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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FTZ 1011	DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY I	COMPULSORY	2	2	0	4

Offered By

Photography

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IŞIK SEZER

Offered to

Photography

Course Objective

Digital photographic and digital photographic processing programs are aimed to gain developmental process, technical and aesthetic quests, historical and cultural development, contributions to the development of photographic language, basic knowledge and functions of used programs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	At the end of the course, the student is expected to; 1. To be able to comprehend digital photography culture and digital photography processing techniques,
2	2. Digital image processing programs and the ability to grasp the cultures,
3	3. To be able to comprehend the main stages of design and applications from digital photo production to processing,
4	4. The ability to produce photographic images with digital image processing programs,
5	5. It is expected that they will improve their digital photography and working skills.
6	- Understanding basic digital photo processing techniques,

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction of the course and explanation of the methodology
2	What is an image in computer environment
3	Basic concepts (Pixel, Byte, Resolution, File Formats, etc.)
4	Interface, tools, windows and functions of Adobe Photoshop program
5	Adobe Photoshop program interface, tools, windows and functions
6	Layers basic structure and usage
7	Methods for creating selected areas, painting, erasing, texturing
8	Making a selection with the Pen Tool
9	Using election tools and masks
10	Midterm Exam (Practical)
11	Adobe Photoshop Menus
12	Adobe Photoshop Menus
13	Adobe Lightroom and basic Raw processing techniques
14	Histogram

Recomended or Required Reading

Main reference:
Freeman, M. (2014). Dijital Görüntü Düzenleme, Özel Efektler. Istanbul: Say Yayınları
Lister, M. (2005). Photographic Image in Digital Culture. NY: Routledge
Manovich, L. (2002). The Language of New Media. MIT
Manovich, L. Software Culture.
Rubinstein, D. www.danielrubinstein.net
Supplementary references:
Other course materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

In addition to the theoretical lecture, research and project production processes of the course, in order for the student to follow and apply current developments in the field, the classrooms (and the student himself/herself) must have up-to-date versions of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Bridge programs and computers with sufficient technical specifications.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

isik.ozdal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Tutorials	14	2	28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	1	14
Preparing assignments	4	4	16
Preparing presentations	5	4	20
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15	PO.16	PO.17	PO.18	PO.19	PO.20
LO.1	4	2	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4
LO.2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4
LO.3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3
LO.4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4
LO.5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
LO.6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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