GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
VISUAL COMMUNICATION I/YMS 517
Course Title: VISUAL COMMUNICATION I
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assistant Professor Dr. Dilek Oğuzoğlu
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  dilekoguzoglu13@gmail.com/dileko@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Describing Visual Communication
Designing with Visual Communication Tools
Creating Portfolio






 -- 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 to Visual Communication
2. Week  Principles and elements of Visual Design
3. Week  Meterials and Functions
4. Week  Workshop
5. Week  Mid-term
6. Week  Rythm in Nature, Art, Education
7. Week  İntuitive Rhytm design Workshop
8. Week  Rythm in Nature, Art, Education
9. Week  İntuitive Rhytm design Workshop
10. Week  Comparative Designing with examples
11. Week  Designing Workshop
12. Week  Designing Workshop
13. Week  General Evaluation
14. Week  Final
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  ARNHEIM, Rudolf, (2007), “Görsel Düşünme”, Metis, İstanbul. AYDIN, Emin Doğan. (2004). “Temel Tasarıma Çağdaş Yaklaşımlar”,İstanbul: Mor Ajans Reklam. BURNETT, Ron, (2007), ”İmgeler Nasıl Düşünür”, Metis, İstanbul.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
   Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
1
40
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
1
40
 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
12
2
24
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
12
2
24
 Reading
8
2
16
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
5
25
 Designing and Applying Materials
5
5
25
 Preparing Reports
3
5
15
 Preparing Presentation
4
5
20
 Presentation
5
5
25
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
5
5
 Final and Studying for Final
1
5
5
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
184
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.36
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Students combine their knowledge with their undergraduate education and new media educationX
2Students learn new media related scientific and artistic areas.X
3Students gain advanced expertise both intheory and practice in the field of new mediaX
4Students can function in multidisciplinary fileds with new mediaX
5Students can create solutions on the new media field.X
6Students can gather academical information on new meida field and process them acedamicallyX
7Students can create new media art worksX
8Students can write a thesis upon new meida field.X
9Students can create cognitive solutions by using research methods efficientlyX
10Students can create artistic and academic social accountability projectsX