COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATURAL DYE MATERIALS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HKS 2001 NATURAL DYE MATERIALS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Carpet - Rugs and Old Fabric Patterns

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GONCA KARAVAR

Offered to

Carpet - Rugs and Old Fabric Patterns
Carpet, Rug and Traditional Fabric Designs
Carpet-Rugs and Old Fabric Patterns

Course Objective

Informing students about the history of natural dyeing and emphasizing the development of natural dyeing in Turkey, and also having the students comprehend the methods and techniques applied in the thread dyeing.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   classify the textile fibres,
2   classify the natural dyeing materials in accordance with the colour they give,
3   classify the dyeing materials in accordance with the parts which supply the colour,
4   identify dyeing methods,
5   adapt the dyeing formulas from sources.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introducing the content of the course
2 Dyeing process and painting stages
3 The equipment used for textile dyeing and dyeing methods
4 Classifying the dyeing materials; description of light, colour and privateness
5 The history of dyeing
6 The methods used for wool dyeing with natural paints
7 The plants for obtaining natural paint and botanize these plants
8 Plants for obtaining the blue colour and their features
9 Plants for obtaining the red colour : rubia tinctorum
10 Zoological paints for obtaining the red colour : peliosis, kermes
11 zoological paints for obtaining the red colour : cochineal, lac
12 paint plants for obtaining the yellow colour and their features
13 conveying the research subjects
14 midterm

Recomended or Required Reading

Ismail ÖZTÜRK: Doğal Bitkisel Boyalarla Yün Boyama. Ürün Yayınları. 97 S.
Turhan BAYTOP: Türkçe Bitki Adları Sözlüğü. Ankara 1994. 508 S.
Recep KARADAĞ: Doğal Boyamacılık. Ankara 2007. 128 S.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Colour is the indispensable part of design. The process of the thread colouring used for weaving is another process. Accordingly, the aim is to supply maximum student attendance and to have the students comprehend the subject by researching and discussing rather than rote learning. In the first lesson, the 15-week program is introduced to the students to be able to make them be ready for the subjects which will be studied in this period. So, the lessons are taught by discussions and exchanging of views, and we also guide them.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.75 + ATT * 0.25


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students will be given a mid-term and a final exam concerning the subjects given theoretical. They will also prepare an assignment. The pass grade will be determined by the assignment and the grades they get in the two exams.

Assessment Criteria

The midterm, the assignment and the final exam will be evaluated out of 100; the 20% of the midterm, the 20% of the assignment and the 60% of the final exam will determine the pass grade. The evaluation of the two exam questions will be given to the students.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The compulsory attendance is 70%.
Before the end of the term, in the last 15 days, students will be able to learn their attendance. Students having absenteeism over 70% won t be accepted to the final exam.
At the end of each course, the next lesson s subject is given to the students as study and research subject. So, students come to the next lesson ready.
Apart from midterm and final exams, students who are on sick leave will be considered absent
Students who don t enter the midterm or/and the final exams without an excuse won t be able to take them again by any means.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gonca.karavar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

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Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Midterm 1 6 6
Final 1 6 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.15
LO.24
LO.34
LO.444
LO.5435