GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Elective: Illustrated Book Making/GIT 304
Course Title: Elective: Illustrated Book Making
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 6 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Asst. Prof. Melda Öncü Yıldız
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/m.oncu
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  m.oncu@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To be equipped with the historical background of the Picture Books
Will be able to recognize the relationship between pictures and words
Will be able to make a useful plan for the picture book making process
Will be able to create pictures and designs of a picture book
Will be able to make the book ready for the print process
 -- 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
  Recommended optional programme components: GIT-203 Illustration
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  History of visual narrative and the picture books 1 (The period before the invention of movable type printing)
2. Week  History of visual narrative and the picture books 2 (The period after the invention of movable type printing)
3. Week  Historical development of the Children’s Picture Books 1 (Conventional Period)
4. Week  Artist’s Books (Beginning of the personal picture book projects)
5. Week  The affects of the art movements of 19. and 20. centuries on the children’s picture books
6. Week  Historical development of the Children’s Picture Books 2 (Period after modernism)
7. Week  The affects of the developments on printing technology on the children’s picture books
8. Week  The development of picture books in Turkey
9. Week  Midterm Exam (Finalizing the main sketches and spreed designs of the book project)
10. Week  The structure of modern picture books and the theories about picture books
11. Week  The contemporary and experimental picture books
12. Week  The “design text” in picture books (pictures, typography, cover and page designs, etc.)
13. Week  Book Projects (in progress)
14. Week  Book Projects (in progress)
15. Week  (Finalizing the book project)
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  M. Nikolajeva ve C. Scott, How Picturebooks Work, Perry Nodelman, Words About Pictures, Melda Öncü, Resimli Kitaplarda Resimleme ve Metnin Anlam Payla
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 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
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
2
12
 Designing and Applying Materials
14
3
42
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
126
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.04
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1By learning the necessary information in terms of historical, theoretical and practical in the field of visual communication design, and using this information in integrate of each other, consideration and positioning own works in the sight of these information in a critical way.X
2By following the national and international developments, implementing own practices in a contemporary level in accordance with these developments.X
3To be able to learn technical information and artifice those are used necessarily parallel in technological developments and use them in own works.X
4To have the necessary information and experience in two-dimensional and motion image production, processing and consideration.X
5To create appropriate color, value and composition containing stain functional, aesthetic and design elements for unique visual communication.X
6To produce creative concepts and turn those concepts to graphic, photographic, illustrative, three-dimensional, motion or interactive visual expressions.X
7To produce original visual solution by considering different projects in terms of visual communication design.X
8To be able to design the steps of practical projects in relation with the field, to provide process management and to earn the discipline to complete the projects successfully in the given time.X
9To attain the sources for field works and to plan owns development process.X
10To use in a respective and sensitive way to social values and personal benefits, the theoretical, technical and technological information that is gained in practical works which is relative to the field, in accordance with ethical and legal regulations.X