PSYCHOLOGY OF MOVIES PROGRAMME COURSE DESCRIPTION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
PSY333	PSYCHOLOGY OF MOVIES	5	3	3	5

GENERAL INFORMATION
Language of Instruction :	English
Level of the Course Unit :	BACHELOR'S DEGREE, TYY: + 6.Level, EQF-LLL: 6.Level, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of the Course :	Elective
Mode of Delivery of the Course Unit	-
Coordinator of the Course Unit	Prof. EMİNE AKÇADAĞ ALAGÖZ
Instructor(s) of the Course Unit
Course Prerequisite	No

OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
Objectives of the Course Unit:	The aim of this course is to explore films through key psychological concepts, enabling students to understand human behavior, emotions, trauma, memory, identity, and social experience as reflected in cinema. The course provides an accessible framework for students without prior psychology or film background and focuses on analyzing the emotional and cognitive impact of films on viewers.
Contents of the Course Unit:	This course examines themes such as transformation, trauma, repression, moral conflict, archetypes, memory, the unconscious, the uncanny, fear, technological alienation, and the limits of humanity through weekly film case studies. Using examples from world cinema, students explore how psychological processes are represented in film and how cinema shapes individual and collective emotional experience.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)

Students gets the ability of seizing the primarly pscyhological defense mechanisims by their daily presentations. Students learn how to differanciate the pschological defences mechanisms from each other. Students gets the ability of seizing the borderline, antisocial ve dissosiative personality disorders by their daily presentations. Students learns key points of borderline, antisocial ve dissosiative personality disorders.

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	-	Introduction: Cinema and Psychology Why Do Humans Watch Stories?	-
2	watching recommended movies	Trauma: PTSD, and Social Violence	Film Analysis and Discussion
3	watching recommended movies	Transformation and Reconstructing the Self The Possibility of Change	Film Analysis and Discussion
4	watching recommended movies	Trauma: Repression, denial, and confrontation	Film Analysis and Discussion
5	watching recommended movies	Conscience, Guilt, and Moral Ambiguity	Film Analysis and Discussion
6	watching recommended movies	Jungian Psychology: Self and Shadow	Film Analysis and Discussion
7	watching recommended movies	Memory, Love, and Loss	Film Analysis and Discussion
8	watching recommended movies	The Unconscious and Dream Logic	Film Analysis and Discussion
9	watching recommended movies	Psychopathy and the Uncanny Mind	Film Analysis and Discussion
10	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
11	watching recommended movies	Digital Loneliness and Technophobia	Film Analysis and Discussion
12	watching recommended movies	Machine–Body–Mind: Post-Human Fears	Film Analysis and Discussion
13	watching recommended movies	Joy, Play, and Everyday Happiness	Film Analysis and Discussion
14	watching recommended movies	Simplicity and Inner Peace	Film Analysis and Discussion
15	-	General Review	-
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-

SOURCE MATERIALS & RECOMMENDED READING
Jung, C. G. (1964). Man and his symbols. London, UK: Aldus Books.
Mulvey, L. (1975). Visual pleasure and narrative cinema. Screen, 16(3), 6–18.
Carroll, N. (1990). The philosophy of horror: Or, paradoxes of the heart. New York, NY: Routledge.
Turkle, S. (2011). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Smith, M. (1995). Engaging characters: Fiction, emotion, and the cinema. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press.
Bordwell, D., & Thompson, K. (2019). Film art: An introduction New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Raine, A. (2013). The anatomy of violence: The biological roots of crime. New York, NY: Pantheon Books

ASSESSMENT
Assessment & Grading of In-Term Activities	Number of Activities	Degree of Contribution (%)	Description	Examination Method
Mid-Term Exam	1	50		Classical Exam
Final Exam	1	50		Classical Exam
TOTAL	2	100

Level of Contribution
0	1	2	3	4	5

KNOWLEDGE
Theoretical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Define the basic theoretical, political, economic and administrative theories used in the field of Political Science and International Relations.			2
2	Explain the political history, political ideas, intellectual accumulation of understanding international relations and the way that the history of diplomacy has passed from past to present.			2
3	List the norms of universal law and human rights, the principles of the modern legal system, the names of modern bureaucratic and administrative structures.				3

KNOWLEDGE
Factual
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Explain the Turkish state tradition, the influence of Islam, the accumulation of political thought and its historical background, and compare this accumulation with the current approaches.		1
2	Evaluate the chronological development of relations between political and diplomatic developments and political / diplomatic facts / events / ideas / actors from past to present.		1
3	Analyze the structure and functioning of actors, organizations and organizations that determine international relations.		1

SKILLS
Cognitive
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	In the light of current theoretical debates, apply relevant concepts to current political and international developments.			2
2	Evaluate the Turkish political tradition, developments with the Turkic community.		1
3	Use information on the field when comparing the administrative structures of different countries and their diplomatic traditions.			2

SKILLS
Practical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Formulate the current political developments, developments and arrangements in international relations in the historical and theoretical accumulation.			2
2	Analyze the functioning of modern political regimes in the light of political and public bureaucratic structures, regulations and developments.		1
3	Examine and analyze current political developments in the Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa and the Caucasus in terms of both Turkish political history and international relations discipline.			2

OCCUPATIONAL
Autonomy & Responsibility
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	To conduct a field-specific study individually and to complete it with discipline and responsibility.		1
2	To assume duties and responsibilities in a team work as leader or team member and to fulfil them flawlessly.		1

OCCUPATIONAL
Learning to Learn
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Follow the political and administrative developments in the international political system and the bureaucratic organizations operating in this system.			2
2	Examine the international problems and conflicts, and the problems in the field of administration and politics in detail.			2

OCCUPATIONAL
Communication & Social
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Follow the current developments in the field of Political Science and International Relations and collaborate with leading names in the field.		1
2	Examine and analyze academic resources and the written and oral studies on the political developments in the region and the world, especially in the Middle East.			2
3	Debate in the field of political science and public administration with different target groups in multicultural environments.					4

OCCUPATIONAL
Occupational and/or Vocational
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	With the current historical and theoretical knowledge of the field, suggest sustainable, organizational and administrative arrangements aimed at meeting specific goals and solving certain problems.		1
2	To follow latest developments in the field and direct personal studies accordingly within the framework of the lifelong learning principle.Using the theoretical, economic, political and managerial knowledge, and produce reports on current developments, conflicts and agreements in geography related to world politics and especially in the Middle East.				3
3	Construct arguments on the current developments in Turkish politics in the light of the laws, regulations, and the important changes in the constitution and administrative law that determine Turkish political life and foreign relations.			2

WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE UNIT
Workload for Learning & Teaching Activities
Type of the Learning Activites	Learning Activities (# of week)	Duration (hours, h)	Workload (h)
Lecture & In-Class Activities	0	0	0
Preliminary & Further Study	0	0	0
Land Surveying	0	0	0
Group Work	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Reading	0	0	0
Assignment (Homework)	0	0	0
Project Work	0	0	0
Seminar	0	0	0
Internship	0	0	0
Technical Visit	0	0	0
Web Based Learning	0	0	0
Implementation/Application/Practice	0	0	0
Practice at a workplace	0	0	0
Occupational Activity	0	0	0
Social Activity	0	0	0
Thesis Work	0	0	0
Field Study	0	0	0
Report Writing	0	0	0
Final Exam	0	0	0
Preparation for the Final Exam	0	0	0
Mid-Term Exam	0	0	0
Preparation for the Mid-Term Exam	0	0	0
Short Exam	0	0	0
Preparation for the Short Exam	0	0	0
TOTAL	0	0	0