COURSE SYLLABUS

ART AND AESTHETICS

1	Course Title:	ART AND AESTHETICS
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:	Doç. Dr. Gülser AKTAN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Gülser AKTAN gaktan@uludag.edu.tr Uludağ Üniversitesi, Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, Resim Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü / BURSA
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	He / she sees the differences between aesthetics and art philosophy, understands the subjective and object dimensions of beauty, and recognizes different types of art.

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	multiple choice test
Information	Absolute or relative evaluation is made according to the number of students taking the course.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High