Writing School - Literature, Cinema and TV Series Criticism Certificate Program

Pre-Registration
Anyone interested in cinema, television series and literature who wishes to write critically. There are no prerequisites; attentive viewing/reading and a willingness to write are sufficient.
14 weeks - 3 hours per week
12,000₺ (3 instalments available with Word, Bonus, Paraf and Maksimum cards)

IZU Halkalı Campus

The program will begin in October 2026. The program schedule will be announced shortly.

This is a workshop that teaches how to watch a work closely — a film, a series or a literary text — how to analyse it and how to evaluate it with sound reasoning. Over twenty-eight weeks, participants learn analytical viewing, the language of cinema, genre and auteur theory, ideology and representation; they write regularly, revise their work and complete a final critical essay.

Each week consists of three stages: a short theoretical introduction, a workshop exercise (writing or analysis) and peer critique. The broad fourteen-week schedule gives every concept room to breathe, with dedicated production and critique weeks at regular intervals as well as in-depth revision cycles. The emphasis is not on memorisation but on production, repetition and thinking together.

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Osman Özdemir
  • Dr. Lect. Necmettin Özmen
  • and guest critics

For certification: attendance at at least 80% of the sessions; completion of the weekly analysis/writing assignments; submission and presentation of the final critical essay. Those who fulfil these requirements receive a Certificate of Achievement; those who meet only the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Participation.

Final Project

A full critical essay (approximately 1,500-2,500 words) on a film, series or literary work, meeting the criteria of thesis, evidence and style.

Attendance of 80% of the workshop is mandatory.
  • Photocopy of the front side of the Turkish ID card

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  • IZUSEM reserves the right to make any changes it deems necessary during the announcement and implementation stages of its programmes.
  • As the quota for the programme in question is limited, no refund will be made to participants who have been granted final registration by IZUSEM and have paid the programme fee, regardless of whether they attend the programme, except for those who submit a written application to IZUSEM stating that they will be unable to attend at least 2 weeks before the programme's start date (and before the programme has been approved by the relevant department).
  • Weekday and weekend training groups will be determined according to the number of participants during the final registration period.
  • This program is an independent certificate workshop; it does not carry university course credits (ECTS).