Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
GRS 2029	LAYOUT DESIGN	COMPULSORY	2	2	0	5

Offered By

Graphic Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

EMRE DUYGU

Offered to

Graphic Design

Course Objective

To the student; to understand the basic principles of page design; to convey how the visual hierarchy will be constructed and how the graphic elements will be arranged according to the design medium in order to give an effective visual communication message; to enable the student to construct the visual-text relationship creatively in the page layout.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to develop the correct editing approach for different graphic design surfaces
2	To be able to organize texts with correct hierarchy and legibility
3	To establish a relationship between image and text on the page with the use of creative typography and the correct hierarchy
4	Page layout in Adobe Indesign program

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

TEM 3021 - Philosophy of Art I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Information about the course schedule
2	Lecture: Grid
3	Lecture: Grid / Computer applications
4	Exercise 1: Using Grid in Page Layout
5	Assessment
6	Exercise 2: Paragraph
7	Assessment
8	Exercise 3: Relation between Visual and Text in Page Layout
9	Assessment
10	Lecture: Spread Design / Page layout in magazines
11	Exercise 4: Spread Design
12	Assessment
13	Assessment
14	Final Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Thinking With Type, Elen Lupton, Princeton Architectural Press, 2010
Grafik Tasarım Kuramı, Helen Armstrong, Espas Kuram Sanat Yayınları, 2012
Experimental Layout, Ian Noble
Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop, Timothy Samara
Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Design Briefs), Kimberly Elam
The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type, Alexander W. White
Görsel Iletişim ve Grafik Tasarım, T. Fikret Uçar

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical courses:
Verbal-visual presentation based on different sources of technical and theoretical applied.
Audio-visual teaching materials are included in the expression using the required image processing programs.
application:
And the necessary computer programs relating to matters described in photography and graphic design.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	PRJ	PROJECT
2	ATT	ATTENDANCE
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	PRJ * 0.80 + ATT * 0.20

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Theory Courses: Different resources on technical and theoretical explained by verbal-visual expression.
Arrays of visual and audio tools are utilized to demonstrate photography processing programs.
Application Courses: Image capturing of covered subjects and detailed demonstration of practical use of necessary computer programs.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To obtain textbook/textbooks. To follow directions provided by teaching faculty in theory and application courses.
Preliminary work must be completed. To participate in practice shootings with individual materials.
To hand in assignments on time.
To attend at least 70% of lectures and 80% of applications.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

emredyg@gmail.com

Office Hours

Monday: 09.00-12.00
Friday: 13.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)