COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO TURKISH ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY DESIGN ON COMPUTER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HAT 3005 INTRODUCTION TO TURKISH ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY DESIGN ON COMPUTER COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BAHADIR ÖZTÜRK

Offered to

Art of Calligraphy
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to provide students with the necessary technical, theoretical and practical knowledge to enable them to Turkish Islamic Calligraphic Design on the computer.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be informed about the manner of work of vector-based and pixel-based programs also 3D ( Three dimensional ) design programs.
2   be informed of the functions of a vector-based design program's tools and menus,
3   Able to draw a letter on a vector-based design program.
4   Able to create a lettering compositions on a vector-based design program.
5   Able to edit letterings on a vector-based design program.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Information about the contents of the course, rules and starting the course
2 Image-copying into the computer, rendering images and processing them, rendering digital images and processing programs
3 Vector-based programs and starting Adobe Illustrator
4 Adobe Illustrator menus and toolbar
5 Adobe Illustrator menus and toolbar
6 Adobe Illustrator Drawing tools and Turkish Islamic calligraphy design applications.
7 Adobe Illustrator Drawing tools and Turkish Islamic calligraphy design applications.
8 Adobe Illustrator Drawing tools and Turkish Islamic calligraphy design applications.
9 Adobe Illustrator Drawing tools and Turkish Islamic calligraphy design applications.
10 Midterm exam
11 Turkish Islamic calligraphy design applications.
12 Turkish Islamic calligraphy design applications.
13 Turkish Islamic calligraphy design applications.
14 Turkish Islamic calligraphy design applications.

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source:

- Lecture notes compiled by the instructor.

Helpful resources:

- Adobe Illustrator, instruction manual.
- Adobe Photoshop instruction manual.
- Programs lessons about the visual web.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lecturer gives the basic theoretical and technical knowledge required for the realization of Turkish Islamic calligraphic designs on the computer and shows this information practically in the lessons. Students are expected to reinforce knowledge and improve their skills by repeating these practices in the lesson and by doing the homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 ATT ATTENDANCE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.60 + ATT * 0.20


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The evaluation of the course is based on the mid-term exam, the attendance to the lesson and the assignments given according to the implementation of the lessons.

Assessment Criteria

In the evaluation, attention is paid to the correct use of definitions, explanations and terms in the course, to learn the practices made in the practice studies and to do homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The students will be in class at the time of the lesson.
The students who come to class 15 minutes late won t be accepted into the class and will be considered absent.
The rules of the attendance regulations will be valid.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahadir.ozturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

There is no specific office day. The student can contact the lecturer when needed.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 2 14 28
Tutorials 2 14 28
Preparing assignments 10 3 30
Preparations for mid-term exam 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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