COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DATA VISUALIZATION DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRS 3038 DATA VISUALIZATION DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Graphic Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR TUĞCAN GÜLER

Offered to

Graphic Design

Course Objective

Working on information designs (infographics) that tell the process in time, operation or transfer areas, organizing and designing information from different points within the same framework in a harmonious manner.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have a large knowledge on information design.
2   To be able to visualize data beautifully.
3   To be able to distinguish parts of any natural process according to the content and the meaning.
4   To be able to edit and design every stages of infographics.
5   To be able to grant information from various sources.
6   To be able to achieve the classification of complex data.
7   To be able to design well prepared esthetical projects.
8   To be able to make and use the findings of the dedicated research area.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 Inforgraphics - Definitions, Scope and Examples
2 2 Project 01: Directions on the road, Collecting Datas (Seminar)
3 3 Project 01: Collecting data and classification
4 4 Project 01: Collecting data and classification - Presenting
5 5 Project 01: Visualization sketches
6 6 Project 01: Visualization sketches
7 7 Project 01: Definitions on instructions - Presenting
8 8 Project 02: Collecting Data and classification
9 9 Project 02: Collecting Data and classification
10 10 Project 02: Collecting Data and classification
11 11 Project 02: Visualization sketches
12 12 Project 02: Visualization sketches
13 13 Project 02: Visualization sketches - Presenting
14 14 Spring Semester Jury Presantations

Recomended or Required Reading

Richard Saul Wurmann, Information Anxiety
What is Exhibition Design , Jan Lorenc - Lee Skolnick - Craig Berger
Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte
Wayfinding and Signage Design, Chris Calori
Wayshowing, Per Mollerup
Türkiye Sergicilik ve Fuarcılık Tarihi, Gökhan Akçura
Grafik Tasarım Kuramı, Helen Armstrong
Pictograms Icons and Signs, Hübner - Abdullah

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Multitasking illustration projects and seminars

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 COM COMMITTEE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE COM * 1


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Projects must be developed in class and with the course instructor.
2. Projects must comply with the given briefs.
3. Projects must be internally consistent.
4. Projects must contain original ideas in their field.
5. Projects must have original visualizations.

Evaluation is conducted at the end of the semester in the form of a portfolio presentation to a jury. Students who are absent are not eligible to participate in the final jury. Students are required to submit a complete presentation file on the date and format announced by the department and to attend the presentation on the announced date. Students who fail to attend the presentation will fail the course. A one-time make-up jury session will be held for students who have the excuses specified in Article 32 of the DEU Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulation. Students who are absent or fail to submit their presentations on time are not eligible to participate in the make-up jury.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Projects must be submitted on a predetermined deadline. The stages of the production process of the projects should be followed closely by the instructors who are responsible for the course. Works that are not produced in accordance with these rules are not accepted for grading or passing courses.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Tugcan GÜLER
tugcan.guler@deu.edu.tr

Mobile phone information will be shared with students at the beginning of the semester.

Office Hours

In addition to the course time, online calls can be made, including weekends, by making an appointment in advance.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations for final exam 1 9 9
Preparations for assignment 4 8 32
Preperations before and after the lecture (reading texts, articles, sketching etc.) 14 2 28
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

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