COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CALLIGRAPHY APPLICATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HAT 2008 CALLIGRAPHY APPLICATIONS COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ÖZKAN BIRIM

Offered to

Art of Calligraphy
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Course Objective

Firstly students are aimed to learn basic elements of construction to text. Students are focused on paragaph and page layout systems for generate a text. To teach page layout, negative-pozitive space, visual-text relation etc.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to have the principles of construction a text and usi it in practice
2   To be able to create emphasis on page
3   To be able to show on workshop an emphasis on readability and legibility
4   To be able to construct creative and different page layout for a good design
5   To be able to choose the best typeface to design and transfer the message in an effective way
6   To be able to solve the problem given, in the best way and finalized the job.
7   To be able to use the knowledge gained with professional and artistic fields and maintain life-long learning

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Structures allowing the editing of the text Paragraph systems, spacing, line spacing, punctuation marks, paragraph rules, choosing the correct font, using the correct font Expression with examples on it.
2 Project 1: Designing on letters and numbers.
3 Classification of information and sketch studies.
4 Focus on critical and single sketches through sketches.
5 Critical through studies.
6 Coloring of the selected work.
7 Termination of the selected study.
8 Project 2: Text selection and collection of information. with examples and stabilized by design project.
9 Classification of information and sketch studies.
10 Focus on critical and single sketches through sketches.
11 Critical through studies.
12 Coloring of the selected work.
13 Termination of the selected study.
14 On the projects, preparation, presentation preparations and preliminary evaluation.

Recomended or Required Reading

SARIKAVAK, N. K., Tipografinin Temelleri, Doruk
SARIKAVAK, N. K., Sayısal Tipografi: Batı da ve Ülkemizde Sayısal Harf/Font Tasarımcıları, Başkent Üniversitesi Yayınları
M. Zeki Kuşoğlu: Osmanlı Kartvizitleri, Zafer Yayınları, Istanbul 1996.
Murat Ünver : Hat Kaligrafi Güzel Yazı Sanatı, Asil Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti., Ankara Aralık 2003.
Selahattin Özpalapıyıklar :Bir Yazı Sevdalısı EMIN BARIN, Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık, Istanbul 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing (seminar), Presentation and discussion of the project in the workshop, Sketching in and out of the workshop, Project follow-up and discussions in the workshop, Physical presentation and presentation of the project, Criticism on the project.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.60 + ATT * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the students is evaluated according to their participation in the class, their performance in the class, their project and homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Academic Honesty: Students are expected to complete the given projects with their own thoughts and skills and to produce completely original works in this context. Situations such as direct inspiration from another study in any way, benefiting one-on-one, producing a similar one, or even getting someone else done are not accepted. In addition, students are expected to be able to use their time efficiently and to be punctual.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozkan.birim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Not avaliable

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preperations before and after the lecture (reading texts, articles, sketching etc.) 1 3 3
Preparations for presentation 13 4 52
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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