GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CONTEMPORARY THEORIES AND MODELS ON DESIGN/5091343
Course Title: CONTEMPORARY THEORIES AND MODELS ON 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
• Improve students’ ability to understand how design theory turn to product
• How theoretical product effect world visually and literarily
• Form judgment and analyze the global design trends

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  • History of modern design and theory
2. Week  • Cutting-edge trends in architecture, interiors, landscape, fashion, graphics, and new media.
3. Week  • Design and social life
4. Week  The Designer‬: ‪Half a Century of Change in Image, Training, and Techniques‬
5. Week  • Changing attitudes, images and terminology.
6. Week  • Changes in the training of design.
7. Week  • Neglect of drawing
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  • Antidesign
10. Week  • Memphis
11. Week  • DIY new learning and production technics
12. Week  • Design museums
13. Week  • trend setters work follows
14. Week  • conclusion: design thinking and theory
15. Week  • conclusion: design thinking and theory
16. Week  final exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- 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
14
4
56
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
4
56
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
14
2
28
 Preparing a Presentation
2
2
4
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
0
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
0
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
186
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.44
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Ability to have advanced knowledge and understanding for original work in Industrial Design on the basis of competences acquired at the undergraduate level.X
2Ability to have critical awareness between Industrial Design and other fields about the problems concerning with the nature and resources of knowledge, generating knowledge generation and testing of knowledge.X
3Ability of specialized problem solving to develop new methods and knowledge and to integrate/combine the knowledge from other fields.X
4Ability to conduct an academic research and academic dialogue on the basis of critical and categorical results.X
5Ability to apply/implement acquired knowledge, conception and problem solving skills with new and non-conventional environments.X
6Ability to behave independently and take responsibility in Industrial Design education fields and to join in a work or design project as a team member or to manage it independently.X
7Ability to direct or last field related study on his/her own.X
8Ability to interactively use computer software and information and communication technologies at an advanced level.
9Ablility to use one foreign language at least a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level for both written and verbal communication.X
10Ability to produce comprehensive projects in Industrial Design field by using acquired knowledge, conception and skills with interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approachesX
11Ability to improve strategies, policies and application plans related to the field of Industrial Design and to evaluate obtained results within the framework of quality processes.X
12Ability to conduct an academic research in a systematic and critical way. Ability to present conference paper and to make publications in national and international environments.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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