GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

PRACTICES IN JOURNALISM II/GAZ-621

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Umur Işık

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

umur@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Students know the basic elements of page design.
Students can design magazine page.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Pratical

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

Periodical Publication Design Graphic Design

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Meet and learn about the lesson.
2. Week	General introduction of the program. Quark Xpress environment.
3. Week	Working with text.
4. Week	Importing text and formatting paragraphs
5. Week	Picture basics. Formatting picture: importing, resizing and cropping.
6. Week	Practice
7. Week	Practice
8. Week	Midterm exam
9. Week	Drawing and working with shapes
10. Week	Practice
11. Week	Colors, color management, color transitions (gradient)
12. Week	Practice
13. Week	Working with multiple pages,
14. Week	Magazine desing
15. Week	Practice
16. Week	Final exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Page desing on computer 1(MEGEP) www.megep.meb.com.tr Page desing on computer 2(MEGEP) www.megep.meb.com.tr

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, display, practice

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	6	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	16	3	48
Practising Hours of Course Per Week	10	3	30
Reading	2	3	6
Searching in Internet and Library			0
Designing and Applying Materials	10	4	40
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	4	3	12
Final and Studying for Final	4	3	12
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			148
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			5.92
ECTS:			6

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Explains theories, methods, concepts and relationships between concepts about journalism field.			X
2	Diagnoses the processes, methods and techniques about the production of scientific knowledge in journalism field.			X
3	Express the theoretical and practice-based knowledge about journalism field.				X
4	Associates the social, historical, cultural, political and economic dimensions of comunication.			X
5	Develops the necessary experience in news gathering and writing.					X
6	Commentates media texts with a with a critical perspective.			X
7	Uses effectively information and communication technologies.					X
8	Rearranges the knowledge in other disciplines of the social sciences for using it in the area of expertise.			X
9	Makes works in the field of journalism with taking responsibility individually and in groups.				X
10	Finds ways to access the knowledge in the field of journalism.				X
11	Follows theories, methods and technologies in the field of journalism.				X
12	Transfers his/her ideas and suggestions regarding the problems to the relevant persons and institutions by supporting quantitative and qualitative data.			X
13	Acts with social responsibility and carry outs works which are appropriate with ethical rules, laws, regulations and legislation in the field of journalism.			X
14	Uses competently the theories, methods, tools and technologies in the field of journalism.					X

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