GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
DESGIN AND COMMUNICATION/TK 548
Course Title: DESGIN AND COMMUNICATION
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Dr. Dilek Akbulut
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/dilekakbulut
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  dilekakbulut@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To develop visual text deciphering skills
To learn semiotics
To develop skills in implementing concepts of semiotics to design
To know the concepts of representation and identity
To associate different design practices with the concepts of communication
To grasp the interdisciplinary interaction in design.
To associate the design knowledge with other means of information in order to create and use the outcomes in interdisciplinary studies.
To position art within design culture
To grasp the interaction between art, design and communication
To associate design and communication practices within interdisciplinary context
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction
2. Week  Introduction to semiotics
3. Week  Screening
4. Week  The subject
5. Week  The subject
6. Week  Screening
7. Week  The gaze and power
8. Week  Gender and representation
9. Week  Mid-term exam
10. Week  Screening
11. Week  Modernism, postmodernism, identity
12. Week  Modernism, postmodernism, identity
13. Week  Presentations
14. Week  Presentations
15. Week  Presentations
16. Week  Final
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Barthes, Roland, Göstergebilim İlkeleri, İstanbul, Sözce, 1986. Berger, John, Görme Biçimleri ,İstanbul, Metis Yayınları, 1986. Hall, Stuart, du Gay, Paul, Questions of Cultural Identity. London, Sage, 1996. Haug, Wolfgang Fritz, Meta Estetiğinin Eleştirisi, İstanbul, Spartaküs Yayınları, 1997. Rose, Gillian, Visual Methodologies, London, Sage, 2002 Silverman, Kaja, The Subject of Semiotics, New York, Oxford University Press, 1984.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
1
20
 Exercises
0
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
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
12
5
60
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
4
48
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
3
5
15
 Preparing Presentation
2
3
6
 Presentation
2
2
4
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
0
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
175
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Develop and deepen knowledge in the same or in a different design field to the proficiency level based on Bachelor level qualifications.X
2Conceive the interdisciplinary interaction, which the design field is related with.X
3Use of theoretical and practical knowledge within the design field at a proficiency level.X
4Interpret the knowledge about the design field by integrating the information gathered from different disciplines and formulate new knowledge.X
5Take responsibility and develop new strategic solutions as a team member in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the applications in the design field.X
6Develop strategy, policy and implementation plans on the issues related to the design field and assess the findings within the frame of quality processes.X
7Audit the design field data gathering, interpretation, implementation and announcement stages by taking into consideration the cultural, scientific, and ethic values and teach these values.
8Demonstrate leadership in contexts that require solving problems related to the design field.
9Earn to polish to prepare thesis proposal and to write thesis in accordance with the accumulations regarding the field.
10Ability to use of current information technology in the field of design, publishing, tools - supplies and other scientific resources acquired with the help of high-level information is used in future academic and professional life.X