sectors—such as gaming, education, healthcare, engineering, and architecture—will be examined, with analyses based on real-world implementation examples.
Objectives: The story, characters, dramatic structure, stylistic features, fiction, music, etc. of a movie work. to examine in depth and make sense of it.
Content: Film analysis methods are learned and discussed. Selected sample films are analyzed in terms of content and format. Readings are made to shed light on the analysis. Ideas are discussed.
Objectives: The aim of the course is to equip students with the analytical methods necessary to examine advertising visual narratives critically and to grasp the meaning underlying what is visible.
Content: This course covers: The Conceptual Framework and Brief History of Advertising; Advertising and Society; Advertising Objectives and Marketing Strategies; Elements of Advertising: Visual and Written Components; Language Use and Ideology; Components of Advertising Language: Text and Visuals/Jingles, Color, Lighting, Camera Techniques, Actors and Actresses, Location, Setting, Clothing, and Accessories; Signs, Symbols, Icons, Images, Sharing of documents related to the field, Advertising Rhetoric—theory of visual rhetoric, Meaning and Ideology in Advertising, Cultural Differences and Cultural Codes in Advertising, Advertising Discourse and Rhetoric, Methods of Uncovering Meaning in Advertising, Methods of Uncovering Meaning in Advertising, Iconographic Methods in Advertising Analysis, Examples of Advertising Rhetoric and Analysis.
Objectives: This course teaches the basic principles of storyboarding. Students learn how to express written ideas visually.
Content: To ensure the film’s continuity, they learn how to position themselves on set.
Objectives: The Post-Production Techniques course aims to familiarize students with the fundamental components of the post-production process in film and television productions. In this context, the course covers both theoretical and practical aspects of post-production stages such as sound design, dialogue editing, effects design, music placement, and color correction/grading. Students will gain experience with audio and video post-production software by familiarizing themselves with professional workflows; they will be able to make informed decisions regarding sound design and color aesthetics that enhance a film ` s storytelling. By integrating theoretical knowledge with practical exercises, the course aims to equip students with a strong understanding of post-production processes at an industry level.
Content: This course addresses two fundamental axes of post-production in film and television production: sound design and color correction. Theoretical knowledge and practical application in sound design, color correction, and color grading are combined. Students gain experience in areas such as dialogue editing, ambient sound, effects design, music placement, color psychology, LUT usage, and HDR workflows, applying these techniques to a short film.
Objectives: Course Objectives To learn to plan the cartoon production process, to design, draw and test the animations in this process.
Content: Course Content In the filmmaking phase, the student learns to find creative ideas, to draw, design, create and animate characters using animation techniques. He gains the ability to synchronize by making motion and time tests in the visual he has prepared.
Objectives: The Media Aesthetics course aims to help students understand the aesthetic elements used in visual and auditory media and apply these elements in a conscious and creative manner. In this context, the course aims to help students better understand media arts, master visual storytelling techniques, and combine technical knowledge with artistic sensitivity when making aesthetic decisions in media productions. Examining how fundamental aesthetic components such as light, color, space, time/motion, and sound function in media production and their effects on the audience, the course thoroughly explores how these elements are utilized in cinema, television, digital media, and other audiovisual platforms. By integrating the theoretical foundations and practical methods of media aesthetics, the course will ensure that students develop both analytical and practical skills.
Content: This course examines the fundamental aesthetic elements of visual and auditory media, teaching students how to make informed aesthetic decisions in media production. The course covers fundamental components such as light, color, space, time/motion, and sound, and examines their effects on narrative. Students gain theoretical knowledge in areas such as visual composition, framing, perspective, color theory, lighting techniques, editing aesthetics, and sound-image synchronization, and engage in practical exercises.
Year 4
Semester 7
Objectives: This course provides historical and technical information on set and costume design. Through this course, students acquire design knowledge and skills relevant to theater and film production.
Content: The course covers production design, which integrates elements such as set design, costumes, lighting, and sound into a cohesive work of art.
Objectives: To convey the concepts of communication and media ethics, professional ethics and professional rules from the social perspectives of the students. By discussing the main problem areas in media ethics, communicators will gain the ability to see ethical issues and develop their awareness of enlightenment.
Content: Communication ethics, Law, culture and ethics, Professional Ethics, Media Ethics, Conscience and business ethics, Media Ethics rules, New media and Ethics concepts create awareness through observation; will be conveyed together with explanation and case studies.
Objectives: To guide students who are in the graduation stage to create and implement projects.
Content: Course Content Within the scope of the course, academic, technical and artistic support is given for the preparation, production and post-production of the project chosen by the student.
Objectives: The course aims to enable students to understand the historical, social and cultural development of contemporary Turkish cinema and to analyze examples of popular and independent cinema in terms of narrative, visual style and representation. It also aims to develop students’ ability to evaluate industrial and technological transformations affecting film production, distribution and exhibition.
Content: The course covers the transformation of Turkish cinema after 1980, new cinematic approaches emerging in the 1990s and developments since 2000. Popular, independent and auteur cinema are examined through narrative structure, visual style and representations of urban and provincial spaces, migration, identity, gender and family. Documentaries and short films, film festivals, funding mechanisms, international circulation, digital platforms and changing viewing experiences are explored through selected film examples.
Objectives: With the activities determined in this course, to raise awareness and sensitivity about family, women, children, disabled, elderly, animals, environment etc. in university students; It aims to develop individual and social responsibility, cooperation, solidarity and effective communication skills.
Content: Explaining concepts such as target audience, social work, and social sensitivity related to social responsibility, the course covers how to plan and implement a social responsibility project from the beginning to the end. With the prepared forms, the projects are followed up and finalized with certain formats.
Objectives: The objective of this course is to enable students to explore the fundamental principles of simulation and its applications across various industries and disciplines, while developing the skills necessary to participate actively in simulation projects. Students will gain an understanding of the foundations of simulation technologies, become familiar with a range of simulation tools and software, and learn the design and development process for simulation projects. Furthermore, they will enhance their ability to conduct data analysis within these projects, apply principles of ethics and sustainability, and evaluate future trends by keeping pace with current developments in simulation technology. This course aims to provide students with a solid foundation in the field of simulation, preparing them to engage in more complex simulation endeavors in the future.
Content: This course covers the fundamental principles of simulation, explores various application areas, and develops essential skills for simulation projects. It begins with an introduction to simulation concepts, followed by an examination of different simulation tools and software. The design and development process for simulation projects, methods for data analysis, and the evaluation of results are also addressed. Furthermore, the course emphasizes the application of ethical and sustainability principles to simulation projects. The final section focuses on current developments in simulation technologies and future trends. The course aims to provide students with a solid foundation in the field of simulation, enabling them to actively participate in more complex simulation endeavors in the future.
Objectives: The goal is to provide students with a basic understanding of animation techniques through example films.
Content: This course focuses on a historical examination of animation cinema worldwide, as well as an analysis of the concept of animation and related examples of animated films from a production perspective.
Objectives: In this course, we will examine the historical and theoretical development of cinema from its earliest origins to the present day, drawing on fundamental principles of philosophy, while also evaluating cinema in terms of language, thought, and existence.
Content: The course content consists of an exploration of the theoretical concepts that have emerged alongside the historical development of cinema, in relation to the fundamental disciplines of philosophy.
Objectives: The aim of this course is to provide information about the structures and technologies of current digital games within the scope of the basic game design content, to make visual studies in computer environment and to create a sample game design project.
Content: This course; Types of Players, Elements of the Game, Introduction to the Rules, Learning and Breaking the Rules: Balance, Designing Game Mechanics, To the Story Introduction, The Purpose of the Story, Role Playing and Character, Story Design, Introduction to Characters, Player Types, Multiplayer Rules and Balance, Character Design, Mechanical Implementation of Story and Characterization, General Examination; includes topics.
Objectives: To develop the digital literacy necessary to adapt to the digital age and to understand the impact of art created and presented using digital technology on the shaping of a new society
Content: 1.2.3.4. Industrial Revolutions, digitalization, digitization, the history of the Internet, Internet technologies, digital arts, and digital technologies used in the creation and exhibition of art
Objectives: To provide foundational knowledge on film production, financing, and distribution, and to develop the ability to understand the balance of power among the production, distribution, and exhibition sectors.
Content: The dynamics of the film industry, including production, financing, distribution, and exhibition, will be examined within the context of the film industry from a historical perspective. In this context, the practices in the United States, Europe, Turkey, and East Asia will be examined, and the differences and similarities among them will be discussed. In addition to theoretical discussions, industry professionals will be invited to examine how these practices are carried out in Turkey. Furthermore, the course will explore how production, distribution, and exhibition relationships were shaped in earlier periods of Turkish cinema.
Objectives: Learning the system of content production in the field of new media.
Content: Content marketing and social media applications are among the most heavily invested areas today. Creating and successfully managing content plays a key role in social media. Therefore, this course will cover content creation, distribution, and consumption in new media.
Objectives: The objective is to first equip students with the fundamental language of cinema and the logic of cinematic storytelling, and subsequently to introduce the use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in film production processes—covering their theoretical, practical, and ethical dimensions—thereby enabling students to employ these tools in a conscious, critical, and original manner.
Content: Fundamental concepts of cinema and film language; film form, narrative, mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and sound; film literacy; the conceptual and historical place of artificial intelligence in cinema; AI aesthetics; idea development, screenwriting, storyboarding, text-to-video generation, sound, music, and editing practices using generative AI tools; prompt engineering and iterative workflows; copyright, ethics, and legal regulations; debates surrounding creative labor; and examples of AI-driven films and festivals from Türkiye and around the world.
Objectives: This course aims to enhance students ` knowledge and skills regarding climate change, while fostering proficiency in the field of climate communication. It also seeks to provide a deep understanding of critical topics, including concepts such as the climate crisis and climate chaos. The objective of the course is to increase students ` awareness and knowledge of climate change, enabling them to develop a comprehensive perspective on the causes and impacts of the climate crisis. Furthermore, it aims to ensure that students grasp the characteristics of climate communication and are able to utilize these elements to effectively convey issues related to climate change. In this way, students develop the capacity to make informed decisions regarding the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable future.
Content: The Climate Communication course aims to develop knowledge and skills related to climate change. It covers topics such as the concept of the climate crisis, the communication of scientific data, effective communication strategies, and the consideration of emotional responses. Students increase awareness regarding climate change and strengthen their communication skills to influence society and promote sustainability.
Objectives: The purpose of this course is to examine the relationship between language and communication through discourse analysis, in order to analyze the role of language in communication, the codes employed during the communication process, and the various messages constructed through communication. In addition to highlighting the social, cultural, professional, and political functions of language, the course aims to enable students to develop and implement effective discourses within their professional and social lives.
Content: This course explores the relationship between language, communication, and discourse, encompassing written, spoken, visual, and auditory texts, as well as non-verbal communication codes. By comparing approaches such as Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis, the course examines messages produced within the contexts of media, politics, advertising, business, and leadership, with a focus on power, ideology, and implicit meanings. Furthermore, the course involves the analysis of multimodal texts—which integrate text, sound, imagery, and body language—and provides practical applications for the use of discourse in effective communication.
Objectives: The course aims to explore the concept, definition, and history of cartoons, as well as to help students understand narrative and drawing techniques through examples of cartoons published around the world.
Content: This section examines the techniques of cartooning in light of its concept, definition, history, and analyses.
Objectives: The objective is to equip students with the competence to grasp the digitalization process of cinema from both theoretical and historical perspectives, to understand the technical aspects of digital image production and post-processing, and to utilize generative artificial intelligence tools in their own audiovisual projects with an awareness of copyright, ethics, and the responsibilities surrounding creative labor.
Content: Theoretical and historical foundations of digital cinema, the transformation of photographic indexicality, digital visual effects and perceptual realism, digital cinematography, color management and workflows, virtual production and LED volume technologies, the generation of images, video, and audio via generative AI, deepfakes and synthetic performance, copyright and ethics, and debates surrounding creative labor.
Semester 8
Objectives: The aim of this course; To prepare a graduation project by applying the learned scientific research techniques and to provide a written presentation of the findings.
Content: Lesson; For the subject chosen for the graduation project, it covers subjects such as working on the student ` s targeted field, orientation, resource research, researching possible situations for implementation and finalizing the graduation project.
Objectives: It is aimed to understand the concept of “rhetoric” and rhetoric / wordplays (figures), to interpret the rhetoric / communication relationship, to emphasize the ability to “persuade” through rhetoric in communication, to prepare persuasive and effective texts with various techniques and methods, to decode and question texts.
Content: Course Content Communication, Communication Models, Communication and Persuasion, Aristotle and Rhetoric, Aristotle and Persuasion, Persuasion and its creators, Types of rhetoric, Figures of speech in linguistic texts (use of figures), Arts of speech in visual texts (use of figures),
Objectives: The aim of this course; The aim of this study is to examine the issue of how the press enterprises, which basically have the same characteristics with other businesses, but have their own characteristics and differences from other businesses in terms of the sector they are in, carry out their activities.
Content: Within the scope of the course; Definitions and concepts related to press enterprises, features, functions and organizational structure of press enterprises, business functions in press enterprises, advertising, new economy, competition and today ` s media structuring and the effectiveness of the media are included.
Objectives: The objective of the New Media Technologies course is, first and foremost, to define what new media technologies are and to explain the characteristics of new communication technologies. It also aims to discuss how various fields of media—such as newspapers, television, cinema, and advertising—have changed with the advent of new communication technologies.
Content: The transition from traditional media to new media, the brief history and characteristics of new media, communication theories developed in relation to new media technologies, new journalistic activities emerging alongside new media technologies, changes in the advertising sector brought about by new media, changes in the film industry enabled by new media technologies, developments in the television sector alongside new media, innovations introduced by new media technologies in other fields such as marketing and public relations, legal regulations established for new media technologies, etc.
Objectives: This course aims to equip students with the ability to analyze media texts from a critical perspective, evaluate them through various theoretical frameworks, and identify elements such as representation, ideology, and discourse within media content.
Content: This course aims to equip students with the ability to analyze media texts from a critical perspective, evaluate them through various theoretical frameworks, and identify elements such as representation, ideology, and discourse within media content.
Objectives: To teach the use of artificial intelligence in design and game development processes; and to provide students with a foundation in both generative AI tools and game AI (such as movement control and decision-making algorithms).
Content: Introduction to artificial intelligence; its applications in design; generation of visuals, text, and audio using generative AI; prompt engineering; AI in games; movement control and pathfinding; state machines and behavior trees; AI techniques for various game genres; procedural content generation; ethics, copyright, and originality.
Objectives: The objective is to equip the student with advanced-level photography skills by enabling them to integrate their knowledge of cameras and equipment with an understanding of composition, lighting, and color.
Content: Advanced lighting knowledge, composition, understanding of action, portrait photography, photojournalism, documentary, motion, geography, the ability to see and to show, etc.
Objectives: The main aim of the course is to understand the concept of new media journalism and to interpret new media journalism. It is aimed to have information about the transformation experienced with the transition from traditional media to new media and the advantages and disadvantages of this transformation, and to evaluate new media journalism in the axis of media control.
Content: The course will focus on the transformation from traditional media to new media, social media, social media channels, changing journalism today and new media journalism.
Objectives: Course Objectives To learn to plan the cartoon production process, to design, draw and test the animations in this process.
Content: Course Content In the filmmaking phase, the student learns to find creative ideas, to draw, design, create and animate characters using animation techniques. He gains the ability to synchronize by making motion and time tests in the visual he has prepared.
Objectives: The objective is to equip students with the competence to grasp the digitalization process of cinema from both theoretical and historical perspectives, to understand the technical aspects of digital image production and post-processing, and to utilize generative artificial intelligence tools in their own audiovisual projects with an awareness of copyright, ethics, and the responsibilities surrounding creative labor.
Content: Theoretical and historical foundations of digital cinema, the transformation of photographic indexicality, digital visual effects and perceptual realism, digital cinematography, color management and workflows, virtual production and LED volume technologies, the generation of images, video, and audio via generative AI, deepfakes and synthetic performance, copyright and ethics, and debates surrounding creative labor.
Objectives: The Media Aesthetics course aims to help students understand the aesthetic elements used in visual and auditory media and apply these elements in a conscious and creative manner. In this context, the course aims to help students better understand media arts, master visual storytelling techniques, and combine technical knowledge with artistic sensitivity when making aesthetic decisions in media productions. Examining how fundamental aesthetic components such as light, color, space, time/motion, and sound function in media production and their effects on the audience, the course thoroughly explores how these elements are utilized in cinema, television, digital media, and other audiovisual platforms. By integrating the theoretical foundations and practical methods of media aesthetics, the course will ensure that students develop both analytical and practical skills.
Content: This course examines the fundamental aesthetic elements of visual and auditory media, teaching students how to make informed aesthetic decisions in media production. The course covers fundamental components such as light, color, space, time/motion, and sound, and examines their effects on narrative. Students gain theoretical knowledge in areas such as visual composition, framing, perspective, color theory, lighting techniques, editing aesthetics, and sound-image synchronization, and engage in practical exercises.
Previous Course Contents
First Year
Semester 1
| Course Code and Name | RTS101 Introduction to Communication Sciences |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content | Ders; iletişim bilimlerinin genel çerçevesini oluşturan temel kavramlar, iletişim becerilerinin güçlendirilmesine ilişkin çözüm ve öneriler, kişilerarası iletişim, grup iletişimi, örgüt iletişimi, kitle iletişimi, kamusal iletişim, uluslararası iletişim ve kültürlerarası iletişim gibi konuları kapsar. |
| Course Code and Name | RTS102 Basic Information Technologies |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content | Dersin içeriği, temel bilgisayar tekniklerinin öğrenilmesi ve internet üzerinden bilgiye ulaşma, bilgiyi sağlıklı biçimde kullanma, aktarma ve tekrar düzenleme konularından oluşmaktadır. Öğrencilerin güncel işletim sistemlerini aktif olarak kullanabilmesi, metin, tablo, sunum hazırlayabilmesi, internet üzerinde tarama yapabilmesi ve iletişim kurabilmesi hedeflenir. |
| Course Code and Course Name: | RTS103 World Cinema and Television History |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Ders, bir sanat dalı ve kitle iletişim aracı olarak sinemanın ve ona koşut olarak gelişim gösteren televizyonculuğun gelişim süreci hakkında öğrencilere kronolojik bilgi aktarmayı hedeflemektedir. Sinema ve televizyon alanları, zamandaş sanat akımlarıyla, siyasi, ekonomik ve kültürel değişimler ile bir arada değerlendirilerek incelenir. Görsel iletişimin temel akım ve ekolleri öğrenilir, örnekler ile pekiştirilir. |
| Course Code and Course Name: | RTS104 History of Art |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Sanatsal ifade biçimlerinin tarihsel süreç içinde ne gibi değişimlerden geçtiğine dair kronolojik bilgi aktaran bu ders, öğrencilerde sanatsal ve kültürel üretim hakkında görsel bir duyarlılık geliştirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bunun yanı sıra, tasarım, kompozisyon, renk, ışık, doku, mekan, zaman, temsil gibi kavramların sanatsal açılımının yapılabilmesi, eserleri analiz edebilmeye yönelik temel becerilerin kazandırılması da hedeflenir. |
| Course Code and Course Name: | RTS105 Basic Design |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | The difference between looking and seeing, rules of visual perception, the concept of design Basic elements and principles of design: point, line, shape, color, texture, rhythm, harmony, unity, similarities, contrasts, hierarchy, repetition, perspective, linear perspective, one-point, two-point and three-point perspectives Color perspective |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS106 Basic Concepts of Radio, TV and Cinema |
| Credit/ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | The aim of the course is to teach the basic concepts and terminology of the fields of radio, cinema and television. The concepts and terms covered span every area of the sector, such as project development, presentation, production and broadcasting. |
| Course Code and Course Name: | RTS107 Image Reading |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Dersin amacı, öğrencilere görsel bir düzenlemeyi her açıdan anlamlandırma becerisi kazandırmaktır. Görselin içerdiği renk, doku, kompozisyon, görseli destekleyen semboller, görselin içerdiği bakış açısı, içeriği ile sunduğu tema gibi tüm öğeler ayrıştırılarak incelenir. Görselin ne zaman, nerede, kim tarafından ve kimler için üretildiği, hangi kültürel kodları içerdiği irdelenir. Öğrencilerin görüntüler ile iletişim kurma becerisi geliştirilir. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS108 Basic Photography |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 0 Hour / Week – Practice 4 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Camera recognition, light knowledge, composition, action knowledge, portrait photography, news photography, documentary, movement, geography, being able to see, to show, etc. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS227 Basic Concepts of Economics |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Ekonominin Temel Kavramları dersi, ekonomi biliminin temel kavramlarını ve işleyişini öğretmeyi amaçlar. Ders, arz ve talep, piyasa dengesi, üretim faktörleri, maliyetler, gelir dağılımı ve ekonomik büyüme gibi temel ekonomik terimleri ve ilkeleri açıklığa kavuşturur. Ayrıca, ekonomik sistemler, para ve banka, enflasyon, işsizlik, dış ticaret gibi mikro ve makroekonomik konulara giriş yapılır. Öğrenciler, bu kavramları anlayarak ekonomik olayları analiz etme ve çeşitli ekonomik problemler karşısında çözüm önerileri geliştirme becerisi kazanır. Ders, ekonomi biliminin günlük yaşamla bağlantısını kurarak öğrencilerin ekonomiyle ilgili bilinçli kararlar alabilmelerini sağlar. |
| Course Code and Name: | ING101 English I |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Bu ders 14 haftalık bir program olup; temel düzey (A1) İngilizce bilgi ve becerilerini öğrencilerin bölüm bilgileri ile eş zamanlı ve de konu uyumu olacak şekilde planlanmıştır. Öğrenciler, temel düzeydeki yapılar, kalıplar ve kelimeleri öğrenip bölüm bilgilerini kullanarak alanları ile ilgili İngilizce içerik üretebileceklerdir. |
| Course Code and Name: | TÜR101 Turkish Language and Literature I |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Spelling, punctuation and composition (punctuation marks, other marks) , Spelling, orthography rules (spelling of capital letters, writing of numbers, spelling of abbreviations, spelling of quoted words), Composition (purpose of composition, method of writing compositions) , plan, introduction, development, conclusion in composition, features of expression, in expression clarity, simplicity of expression, clarity and sincerity in expression, Expression disorders (use of synonymous words within sentences), of idioms incorrect usage, forms of expression (explanation, story, concise expression, description, satire, portrait, proof, speech, verse expression types), Types of oral expression (daily and unprepared speech, prepared speech, open forum, debate, panel), Written expression types (letter, telegram, congratulation, invitation, literary letter), business letters, formal letter, petition, report, minutes, decision, announcement, advertisement, conversation, criticism, memoir, travel writing writing, interview, survey, autobiography, biography, novel, story, fairy tale, fable, theatre, tragedy, drama, screenplay) . |
| Course Code and Name: | INT100 Introduction to University Life |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 1 / ECTS: 1) |
| Course Content: | This is a university orientation course. |
Semester 2
| Course Code and Name: | RTS121 Communication Theories |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Critically addresses important developments in mass communication. Through narration and discussion, this critical perspective aims to enable understanding of what mass communication does, why, how, and its effects and implications. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS122 Basic Computer Sciences |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Description and hands-on use of the internet, computers and programs |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS123 History of Turkish Cinema and Television |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Türkiye’de sinemanın ve televizyonculuğun gelişimi, kronolojik bir akış içerisinde incelenir. Dönemin siyasi, ekonomik ve kültürel şartları tanımlanır. Söz konusu şartların Türk sineması ve televizyon yayıncılığı üzerindeki etkileri analiz edilir. Türk sinemasının sanatsal gelişimi yaratıcılar bazında incelenir. Söz konusu konular örnek filmler izlenerek, pekiştirilir. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS124 Visual Culture |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Ders boyunca sinema sanatı başta olmak üzere her türden görsel ürün sahip olduğu kültürel bağlam uyarınca değerlendirilecektir. Görüntünün enformasyon gücü analiz edilecek, sinema tarihi içerisinde iz bırakmış eserler üzerinden görüntünün önemi ve gücü üzerinde durulacaktır. Ders boyunca ayrıca, uluslararası festivallerde ödül almış filmler de görsel kullanımları uyarınca ele alınacaktır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS126 Creative Writing |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | The course covers the effective use of language required for writing, different writing forms in literary genres, the transition from thought to writing, and effective writing forms, and combines these with practice to teach the basic rules and methods of creative writing. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS127 Visual Narrative |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Sinemasal görüntülerin tasarlanması ile ilgili temel öğeleri (açılar, ölçekler, kamera hareketleri, kompozisyon vb.), Sinema dilinin araçlarını kullanarak, istenen duygu ve algıları yaratma ve orijinal görüntüler oluşturma pratikleri, Kurgunun temel prensiplerini öğrenir ve bir filmi kurgusal olarak analizi, Bir filmi destekleyen yan öğelerin (ortam sesi, diyalog, ses efekti, müzik vb.) görsel anlatıya etkilerini incelenmesi ve analizi içerir. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS129 Digital Photography |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 0 Hour / Week – Practice 4 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Visual communication, basic skills in digital photography, effective nonverbal communication, the contributions of digital photography to rapid communication, etc. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS130 History of Civilization and Thought |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: |
No English description is available for this course. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS131 History of Communication |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: |
No English description is available for this course. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS204 News Gathering and Writing Techniques |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Ders, genel olarak haber kavramı, haberin tanımı ve haber değerinin tartışılması, haberin yapısı, haber yazım kuralları ve haberin unsurları, haber üslubu, farklı yayın organları için haber yazımı, 5N1K kuralı ile farklı haber yazma tekniklerinin ve haberin değerlendirilme aşamaları ile gerçekleştirilecektir. |
| Course Code and Name: | ING102 English II |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Bu ders 14 haftalık bir program olup; temel düzey (A1) İngilizce bilgi ve becerilerini öğrencilerin bölüm bilgileri ile eş zamanlı ve de konu uyumu olacak şekilde planlanmıştır. Öğrenciler, temel düzeydeki yapılar, kalıplar ve kelimeleri öğrenip bölüm bilgilerini kullanarak alanları ile ilgili İngilizce içerik üretebileceklerdir. |
| Course Code and Name: | TÜR201 Turkish Language and Literature 2 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | İmla, noktalama ve kompozisyon (noktalama işaretleri, diğer işaretler) , İmla, yazım kuralları (büyük harflerin imlası, sayıların yazılışı, kısaltmaların imlası, alıntı kelimelerin yazılışı) , Kompozisyon (kompozisyonun amacı, kompozisyon yazmada yöntem) , kompozisyonda plan, giriş, gelişme, sonuç, Anlatım özellikleri, anlatımda duruluk, anlatımda sadelik, anlatımda açıklık içtenlik, Anlatım bozuklukları ( eş anlamlı kelimelerin cümle içinde kullanılışı) , Deyimlerin yanlış kullanılışı, Anlatım biçimleri (açıklama, hikâye, özlü anlatım, tasvir, hiciv, portre, kanıtlama, konuşma, manzum anlatım çeşitleri) , Sözlü anlatım çeşitleri (günlük ve hazırlıksız konuşma, hazırlıklı konuşma, açıkoturum, münazara, panel) , Yazılı anlatım türleri (mektup, telgraf, tebrik, davetiye, edebi mektup) , iş mektupları, resmi mektup, dilekçe, rapor, tutanak, karar, ilan, reklam, sohbet, eleştiri, anı, gezi yazısı, röportaj, anket, Otobiyografi, biyografi, roman, hikaye, masal, fabl, tiyatro, trajedi, dram, senaryo) . |
Second Year
Semester 3
| Course Code and Name: | RTS201 Editing 1 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Learning the theories of the first directors and editors who formed the theory of editing, understanding and learning the basic functions of editing, demonstrating the methods used in editing, and basic editing practice form the content of this course. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS202 Sociology of Communication |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Bir sosyal süreç olarak araştırma, bir iletişimsel süreç olarak araştırma, yöntembilime dair Batılı ve Doğulu düşünürlerin yaklaşımları ve aralarındaki farklar, pozitivistik düşünme biçiminde araştırma yöntemleri, post-pozitivistik düşünmede araştırma yöntemleri, içerik analizi safhaları ve uygulamaları, söylem analizi safhaları ve uygulamaları, tesadüfi örneklem yöntemi, medya dünyası araştırma örnekleri, yerel bilgiyi edinme ve yeniden üretme sürecinde saha çalışmaları |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS203 Cinematography 1 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Camera, editing, shooting techniques, shot angles, use of light, equipment control and operation, production of packaged programs, documentary shooting, news shooting, ability to determine shot angles |
| Course Code and Name: | AİİT101 Principles of Atatürk and History of the Turkish Revolution |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | From the recent history of the Republic to the present day, developments such as the founding philosophy and basic principles of the Republic of Turkey, the development of democracy, and the factors affecting today form the content of the course. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS206 Radio Programming 1 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | In this course, the theoretical part draws on textbooks written on radio programming and sample studies conducted in earlier years, while sample interviews and programs are played in class and in the radio studio. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS224 Screenwriting |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 4) |
| Course Content: | The course covers the entire writing process of a screenplay: creating characters, writing the story in a form suited to the language of film, arranging scenes in a correct composition, constructing the flow through the cinematic time structure, and building the dramatic structure. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS209 Mythology |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | The aim of this course is to examine, through comparison of film images and myths, the definition of mythology, creation epics, gods and goddesses, and the active roles within mythology of all cinema-related concepts such as image, the unconscious and the conscious. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS009 Media Literacy (Technical Elective) |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Mass Communication Systems, Semiotics and Analysis, Critical Reading, Political Economy of Mass Communication, Culture and Media |
Semester 4
| Course Code and Name: | RTS221 Film Theories |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | The content of the course is formed by the thoughts of film theorists who examine cinema on its journey from a technological invention to an art form, and its issues such as its form, existence, structure and narration. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS222 Editing 2 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: |
Learning the theories of the first directors and editors who formed the theory of editing, understanding and learning the basic functions of editing, demonstrating the methods used in editing, and basic editing practice form the content of this course. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS223 Cinematography 2 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: |
Camera, editing, shooting techniques, shot angles, use of light, equipment control and operation, production of packaged programs, documentary shooting, news shooting, ability to determine shot angles |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS225 Radio Programming 2 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | In this course, the theoretical part draws on textbooks written on radio programming and sample studies conducted in earlier years, while sample interviews and programs are carried out in class and in the radio studio. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS226 Political Communication |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Siyasal İletişim dersi, siyaset ve iletişim arasındaki etkileşimi ve bu etkileşimin toplumsal, kültürel ve politik bağlamdaki yansımalarını inceler. Ders, siyasal aktörlerin (politikacılar, partiler, devlet kurumları vb.) kamuoyunu şekillendirme, seçmenleri etkileme ve politik gündemi belirleme stratejilerini ele alır. Medyanın, propaganda tekniklerinin, dijital platformların ve sosyal medyanın siyasal iletişimdeki rolü üzerine derinlemesine analizler yapılır. Öğrenciler, siyasal iletişimin teorik temellerini öğrenirken, aynı zamanda güncel siyasal olaylar ve iletişim stratejilerini değerlendirerek, politik söylem ve kamuoyu yönetimi üzerine eleştirel bir bakış açısı geliştirirler. |
| Course Code and Name: | AİİT102 Principles of Atatürk and History of the Turkish Revolution |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Osmanlı Devleti’nin son dönemlerinde yapılan ıslahatların başarısızlığının nedenleri ile bunların Atatürk dönemindeki inkılâplara etkisi örneklerle açıklanmalıdır. Osmanlı Devleti’nin son dönemlerinde devleti kurtarma adına ortaya atılan ideolojilerden Türkçülük, İslamcılık, Osmanlıcılık, Garpçılık (Batıcılık), Sosyalizm gibi akımlar tanıtılmalı, Kurtuluş Savaşı’nın; Mustafa Kemal tarafından işgalleri bitirmek, ulusal-halk egemenliğine dayalı bir devlet kurma süreci olarak yönetildiği işlenmelidir. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS228 Media Literacy (Technical Elective) |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Mass Communication Systems, Semiotics and Analysis, Critical Reading, Political Economy of Mass Communication, Culture and Media |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS299 Internship 1 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 0 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 0 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | The environment, working conditions and practical applications of institutions operating in the fields of radio, television and cinema. |
Third Year
Semester 5
| Course Code and Name: | RTS301 New Media Technologies |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Geleneksel medyadan yeni medya geçiş süreci, yeni medyanın kısa tarihi ve de özellikleri, yeni medya teknolojileri ile ilgili geliştirilen iletişim kuramları, yeni medya teknolojileri ile birlikte ortaya çıkan yeni gazetecilik faaliyetleri, yeni medya ile birlikte reklamcılık alanında değişimler, yeni medya teknolojileri sayesinde sinema alanındaki değişimler, yeni medya ile birlikte televizyon alanındaki gelişmeler, yeni medya teknolojilerinin pazarlama ve halkla ilişkiler gibi diğer alanlarda ortaya koyduğu yenilikler, yeni medya teknolojileri için yapılan hukuksal düzenlemeler vs. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS302 TV Production and Management |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 6) |
| Course Content: | Televizyon yayıncılığının temel prensiplerinin açıklandığı, program çeşitlerinin öğretildiği ve öğrencilerin bu programlara yönelik içerik üretme pratiği yapmalarının amaçlandığı bu ders, hem teorik, hem de uygulamalı olarak işlenmektedir. Öğrencilerin oluşturdukları program projelerini bütçelendirmeleri, bir çekim takvimi oluşturmaları, iç ve dış çekimler gerçekleştirerek, öğrendikleri teknik bilgileri pratiğe geçirmeleri beklenmektedir. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS303 Introduction to Psychology |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | In this course, after basic concepts in the field of psychology and the fundamental principles that explain human beings are presented, information on structures such as language, cognition and intelligence, as well as psychological disorders and treatment processes, will be addressed. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS305 Semiology |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | İletişim ve Göstergebilim, Gösterge, Gösterge Türleri, Göstergebilimin işlevleri, Dilsel gösterge, Dil-dışı gösterge, Sembol, Kültürel göstergeler, Kültürel göstergelerin değişik metinlerde kullanımı, Resim-Reklam-Afiş gibi görsel metinlerde gösterge kullanımı, Anlatı, Anlatı çözümlemesi ve uygulamalar. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS306 Film Production and Management 1 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Short film, screenplay, preparation, post-production |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS307 Studio Techniques |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Bu ders, Yayıncılık Uzmanlık Alanı’nı seçen öğrencilerin temel stüdyo dersidir. Ders kapsamında program yapımından yayın yönetimine yayıncılıkla ilgili tüm süreçler kapsanacaktır. Bu nedenle prodüksiyona yönelik yaratıcı ve teknik bilgilerin yanı sıra, yayıncılık endüstrisi, yasal düzenlemeler, yayın teknolojileri de ders kapsamında ele alınacaktır |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS321 Social Media |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Sosyal medya ve yeni medya kuramları, Sosyal medya ve siyaset, sosyal medya ve gazetecilik, sosyal medya ve yeni medya ilişkisi, sosyal medya ekonomisi, Türkiye ve dünyada sosyal medyanın kullanım alanları, sosyal medya istatistikleri, sosyal medya araştırmaları, sosyal medyanın pazarlama aracı olarak kullanımı, sosyal medyada reklamcılık, sosyal medya ve televizyon, sosyal medya ve sinema, sosyal medya ve pazarlama, sosyal medyada reklam, sosyal medya ve itibar yönetimi, sosyal medya ve hukuki düzenlemeler, sosyal medya uzmanlığı, sosyal medya uygulamaları… |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS329 Professional English 1 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Uses work-related words appropriately and becomes familiar with terms related to their own fields in education. Reads, understands, writes and responds appropriately to work e-mails and letters. |
Semester 6
| Course Code and Name: | RTS322 Film Production and Management 2 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Short film, screenplay, preparation, post-production |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS323 Television Journalism |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Teaches the correct and ideal writing and production of news texts, and program production. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS324 Documentary Production and Management |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 4 Hour / Week – Practice 4 / Week – Credit (Classical): 6 / ECTS: 6) |
| Course Content: | The history, development, types and production methods of documentary film, and all production processes of a documentary film, make up the content of the course. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS325 Communication Law and Intellectual Property Rights |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Kitle iletişim hukukuna genel giriş, kitle iletişim araçları, kitle iletişim özgürlüğü, ifade özgürlüğü ve sınırları, iletişim özgürlüğü ve yasalarda düzenlenişi, yayımcının, yazı işleri müdürünün ve basın kuruluşu sahibinin sorumlulukları, basın rejimi, radyo ve televizyon rejimi, yayın sınırları konularını içermektedir. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS125 Research Methods in Communication Sciences |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Bir sosyal süreç olarak araştırma, bir iletişimsel süreç olarak araştırma, yöntembilime dair Batılı ve Doğulu düşünürlerin yaklaşımları ve aralarındaki farklar, pozitivistik düşünme biçiminde araştırma yöntemleri, post-pozitivistik düşünmede araştırma yöntemleri, içerik analizi safhaları ve uygulamaları, söylem analizi safhaları ve uygulamaları, tesadüfi örneklem yöntemi, medya dünyası araştırma örnekleri, yerel bilgiyi edinme ve yeniden üretme sürecinde saha çalışmaları |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS326 Professional English 2 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Öncesinde Mesleki İngilizce I dersini tamamlayan öğrenciler, bu dersle daha ileri seviye bir İngilizce eğitimi ile meslekte kullanabilecekleri alan eğitimini alacaklardır. Bu bağlamda uzmanlık alanlarında mesleğe yönelik dil kullanımını sağlamak amacıyla gerekli jargon, kalıp ve prosedürler anlatılacaktır. Medya, radyo, televizyon ve sinema alanında yaratıcı metinler, televizyon programı sunumları, senaryolar, basın bültenleri, güncel makaleler, reklamlar ve dijital medya içerikleri ürünleri işlenecektir. Ayrıca yeni medya ve iletişim teknolojilerine dair, İngilizce dil dağarcığı oluşturulması için gerekli kavram ve terimler öğretilecektir. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS399 Internship 2 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 0 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 0 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Working conditions and practical applications in the fields of radio, television and cinema. |
Fourth Year
Semester 7
| Course Code and Name: | RTS304 Media and Ethics |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Communication ethics, law, culture and ethics, professional ethics, media ethics, conscience and work ethics, media ethics codes, and new media and ethical concepts will be conveyed through observation-based awareness, narration and case-study examples. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS401 Graduation Project I |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 8 / Week – Credit (Classical): 6 / ECTS: 12) |
| Course Content: | The aim of the course is to create an environment in which students present, in the project they will produce, the knowledge and experience they have gained through both theory and practice after three years of education, and in which they demonstrate that they have reached the graduation stage. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS402 Contemporary Turkish Cinema |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Günümüz Türk Sineması dersi, Türk sinemasının son dönemdeki gelişim süreçlerini ve çağdaş yapımlarını inceler. Ders, 2000’li yıllardan itibaren sinemada yaşanan değişimleri, yeni yönetmen ve yapımcıların tarzlarını, toplumsal ve kültürel yansımaları analiz eder. Ayrıca, sinema dilindeki yenilikçi anlatım biçimleri, görsel estetik, film türleri ve sinemanın küresel sinema endüstrisiyle etkileşimi gibi konulara odaklanır. Öğrenciler, Türk sinemasının bugününü daha iyi anlayarak, eleştirel bir bakış açısıyla güncel Türk filmlerini analiz etmeyi öğrenir. |
| Course Code and Name: | SSP101 Social Responsibility Projects |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Target audience, social service and social sensitivity related to social responsibility in the course explaining concepts such as, a social responsibility project’s most how it is planned and implemented from start to finish is covered. |
Semester 8
| Course Code and Name: | RTS421 Graduation Project 2 |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 8 / Week – Credit (Classical): 6 / ECTS: 11) |
| Course Content: | Bitirme Projesi 1 dersinin devamıdır. Ders kapsamında öğrencilerin; üç yıllık eğitim sürecinin ardından, gerek kuramsal gerek uygulama yoluyla elde ettikleri bilgi ve deneyimlerinin üretilecek projede ortaya koyması ve öğrencinin mezuniyet aşamasına geldiğini kanıtlayacağı bir ortamın yaratılması amaçlanmaktadır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS422 Rhetoric |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Politik iletişimin bir yurttaşlık pratiği olarak tanımladığı retoriğin tarihsel süreç içinde nasıl ele alındığını ve modern retorik çalışmaların iletişim bilimleri içindeki yerini inceleyen bu ders, güncel medya çözümlemeleri ile de desteklenmekte, öğrencilerin medyanın ikna etme – rıza yaratma gücünü kavramasını amaçlamaktadır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS423 Media Management and Entrepreneurship |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Öğrencilerin medyanın çeşitli alanlarında sektörün ne şekilde işlediğini öğrenmesini, medya işletmelerinin çalışma prensiplerini kavramasını ve bu alanda yaratıcı fikirler geliştirmesini hedefleyen bu ders, teorik bilgilerin yanı sıra, öğrencilerin kendi radyo veya tv yayınlarını düzenlemeleri, kendi gazete veya dergilerini çıkartmaları gibi uygulamalı çalışmaları da kapsamaktadır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS424 New Media Technologies and Artificial Intelligence |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 2) |
| Course Content: | Yeni Medya Teknolojileri ve Yapay Zeka dersi, dijital medya ve iletişim alanında yapay zekâ teknolojilerinin nasıl dönüştürücü bir rol oynadığını keşfeder. Ders, yapay zekânın medya üretimi, içerik önerileri, veri analizi, sosyal medya algoritmaları ve otomatik habercilik gibi alanlarda kullanımını inceler. Ayrıca, öğrencilere YZ’nin medya üzerindeki etkilerini, etik sorunları ve gelecekteki potansiyel gelişmeleri anlamaları için temel bilgiler sunar. Bu derste, yeni medya teknolojilerinin sosyal, kültürel ve ekonomik boyutları da ele alınarak, öğrencilerin teknoloji ve toplumu daha derinlemesine analiz etmeleri hedeflenir. |
Elective Courses
Technical Elective
| Course Code and Name: | RTS001 Cinema and TV Criticism |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Comprehensive discussion of critical theories from the classical period to the present, applied to films and TV programs. Through research, source review, readings, and individual and group work, critical theories are applied to films and TV programs. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS002 Advertising Language |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Equipping students with a wealth of knowledge on visual communication topics, so that they become competent analysts in the advertising and promotion topics they wish to create. The aim is for advertising, the absence of which would diminish visual communication, to bring students through multi-faceted perception to the level of thinking, creating and implementing. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS003 Advertising Film Production and Management |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | To enable students who design the future of advertising to grasp the basic concepts related to advertising, learn advertising film production techniques, and acquire the basic knowledge and skills to shoot an advertising film. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS004 Sound Techniques |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Sesin Tanımı, Temel Ses Fiziği, Sesin Algılanması, Duyma Kavramı ve Ses Kaydının Tarihçesi. Sesin kontrolü, ses ve akustik, kayıt aletleri, manyetizma ve manyetik kayıt, mikrofonların özellikleri ve kullanımı, mikrofon aksesuarları, mekânda ses kaydı, boom (olta) kullanımı, eşlemeli ses kurgusu. Öğrenciler uygulamalı eğitimle farklı aygıtlara ses kayıt olanaklarını öğrenirler. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS005 Storyboard |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | The content of the course is the visualization of screenplays using basic drawing techniques. In addition to drawing, creating a storyboard using photographs and conveying the benefits of using a storyboard during shooting will be provided to students. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS006 Music in Cinema and TV |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Examination of original-orchestral or other examples of music in cinema, and of dramatic and epic music design examples; the importance of music in creating meaning; creating jingles using simple music programs; and practical work on projects. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS008 Set and Costume Design |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Senaryoda yer alan karakterlerin görselleştirilmesi için karaktere uygun kostümlerin belirlenmesini ve tasarımını sağlamak amaçlanmıştır. Ortaya çıkarılan tasarımın uygulamalı olarak hayata geçirilmesi ile öğrencilerin karakter kostüm arasındaki ilişkiyi doğru olarak kavramaları sağlanır. Öte yandan film çalışmalarında dekor kurumu, inşası ve seçiminin önemi anlatılacaktır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS010 Animation Techniques |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Bu dersin amacı, öğrencilerin genel canlandırma tekniklerini öğrenmesi ve bu teknikleri gerçekleştirebilmek için gereken teknolojiyi kullanabilmelerini sağlamaktır. Öğrencilerin temel sanat formları doğrultusunda bu teknolojileri kullanmaları esas alınacak olup, dersin uygulamalı yönü önem taşımaktadır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS011 Film Analyses |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Bu ders “yaratıcı olarak yönetmen” ilkesine odaklanmaktadır. Yönetmenlerin görsellik anlayışı, kendilerine özgü görsel öykü anlatışları ve bunu nasıl kullandıkları, sahneleme, oyuncunun çerçeve içindeki hareketleri derste irdelenecek konulardır. Birçok örnek gösterilerek farklı yönetmenlerin stil ve yaklaşımları tartışılacaktır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS012- Actor Direction in Cinema and Television |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | The aim of the course is to address acting, both an art and a profession, as one of the creative components of film. A director’s success depends on good actor direction. Within the course, basic acting techniques and direction are covered. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS013 Documentary Photography |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | The applied course is shaped around topics such as the documentary function of photography, its use in documentary filmmaking, photographing a subject while maintaining a particular point of view, the meaning attributed to photographs, photo-reportage techniques, nature photography, street photography, etc. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS014 New Media Journalism |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 3 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | The changing understanding of journalism is discussed by communication scholars, sometimes in terms of its positive and sometimes its negative aspects. New ethical problems emerging with new media, professionalism, and journalists’ employment problems will also form the subject of this course. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS015 Television Programming |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 3 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | The aim of this course is to teach the television programme production process, TV programme types, and the basic characteristics of programme types. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS016 Video Art |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Video sanatının felsefesi; video yapım pratiklerinin ders içi çeşitli gösterimler, tartışmalar ve sergi ziyaretleriyle kavramsallaştırılması. Video sanatı uygulamalarının teknik yönleri, tarihsel ve kuramsal temelleri; enstalasyon ve yayına yönelik sunumlarla ilişkili video sanat uygulamalarına eleştirel bir yaklaşım; video dağıtım amfileri, video geri besleme kavramları, kapalı devre TV ve ekran manipülasyonları gibi çeşitli video enstalasyon teknikleri ile ilgili bilgi aktarılacaktır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS017 3D Digital Animation |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 3 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | To train creative artists who can take part in concept development, creation, management and implementation in the preparation of digital animation, visual effects and moving computer graphics used in cinema, TV and multimedia environments. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS018 Character Analysis |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Karakterlerin oluşturulması, özellikleri, film ya da senaryodaki yerleri, davranış biçimleri gibi karaktere ait temel bilgilerin oluşturulması bu dersin amacıdır. Bu bağlamda senaryolardan başlayarak filmlere kadar yazılı ve görsel olarak ortaya çıkarılmış karakterlerin çözümlenerek karakter oluşturma aşamaları incelenecektir. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS019 Advanced Photography |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 4 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | The aim of this course is for students who have acquired basic photography knowledge to advance through concepts such as light, colour and photographic composition, in line with the defining principles of photographic art, and to present their practical work. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS020 Caricature Techniques |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Every person has distinctive features, both physical and characteristic. A good caricaturist is someone who knows how to best synthesize these materials into a finished image. The course will create an environment in which these techniques are taught and applied. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS021 Diction and Body Language on TV |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Öğrencilerin; duyduklarını, gördüklerini, yaşadıklarını, öğrendiklerini, bildiklerini açık, anlaşılır doğru ve etkili bir biçimde sözlü anlatma beceri ve alışkanlığı kazanmaları. Türkçeyi konuşma ve yazma kurallarına uygun olarak bilinçli, doğru ve özenli şekilde kullanmaları; hazırlıklı ve hazırlıksız olarak bir kişi veya topluluk karşısında duygu ve düşüncelerini etkili, anlaşılır biçimde ifade edebilme becerisini geliştirmeleri; meslek hayatında sözü olarak kendilerini rahatça ifade edebilme, topluluk önünde konuşabilme, sunum yapma becerilerini geliştirmeleri amaçlanmaktadır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS022 Effective Communication |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Communication, communication models, effective communication, aims and functions of effective communication, effective verbal and nonverbal communication, basic skills in effective communication, the concept of barriers and noise in the communication process, effective speaking, effective listening, etc. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS024 Digital Game Design |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | History of digital games, preparation of the documents required for digital game design, and research and discussion on mechanics, aesthetic features and game narrative. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS025 Digital Arts |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | This course examines the influence of technological artistic media on culture and art. It also addresses how each digital technology forms a new digital art form, and the artistic and cultural impact of these forms on society. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS026 Post-Production Techniques |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | The aim of the course is to address, in a hands-on way, technical topics that students will need in post-production, such as color grading, sound editing, music placement and matching. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS027 Adaptations from Literature to Cinema |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Öğrencilerin edebiyat ve sinema arasındaki yapısal benzerlikler ve farklılıklardan hareketle sinema ve edebiyat arasındaki dramaturgi ilişkilerini çözümlemesi hedeflenir. Edebiyat ve sinema arasında yapılan uyarlama eserler incelenir ve bir edebi eserin film senaryosuna dönüştürülme sürecine dair uygulamalar yapılır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS028 Cartoon Film Animation |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 1 Hour / Week – Practice 2 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | The history of cartoons and cartoon production methods are examined through examples, and students are enabled to implement the projects they have developed. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS029 Interview Techniques |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 1 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Focusing on conducting interviews, an important area of journalism, the course teaches interview techniques. Points such as preliminary research, preparing questions, transcription, structuring the interview and identifying highlights within the interview are covered. Students develop their interview skills through practice. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS030 Culture and Arts Journalism |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | The historical development of culture and arts journalism, one of the specific sub-fields of journalism, is studied. Examples are examined. On selected topics, students are enabled to produce news for traditional and alternative media. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS033 Climate Communication |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Bu ders, iklimi çevreleyen koşulların aktarılmasında, anlaşılması güç bilimsel verilerin açık ve anlaşılabilir kılınabilmesini sağlayarak öğrencilerin iklime ilişkin bilinç düzeylerini artırmayı hedeflemektedir. Bilginin toplumsallaşmalı sürecine katkı sağlayacak olan bu ders, iklime ilişkin yeni iletişim stratejileri bağlamında ve vicdani sorumluluk odağında yeni davranış biçimleri oluşturulmasının ve mevcut stratejilerin geliştirilmesine yönelik planlar belirlenmesinin yolunu açacaktır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS034 Digital Cinema |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Görsel-işitsel ürünlerin ve filmlerin neredeyse tamamının dijital olanaklarla üretildiği ve tüketildiği göz önünde bulundurulduğunda, bu alanda çalışacak olan öğrencilerin sözü edilen değişimleri anlamalarına ve söz konusu değişimlere uyum sağlamalarına olanak tanıyacaktır. Bu doğrultuda, ders öğrencilerin dijitalleşme bağlamında sinemanın kuramsal ve pratik alt yapısına hâkim olmalarını sağlayacaktır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS035 Cinema and Propaganda |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: |
Within the historical, cultural and social context of its impact and consequences, the concept of propaganda, its forms of application and causes are examined, and the most important propaganda films in Turkish and world cinema history are analysed. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS036 Distribution and Exhibition in the Film Industry |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Film endüstrisinin dinamikleri, sinemada yapım, finansman, dağıtım ve gösterim konuları tarihsel bir perspektif içinde film endüstrisi bağlamında incelenecektir. Bu çerçevede ABD, Avrupa, Türkiye ve Doğu Asya’daki uygulamalar üzerinde durularak, aralarındaki farklar ve benzerlikler tartışılacaktır. Teorik tartışmaların yanı sıra sektörden ilgili kişiler davet edilerek Türkiye’deki uygulamanın ne şekilde yürütüldüğü irdelenecektir. Ayrıca Türk sinemasında daha önceki dönemlerde yapım, dağıtım ve gösterim ilişkilerinin nasıl şekillendiği üzerinde durulacaktır. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS037 Media Aesthetics |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 3 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 3 / ECTS: 5) |
| Course Content: | Medya Estetiği dersi, medya ürünlerinin estetik boyutlarını ve görsel-işitsel unsurlarını analiz etmeyi amaçlar. Ders, film, televizyon, dijital medya ve diğer görsel-işitsel alanlardaki estetik öğeleri (renk, kompozisyon, ses, görüntü dili, montaj teknikleri vb.) inceler ve bu unsurların izleyici üzerindeki etkilerini tartışır. Medyanın estetik değerlerinin, kültürel bağlamda nasıl şekillendiği ve medya üretim süreçlerinde estetiğin rolü üzerine teorik ve pratik analizler yapılır. Öğrenciler, medya estetiği ile ilgili temel kavramları öğrenerek, medya ürünlerini eleştirel bir bakış açısıyla değerlendirme yeteneği kazanır. |
Free Elective
| Course Code and Name: | RTS023 Cinema and Philosophy |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | In this course, the historical and theoretical development of cinema from its first appearance to the present will be investigated on the basis of the core principles of philosophy, and cinema will be evaluated in terms of language, thought and being. |
| Course Code and Name: | RTS052 Content Production in New Media |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | The main subject of the course is the preparation of written and visual content for social media pages, websites, blogs and other new media tools. Students will carry out projects presenting different topics on different new media channels. |
| Course Code and Name: | MHT103 Introduction to Simulation Technologies |
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| Credit / ECTS: | Theoretical 2 Hour / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credit (Classical): 2 / ECTS: 3) |
| Course Content: | Bu dersin amacı, öğrencilere simülasyonun temel kavramlarını ve yöntemlerini anlatarak, gerçek dünyadaki karmaşık sistemleri modelleme, analiz etme ve anlama becerilerini geliştirmelerini sağlamaktır. Ders boyunca matematiksel modellerin oluşturulması, simülasyon yazılım araçlarının kullanımı, sanal simülasyonun temelleri ve endüstriyel uygulamalar gibi konular ele alınacak, öğrenciler projeler ve uygulamalar yoluyla öğrendiklerini pratiğe dökebileceklerdir. Aynı zamanda, simülasyonun etik ve toplumsal etkileri, karar verme süreçlerindeki rolü ve gelecekteki trendlere yönelik anlayış da kazandırılarak, öğrencilere kapsamlı bir simülasyon bilinci ve yetkinliği kazandırılacaktır. Bu ders, simülasyonun temel prensiplerini ve yöntemlerini kapsayan kapsamlı bir yaklaşım sunmaktadır. Matematiksel modellerin oluşturulması, simülasyon yazılımlarının kullanımı, sanal simülasyonun temelleri ve endüstriyel uygulamalar gibi konular öğrencilere aktarılacaktır. Ayrıca, projeler ve pratik uygulamalar aracılığıyla öğrenciler, karmaşık sistemleri analiz etme ve modelleme yeteneklerini geliştireceklerdir. Etik ve toplumsal etkiler, karar verme süreçlerindeki rolü ve gelecekteki eğilimler de ele alınarak, öğrencilere geniş bir simülasyon anlayışı kazandırılacaktır |
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