Certificate in Film Studies
Co-ordinator: Assist. Prof. Özlem Oğut
E-mail:           ozlemogu@boun.edu.tr

The program is geared toward developing an understanding of analytical and historical approaches to film study as well as providing a background in film theory. Questions of historiography, ideology, reception, technology and aesthetics are the main points of concentration in the courses comprising the Certificate Program.

Program Requirement

All students enrolled at Bogazici University for their third semester or above with a GPA of at least 2.00 and have taken at least one film/cinema course are qualified to apply for admission to the Film Certificate Program.

Students who want to enroll in the Film Certificate Program should see the Film Studies Coordinator or research assistants of the Department of Western Languages and Literatures to submit their transcripts and fill out an application form.You are not considered as officially enrolled in the certificate program unless you have filled out an application form and submitted your transcript.

Students who have taken some film courses and decided later to apply to the certificate program must submit their form and transcript at least 3 semesters before their graduation.
Since required courses (FA 341, FA 348 and FA 349) cannot be opened every semester (sometimes even a whole academic year) you may end up not completing the certificate requirement, even if you have taken a sufficient number of elective courses on film/cinema. Therefore, it is important that you apply to the program in time and try to take the required courses when they are offered.

Students who have enrolled for the program must bring their most recent transcript to the Film Studies Coordinator or the research assistants at the beginning of each academic semester to update their files.It is extremely important that you update your files every semester!

Students who are in the program and will graduate must speak with the Film Studies Coordinator in regard to their status a semester before their graduation.

Students enrolled in the Certificate Program are required to successfully complete 7 courses (21 credits) on Film/Cinema. Three of these courses (FA 341, FA 348 and FA 349) are required courses; the other 4 can be selected from a pool of FA film/cinema courses offered by the Department of Western Languages and Literatures or from among Film/Cinema courses offered by other departments.

Important!  Not all FA courses are Film/Cinema courses. Only FA courses whose title includes Film or Cinema and/or which heavily focus on film/cinema qualify for the Film Certificate. Likewise, only those courses offered by other departments, which specifically focus on film/cinema and whose title includes Film or Cinema qualify for the Film Certificate. It is recommended that students who have enrolled for such courses bring the syllabus of those courses to the Film Studies Coordinator to make sure that they count towards their Film Certificate.

Required Courses:

FA 341
History of the Cinema (3 credits)

FA 348 Introduction to Film Analysis (3 credits)

FA 349 Film Theory (3 credits)

And  

Four courses on Film/Cinema.

Total: 7 courses (21 credits).

Please see Undergraduate Course Catalogue for course descriptions.