COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF MODERN GRAPHIC DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRF 2010 HISTORY OF MODERN GRAPHIC DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Graphics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HACI YAKUP ÖZTUNA

Offered to

Sound Editing and Cinematography
Ceramics
Graphic
Accessory Design
Cinema and Television
Visual Communication Design
Animation Film Design and Directing
Ceramic and Glass Design
Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Graphic Arts
Graphic Design
Cartoon Film and Animation
Textile Design
Illustration and Printmaking
Textile
Film Design and Screenwriting
Fashion Clothing Design
Film Design and Screenwriting
Ceramic and Glass

Course Objective

The aims of the course are to make a research of historical, cultural, economic and technologic factors through the development of Graphic Design and be able to identify Graphic Design movements, design styles, schools and certain Graphic Designers which are shaped up with period of the industrial revolution in the late 19th century and continuing till the 1960s.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to classify modern design movements, designers and schools which are shaped up Graphic design history chronically
2   Be able to have a conceptual, intellectual and analytic point of view by the analyizing the effects of social, economic, technologic and culturel developments over the modernist graphic design.
3   Be able to analyize social and esthetic applications of graphic design and transfer these to his/her profession
4   Be able to prepare research papers and seminars related to the issues of modern graphic design history
5   Be able to realize the relationships between graphic design and other disciplines
6   Be able to comprehend the historical development of graphic design profession

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Of Modern Graphic Design History General discussions
2 Arts and Crafts Movement Seminar
3 Japanese Ukiyo-E Prints Seminar
4 French Art Nouveau / Austrian Seccession /German Jugendstil Seminar
5 German Exspressionism / Cubism Seminar
6 Futurism / Dadaism Seminar
7 Midterm Exam
8 Propaganda and World War I Seminar
9 Suprematism / Constructivism Seminar
10 Bauhaus / De Stijl / New Typography / Art Deco Seminar
11 Wall Street Depression and American Design Seminar
12 Otto NEURATH, Gert ARNTZ and Information Design Seminar
13 Propaganda and World War II Seminar
14 International Typographic Style (Swiss Design School) New York School

Recomended or Required Reading

Graphic Design History (Steven Heller, Georgette Balance),
Graphic Design (Richard Hollis),
Graphic Design History A Critical Guide (Johanna Drucker, Emily McVarish),
Megg s History of Graphic Design (Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis),
Eskilson, S.J. (2007). Graphic Design: A new history. London: Laurence King.
Heller, S. and Illic, M. (2008). Icons of Graphic Design. Rev. ed. London: Thames & Hudson.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 RPR RESEARCH PRESENTATION
3 SEM SEMINAR
4 ATT ATTENDANCE
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + RPR * 0.25 + SEM * 0.10 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.30
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + RPR * 0.25 + SEM * 0.10 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.30


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Grafik Bölümü Bölüm Başkanı
Tel: 0232 412 91 60
e-mail: yakup.oztuna@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 0,5 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 9 9
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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