1	Course Title:	ART AND ESTHETIC
2	Course Code:	SOS2009
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Öğr.Gör. Gülser AKTAN
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. A. Kadir Çüçen, Doç. Dr. Muhsin Yılmaz, Doç. Dr. Ogün Ürek, Öğ. Grv. Ayşe gül Çıvgın
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cevizci
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To understand the importance of art both in individual and social world; recognize the importance of viewing world from different perspectives; to gain insight into the differences between aesthetics and philosophy of art.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Gain an aesthetical consciosness; 2 Classificate the arts with different criteria; 3 Learn the function of art both in society and in the life of individual; 4 Gain insight into different art conceptions; 5 See the replacement of aesthetic essentialism by anti-essentialism in 20th century; 6 Learn the bases and kinds of art criticism; 7 Gain an aesthetical consciosness;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition of aestetics as a branch of philosophy; division of the subject area of aesthetics into three basic fields.
2	Basic concepts of aesthetics: aesthetic object and subject.
3	Aesthetic value; concept of beauty; distinction between natural and artificial beauty.
4	Basic properties of aesthetic judgement.
5	Aesthetic subjectivism/relativism – aesthetic objectivism/absolutism.
6	Classification of arts with different criteria.
7	Introduction to Essentialist art conceptions; Plato’s mimetical view of art.
8	Aristotle’s both mimetical and cathartic art conception.
9	Romantic view of art.
10	Formalist and Expressionist art conceptions.
11	Introduction to anti-essentialist art conceptions; Institutional view of art.
12	Postmodern view of art; historicist art conception.
13	Main currents in art.
14	Art criticism.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	N. Bozkurt, Sanat ve Estetik Kuramları, Bursa, Say yay, 2006 Ahmet Cevizci, Felsefe, Ankara, Nobel yayınları, 2011.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	10
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	12	2	24
Homeworks, Performances	1	18	18
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	6	6
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	14	14
Total WorkLoad			90
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 PQ14 LO1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High