Information Package / Course Catalogue
Cultural Studies
Course Code: MİÇ520
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Main objective of this course is to make a comprehensive evaluation of the cultural studies approach and its important discussion topics such as ideology, discourse, power, hegemony and identity.

Course Content

The course emphasizes the basic concepts of cultural studies approach and includes the emergence of the approach, its representatives and their critical views on the approach.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Hüseyin ÇELİK
Learning Outcomes
1.Getting knowledge about the basic concepts of cultural studies.
2.Understands and uses important concepts for cultural studies and the connection between these concepts.
3.Makes a critical evaluation of the contributions of the pioneers of the cultural studies approach.
4.Examines studies in the field of cultural studies.
5.Gains the ability to research and write about the subject.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.S. Hall. Söylem ve İdeoloji, Su Yayınları, İstanbul, 2003.
2.S. Hall. “Cultural Studies and Its Theoritical Legacies”, s.262-275, Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies, (ed.) Kuan- Hsing Chen, Routledge, UK.
3.P. Smith. Kültürel Kuram, Babil Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
4.B. Dellaloğlu Frankfurt Okulunda Sanat ve Toplum, Say, İstanbul, 2007.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Informing about the content of the lecture, introducing written and visual sources
Week 2 - Theoretical
Introduction to cultural studies
Week 3 - Theoretical
Marx and ideology
Week 4 - Theoretical
Gramsci and Hegemony
Week 5 - Theoretical
Althusser; The Ideological State Apparatus
Week 6 - Theoretical
The Frankfurt School
Week 7 - Theoretical
Adorno and the culture industry
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Stuart Hall-ideology and media
Week 10 - Theoretical
Structuralism- Saussure and Barthes
Week 11 - Theoretical
British Cultural Studies
Week 12 - Theoretical
Post-Structuralism-Foucault
Week 13 - Theoretical
Student presentations & Discussion
Week 14 - Theoretical
Student presentations & Discussion
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%30
Term Assignment1%30
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory152375
Term Project28220
Midterm Examination114115
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
4
4
OÇ-2
3
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
4
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2026