The aim of this course is to teach the basic principles and concepts of communication design.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Emin Kahraman
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
This course is not offered this semester
Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
Research, observation and presentation.
Principle Sources
- Kenneth Louis Smith, Handbook of visual communication: theory, methods, and media, Routledge, 2005.
- Jonathan Baldwin, Lucienne Roberts, Visual communication: from theory to practice, AVA Publishing, 2006.
- Paul Martin Lester, Visual communication: images with messages, Cengage Learning, 2006.
Other Sources
- G. Harry Jamieson, Visual communication: more than meets the eye, Intellect Books, 2007.
Discussion about the artistic and communicative aspects of visual and written texts
Lecture
6. Week
Midterm exam
Lecture
7. Week
Questioning the coexistence of a message and the visual components
Lecture
8. Week
Designing communication in social media
Lecture
9. Week
Discussing the examples of art and design in social media
Lecture
10. Week
Discussing the examples of art and design in social media
Lecture
11. Week
Selecting subjects for projects
Practice
12. Week
Discussions about projects
Practice
13. Week
Discussions about projects
Practice
14. Week
Discussions about projects
Practice
15. Week
Final exam
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
20
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
40
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
30
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Students will be able to define all sorts of concepts predominantly related with communication, arts and culture alongside other differint disciplines.
PO-2
Students will be able to interprete technological developments and other related artistic and cultural perceptions.
PO-3
Students will be able to understand contemporary/actual practises.
PO-4
Students will be able to analyse the organic relationships between art, communication
and society.
PO-5
Students will be able to experience the process neccesarry, producing creative designs.
PO-6
Students will be able to study independently of their own accord in a creative
environment
PO-7
Students will be able to use technical equipments properly, and be also accomplish their projects within the given period.
PO-8
Students will be able to transform their creative ideas into multidisciplinary applications.
PO-9
Students will be able to produce original works in different areas ranging from graphic arts, photography, cinema, performing arts to plastic arts.
PO-10
Students will be able to have experiences on film directory, script writing, photography directory and editing.
PO-11
Students will be able to gain proficiency on computer based design, character design for both two and three dimensional animation movie. They also will be able to have experience on stage design.
PO-12
Students will be able to have experiences on various disciplines of performing arts, such as acting, mimic, modern dance, singing, dramatic improvisation.
PO-13
Students will be able to create original art works in painting, sculpture and ceramic disciplines.
PO-14
Students will be able to gain an ability in producing projects together with experienced academics invited.
PO-15
Students will be able to participate in competetive projects both at home and abroad such as exhibitions, workshops and seminars.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Students will be able to reconstruct the artistic components of the visual message which is designed by them
LO-2
Students will be able to set up national and international projects about visual communication devices.
LO-3
Students will be able to formulate the relation between communication and technology
LO-4
Students will be able to create visual designs that can be used in social media
LO-5
Students will be able to manage the visual and conceptual design of communication
