Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
RSM113B	Visual Language and Expression	Compulsory	1	1	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Objective of the Course: The aim of this course is to discover the rules of color, line, form, fiction and composition within the scope of art education and to ensure that the means of expression that make up the plastic language are assimilated at a professional level.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Ümit Ayata

Learning Outcomes

1	1: Can establish the context between the artist and the work.
2	Discuss visual language and expression methodologically
3	Will be able to analyze the works in the context of art theories.
4	It can make it easier to produce meaning with the elements of semiology.
5	Can read and write about any image and visual.

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Course content: In the content of this course, it reveals the definition of the emotion that the artist wants to express by analyzing the symbolic elements in the language of expression of visual art works. In the content of the course, it is aimed to reveal the meaning of the video support, the demonstration and evaluation of the work, and the discussion of the feedbacks from the students.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction, course overview and discussion about expectations Basic Concepts, symbol, symbol, semiotics in work analysis. Discussion on the work 'This is not a pipe'.	Basic Concepts, symbol, symbol, semiotics in work analysis. Discussion on the work 'This is not a pipe'.	Basic Concepts, symbol, symbol, semiotics in work analysis. Discussion on the work 'This is not a pipe'.
2	Saussure's analysis of language, the importance of language acquisition in terms of understanding representation.	Saussure's analysis of language, the importance of language acquisition in terms of understanding representation.	Saussure's analysis of language, the importance of language acquisition in terms of understanding representation.
3	Application of necessary concepts in the analysis of the work in the context of semiology. (signifier, signified, sign.)	Application of necessary concepts in the analysis of the work in the context of semiology. (signifier, signified, sign.)	Application of necessary concepts in the analysis of the work in the context of semiology. (signifier, signified, sign.)
4	Artwork review. Video presentation and analysis of the sculpture named Edgar Degas ballerina girl.	Artwork review. Video presentation and analysis of the sculpture named Edgar Degas ballerina girl.	Artwork review. Video presentation and analysis of the sculpture named Edgar Degas ballerina girl.
5	Conceptual and theoretical explanation for the determination of the context between the artist and the work.	Conceptual and theoretical explanation for the determination of the context between the artist and the work.	Conceptual and theoretical explanation for the determination of the context between the artist and the work.
6	Artwork review	Artwork review	Artwork review
7	The use of colors as language and expression elements.	The use of colors as language and expression elements.	The use of colors as language and expression elements.
8	midterm exam	midterm exam	midterm exam
9	The use of figures as language and expression elements.	The use of figures as language and expression elements.	The use of figures as language and expression elements.
10	Relationship between other arts and visual culture.	Relationship between other arts and visual culture.	Relationship between other arts and visual culture.
11	Work review.	Work review.	Work review.
12	Work review.	Work review.	Work review.
13	Work review.	Work review.	Work review.
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16	Work review.	Work review.	Work review.

Recommended or Required Reading

1: Practices of Representation & Cultural Representation and Signification. Stuart Hall 2: General Linguistics Writings. Ferdinan de Saussure 3: The Origin of Languages. J.J. Rousso 4: Lectures on the will to know. Michael Foucault 5:This Is Not a Pipe. Michael Foucault 6: The Necessity of Art. Ernst Fscher

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Self Study	15	7	105
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6
LO1	4	3	4	3	4	4
LO2	3	3	3	3	4	4
LO3	4	3	4	3	4	4
LO4	3	3	4	3	4	3
LO5	3	3	3	3	3	3

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High