COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MAIN ART STUDIO 1 (GRAPHIC DESIGN)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RSA 2003 MAIN ART STUDIO 1 (GRAPHIC DESIGN) ELECTIVE 1 4 0 4

Offered By

FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BAHAR SOĞUKKUYU POYRAZ

Offered to

FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

Forming a multidirectional base in order to understand graphic design. While forming it the evolution of graphic design, design elements and principles, typography, visual perception, latest software and printing technologies will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing what art and design, what the place of graphic design in modern life and software and hardware the indispensabilities are.
2   Knowing the plastic elements of graphic design.
3   Knowing tools, menus and panels in Adobe Illustrator.
4   Knowing visual principles of grafic design.
5   Can work with plastic elements.
6   Can work with visual principles.
7   Knowing type tool and paragraphs in Adobe Illustrator.
8   Knowing visual perception and Gestalt Theory.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Art and design concepts. Role of graphic design in modern life. Hardware and software, the must-haves of modern graphic design. (Theorical)
2 The plastic elements of graphic design. (Dot, line, texture, shape, space...)
3 The interfaces of Adobe Illustrator, tools, menus and panels.
4 Works with plastic elements (Dot and lines)
5 Works with plastic elements (Siluetting with pen tool)
6 Works with plastic elements (Texture with letters)
7 Visual Principles in graphic design (contrast, proportion, hierarchy, stress, balance) (theoretical)
8 general review, general assessment, midterm exam
9 Works with visual principles with squares, contrast.
10 Works with visual principles with squares, proportion.
11 Works with visual principles with squares, balance.
12 Works with visual principles with squares, hierarchy.
13 Works with visual principles with squares, stress.
14 Type tool and pharagraphs, visual perception and the Gestalt theory.
15 final

Recomended or Required Reading

limitless

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Learning by doing
2. Cooperative Learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** 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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Tutorials 13 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.111
LO.2111
LO.3111
LO.4111
LO.511
LO.611
LO.71
LO.8