COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE CITY AND SOCIAL DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRS 4043 THE CITY AND SOCIAL DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Graphic Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TUĞCAN GÜLER

Offered to

Graphic Design

Course Objective

To work deep and anvanced design on design. To work, produce and present unique design projects of which public benefited that get along with medium and receivers. Rational examination and analyses are required.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To work and handle design problems as well as having knowledge on the concept of a city.
2   To work deeply and widely on curtain projects and subjects.
3   To produce design problems as a result of rational research and theories.
4   To follow current design trends and its literature
5   To transform preparations into understandable and appropriate design format.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introducing to the course, purpose, aims, position of graphic design in mass media.
2 Defining subject, discussion arguments, predictions about projects.
3 Rational and theoretical discussions about projects.
4 Rational and theoretical discussions about projects.
5 Rational and theoretical discussions about projects.
6 Rational and theoretical discussions about projects.
7 Presenting first findings and preparation for seminar.
8 First sketches on project.
9 Examinin sketches and presentation.
10 Examinin sketches and presentation.
11 Examinin sketches and presentation.
12 Discussion about defining mediums.
13 Observing operational faces of the project and discussions about it.
14 Presentation projects and thought.

Recomended or Required Reading

Pictograms Icons and Signs, Hübner - Abdullah
Görme Biçimleri, John Berger
Sinema Göstergebilimi, Yuriy M. Lotman
Görsel Grafik Tasarım Sözlüğü, Gavin Ambrose-Paul Harris
Grafik Tasarım Ne Içindir , Alice Twemlow
Grafik Tasarım Kuramı, Helen Armstrong
Iletişim ve Grafik Tasarım, Emre Becer
Görsel Iletişim ve Grafik Tasarım, Tevfik Fikret Uçar

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Bright and unique ideas shaped with deep research are required.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 COM COMMITEE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.70 + PAR * 0.10 + COM * 0.20


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 14 2 28
Case study 14 2 28
Design Project 1 5 5
Presentation 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 131

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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