Course Code & Number
PSIR 118
Course Title
Major Works in Political Cinema
Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits
(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 5 ECTS Credits
Year of Study:
First Year
Mode of Delivery:
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction:
English
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::
Pre-requisites: NONE
Co-requisites: NONE
Catalog Description
Social and political issues by means of films.
Course Objectives
This course aims to associate students with social issues and political facts by means of films, which can also be defined as visual narratives. Consequently, this course encourages students to search and question past and actual social and political facts and issues.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1. Familiarize with the most significant problems that shaped our current social and political world.
2. Gain a particular enthusiasm to explore the major political events of the last decades by means of the fictitious cinematic narratives.
3. Gain a particular historical consciousness about the current social and political developments.
4. Ask questions and think about the political phenomena.
5. Associate different events within a particular context.
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:
Telling/Explaining
Discussion/Debate
Questioning
Reading
Peer Teaching
Demonstrating
Video Presentations
Oral Presentations/Reports
Web Searching
Assessment Methods and Criteria:
Test / Exam
Quiz
Case Studies / Homework
Presentation (Oral/Poster)
Others
Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:
Recommended Reading
1. Mike Wayne, Political Film: The Dialectics of Third Cinema (Pluto Press, 2001)
Required Reading
1. Patrick McGee, Cinema, Theory and Political Responsibility in Contemporary Culture (Cambridge University Press, 1997)
2. Various Examples From The Political Movies about the Major Events of the 20th and 21st century.
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:
Student Workload:
| Workload |
Hrs |
| Case Study Analysis |
16 |
Course & Program Learning Outcome Matching:
