GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SEMIOTICS IN DESIGN/5061343
Course Title: SEMIOTICS IN DESIGN
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 2 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
To be able to make in depth analysis on transformation of daily life, industry and design.
To examine the transformations of industry on production and consumption cultures with particular focus on the practice of product design.
To investigate the effects of industry and product on daily life and urban culture within the framework of locality, craft, industry, and spatial tran

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  The origins of the practice of product design
2. Week  Culture
3. Week  Modernism
4. Week  Postmodernism
5. Week  Local-Global
6. Week  The transformation of craft within the context of locality
7. Week  Tradition
8. Week  Consumption of space
9. Week  Tourism and the consumption / transformation of local material culture
10. Week  Migration and informal economy
11. Week  Informal production as services and products
12. Week  Gender and visual culture
13. Week  Presentations
14. Week  Presentations
15. Week  Presentations
16. Week  Presentations
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
0
0
 Assignment
2
60
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
12
4
48
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
4
56
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
3
5
15
 Preparing a Presentation
2
4
8
 Presentation
2
2
4
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
0
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
3
3
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
176
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.04
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Doç. 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)