COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Textile Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEDEF ACAR

Offered to

Carpet-Rugs and Old Fabric Patterns
Accessory Design
Stage Design
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy
Restorations of Ancient Tile
Textile Design

Course Objective

In this course, analyzing the woven, non-woven, knitting fabrics by means of fabric samples, dealing with production methods, their technical features and usage features and dealing with patterns with specific characteristics and fabrics which has a proper name due to its structural features are aimed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources
Clothing Technology-From Fibre To Fashion, (English Edition), Hannelore Eberle, Hermann Hermeling, Vollner GmbH & Co. London, 1998
Fabrics, Caroline Lebeau, Thames And Hudson, London, 1994
The Primary Structures Of Fabrics, Irene Emery, Thames And Hudson, Washington, 1994

Subsidiary Sources
All About Cotton, Julia Parker, Raincity Pbl., Washington, 1998
All About Wool, Julia Parker, Raincity Pbl., Washington, 1998
All About Silk, Julia Parker, Raincity Pbl., Washington, 1999
Scottish Estate Tweeds, E.P. Harrison, Johnston Of Elgin, London, 1995

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Courses
Instructor gives information about the fabrics by classifying the production methods and giving samples. Students are asked to define fabric types, raw materials, production methods and usage areas properly, by using given information.

2. Revising Sessions and Class Discussions
Every week in the first hour of the lecture, instructor organizes revising sessions by giving fabric samples. Intracurricular fabric analyses are crucial for the problems solved in this environment. Students are promoted significantly to participate in class discussions and state opinions about the designs.

3.Applications
Students are supposed to prepare fabric catalogues according to determined criteria after learning the fabrics in different ways.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Student prepare assignments appropriate for course subjects
Attendance point of the student depends on (1) course attendance, (2) quality of the answer given to the instructor s questions during the lecture and in-class design study, (3) student s contribution in order to create a positive learning environment.

Assessment Criteria

Attendance to subject
Atendance to course
Assignments

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.It is compulsory to maintain 80% of class attendance.
2. Any attempt for plagiarism result in disciplinary penalty.
3. Absence in the class is not a valid excuse for late submission of the projects and assignments.
4. In case of the late submissions, students lose point equal to one letter note for each day right after the dead-line.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes