COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CERAMIC DESIGN I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SRM 2101 CERAMIC DESIGN I COMPULSORY 4 4 0 8

Offered By

Ceramic and Glass Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

FÜSUN ÇÖVENOĞLU

Offered to

Ceramic and Glass Design
Ceramic and Glass

Course Objective

It s aimed to teach shaping ceramicwares by the help of ceramic wheel in accordance with functionality and ergonomy and also technics of wheeling.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be capable of creating unique desings compliance with shaping objects on wheel
2   To be capable of creating technical drawings of designed projects.
3   To be capable of producing dimensioned designs on wheel as the same.
4   To be capable of adding ceramic factors to designs by means of technical knowledge and capacity
5   To has capability of using the technics of glazing, decoration, and engobing in their projects.
6   To be capable of drying, firing, and glazing the ceramics according to rules.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Making theorical expression about specified glaze-project.
2 Redirecting of students to theorical research about high temperature glaze will be investigated.
3 Theoretical research
4 Creating seger formulas of glazes and calculating recipes by determining the raw materials or the student prepares recipes using ternary or tetra diagrams.
5 Glaze application on the test pieces.
6 Designing functional ceramicware suitable for shaping by the wheel.
7 Designing of the project
8 Evaluation of the designs
9 Clay prepearing and wedging
10 Shaping ceramicware by wheel
11 Shaping ceramicware by wheel
12 Shaping ceramicware by wheel
13 Finishing retouch phase
14 Prepearing a handle and sticking.
15 Finishing retouch, engobing, decorating phases
16 Drying
17 Bisgue firing
18 Glazing and glaze firing
19 Assesment of asignments and projects

Recomended or Required Reading


Additional Sources:
- Seramik Yapıyoruz, Susan Peterson, Jan Peterson,Çeviren:Sevim Çizer
Complementary Materials:
- The Encyclopedia of pottery techniques, Peter Cosentino
- The Complete Potters Companion, Tony Birks
- Seramik hataları ve çözüm yöntemleri, Harry Fraser, Çeviren: Zeliha Mete & Ilker Özkan

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course will be ended with the firing, presentation and exhibition stages at the end of term.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation will be made from finishing the projects in time and accurate criterias that will be adapted to completed projects.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is compulsory.
2. All kinds of pilagiarism will result in disciplinary action.
3. Absence in the course and the late deliverings of homeworks and projects will be considered as a valid excuse.
4. Delivery of the projects on time and attandence of final presentation are obligatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

covenoglufusun@hotmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Tutorials 13 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Project Assignment 1 2 2
Project Final Presentation 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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