GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
DESIGN THEORY AND APPROACHES/MOT 609
Course Title: DESIGN THEORY AND APPROACHES
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof.Dr. Emine KOCA
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ekoca
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ekoca@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Can interpret general design concepts with domain-specific perspective
Can explain design theory and the theories inter-relationships and difference
Can explain to the design research models
Can explain to the design research methods
Can explain design in terms of infrastructural
Can explain in terms of design paradigmatic
Can explain to design approach and analyze in terms of model, method,infrastructural and paradigms
 -- 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  Course description and sources be introduced Design as phenomenon and concept
2. Week   Comparisons and developed theories on design
3. Week   Comparisons and developed theories on design
4. Week   Comparisons and developed theories on design
5. Week   Comparisons and developed theories on design
6. Week  Design research models -Strategic models -Thematic model
7. Week  Midterm Exam
8. Week  Design research models -Outcomes-based model -Inquiry-based model -Other Models
9. Week  Design research methods -Black-box - black box approach -Procedural approaches -Art-centered approach -Formal approaches -Managerial approach
10. Week  In terms of infrastructural design -Design of the methodological infrastructure -Design of the meta-theoretical infrastructure -Design of the he
11. Week  Design paradigms -Positivist/Post-Positivist Paradigm -Constructivist / interpretive paradigm -Transformative / converter paradigm -Pragmatic
12. Week  Design approaches -Human / user-centered design -Collaborative / participatory design -Sustainable design
13. Week  -Universal / pluralistic design -The design will -Futuristik/Gel -Cultural / emotional design
14. Week  To analyze in terms of infrastructure, methods, models and paradigms on design research different
15. Week  To analyze in terms of infrastructure, methods, models and paradigms on design research different
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  - Desiree Smal, Carol Lavelle, 2011, Developıng a dıscourse ın fashıon desıgn, What ıs research for fashıon desıgn? © Copyright 2011 by the Design Education Forum of Southern Africa (www.defsa.org.za) -Lucy Kimbell, Beyond Design Thinking, Paper presented at the CRESC Conference, Manchester, September 2009. -Monika Hestad, Changing assumption for the design process, 2009©FORMakademisk, 2009, Vol.2 Nr.2, 16-25 -Lucy Kimbell, Design practices in design Thingink, Clark Fellow in Design Leadership Said Business School, University of Oxford Park End Street Oxford OX1 1HP
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  No
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
1
20
 Exercises
0
40
 Projects
1
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
0
 Reading
6
4
24
 Searching in Internet and Library
4
4
16
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
3
10
30
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
3
6
18
 Final and Studying for Final
5
10
50
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
189
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.56
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
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 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X