COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GRAPHIC DESIGN I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRF 2001 GRAPHIC DESIGN I COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Department of Graphics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR ÖMER DURMAZ

Offered to

Graphic
Visual Communication Design
Graphic Design
Illustration and Printmaking

Course Objective

There is going to be a projects about seeing and percepting through the basic communication design, besides that, with the based of semiotics, there will be a projects through the communication codes that are referred by images.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to know about the graphic designs scope and definition
2   To be able to make a accurate choices on cropping images belongs to images context
3   To be able to use symbols and symbolical expressions trully
4   To be able to manage the relationship between meaning and shifting frames, shapes
5   To be able to have a sufficent point of view over the seeing, and percepting
6   To be able to finalize his/her projects
7   To be able to describe and present his/her own work of design
8   To be able to have a information about mass media communication

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

TEM 3021 - Philosophy of Art I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and scope of Graphic Design (Seminar) Symbol and Subject
2 Project 01: Sketches for symbols within the scope of giving project
3 Project 01: Progression of sketches
4 Project 01: Progression of sketches and preparation for seminar
5 Project 01: Writing texts about symbols and presentation
6 Project 02: Symbols for logos and corporate communication(Seminar)
7 Project 02: Logo sketches free association method
8 Project 02: Progression of logo sketches
9 Project 02: Progression of logo sketches and preparation for seminar
10 Project 02: Writing texts about logos and presentation
11 Project 03: Study of the meaning attribution on images (seminar)
12 Project 03: Analyzing over the teked photographes
13 Project 03: Re cropping the images and transforming meaning to message (Seminar)
14 Project 03: Writing texts about images and presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Pictograms Icons and Signs, Hübner - Abdullah
Görme Biçimleri, John Berger
Sinema Göstergebilimi, Yuriy M. Lotman
Görsel Grafik Tasarım Sözlüğü, Gavin Ambrose-Paul Harris
Grafik Tasarım Ne Içindir , Alice Twemlow
Grafik Tasarım Kuramı, Helen Armstrong
Iletişim ve Grafik Tasarım, Emre Becer
Görsel Iletişim ve Grafik Tasarım, Tevfik Fikret Uçar

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.60 + ATT * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Powerful sketching, Suitability to project, Creative idea, succesfull application, Efficient presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

emin.sonad@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Design Project 12 0,2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 105

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2522224252
LO.355222524
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LO.55522242544
LO.655255555455
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