SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
EDT5016	Graphic Design	Spring	3	0	3	8

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. TUFAN ADIGÜZEL
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This is a visual aided lecture course supported with studio learning environment designed specifically for educational technology program students. The general aim of the course is to introduce design basics as they relate to the issues of visual communication in the field of education.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1.Identify design elements and design principles.
2.Realize relative visual relationships in graphic composition.
3.Exercise visual form and visual language.
4.Develop creative visual communication skills.
5.Develop critical design thinking
6.Exercise with design software
7.Develop effective education models using visual design

Course Content

The course will introduce the dynamics of word( typography) and image projecting on visual identity; the employment of tools in the application areas of graphic design; and principles of animation, multimedia and interactive design.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the Course / Review of the Syllabus Journal/Sketch Book Requirements
2)	Visual Literacy (Lecture) Introduction: – Point Exercise
3)	Intentional - Unintentional Design Street Graphics (Lecture) / Point and Line in Arts and Design (Lecture)
4)	Street Graphics: Signs and Symbols (Lecture) Introduction to Typography
5)	Gestalt Principles (Lecture) Critique :Graphic Space in Photography / Rhythm/Tension/Contrast (Lecture) Positive-Negative Space (Lecture )
6)	SHAPE in Art and Design /COMPOSITION ( Lecture)
7)	Meaningful White Space( Lecture) / Composition with 3 Basic Shapes
8)	MID-TERM : Visual Composition and Poster Design
9)	Visual Identity Design
10)	Basic Drawing as a tool of communication
11)	Principles of animation
12)	Digital image processing
13)	Visual concept development
14)	Multi-media and interaction design

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

1-David A Lauer, and Stephen Pentak, Design Basics, Fifth Edition (New York: Wadsworth, 2002)
2-Otto G.Ocvirk, Robert E.Stinson,Philip R. Wigg, Robert O. Bone, David L.Cayton; Art Fundementals:Theory and Practice; Tenth Edition;(Mc Graw Hill, 2006).
3-Donis A. Dondis, A Primer of Visual Literarcy (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1996)
4-Herbert Zettl, Sight Sound Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics, (California: Wadsworth, 1993)

References:

Arnheim, Rudolf. (1969). Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye, University of California Press, Berkley.
Becer, Emre. ( 2008). İletişim ve Grafik Tasarım, 6.Baskı Dost Kitabevi, Ankara.
Berger, A. Arthur. (1998). Seeing is Believing, Mayfield Publishing, London.
Brereton, Richard. (2009). Sketchbooks:The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators& Creatives, Laurence King Publishing, London.UK.
Bowers, John. (1999). Introduction to Two Dimensional Design, John Wiley & Sons, USA.
Colour Mania (Victionary, 2009).
Mustieness, Carlos, and Hilland Thomas(ed.).(2006).Icons, Colors, Signs,Taschen, Italy.
Donis A. Dondis. (1996) A Primer of Visual Literacy ,The MIT Press, Cambridge.
Feldman, Edmund Burke.(1992).Varieties of Visual Experience, Fourth Edition, Harry N.Abrams, New York.
Gastman, R., Neelon C, Smyrski, A. (2007). Street World:Urban Culture from Five Continents, Thames& Hudson., London.
Janson, H. W. Janson.(1970). History of Art, Abrams, New York
Krause, Jim. (2006). Color Index, David and Charles Books,UK.
Krause, Jim. (2002). Color Index, USA
Levey, Michael. (1968). A History of Western Art, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Lucie-Smith, Edward. (1995). Art Today, Phaidon Press Limited, London
Mason, John Mason. (1989). Arts and Artists, J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company.
McAlhone, Berly. (1998 ). A Smile in the Mind: Witty Thinking in Graphic Design, Phaidon Press, London.
Naegele Isabel, and Baur Ruedi. ( 2004). Scents of The City, Lars Müller Publishers, Switzerland.
Oei, Loan and Kegel De Cecile. (2002). The Elements of Design, Thames & Hudson, London, UK.
Ocvirk, Stinson, Wigg, Bone, Cayton.(2006). Art Fundamentals, Tenth Edition, Mc Graw-Hill International Edition, New York.
Pentak, Stephen and Roth, Richard. (2003). Color Basics, Wadsworth Publishing, USA.
Pentak, Stephen, Lauer A David.( 2002). Design Basics, Fifth Edition, Wadsworth Publishing, USA.
Tyson, Carl N. (1996). Art Through The Ages, Harcourt Brace & Company
Zakia, D Richard. (1994). Perception and Imaging, Focal Press, Boston.
ZelanskiI, Paul; Fisher, Mary Pat. (1996, 1984). Design Principles and Problems, by holt, Rinehart and Winston, USA.
Zettl,Herbert. (1993). Sight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics, Wadsworth, California.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 15
Homework Assignments	2	% 45
Project	1	% 25
Midterms	1	% 15
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 75
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 25
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Project	1	50	50
Homework Assignments	2	30	60
Midterms	1	40	40
Total Workload			192

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2)	Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3)	Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4)	Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5)	Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6)	Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7)	Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8)	Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9)	Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10)	Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11)	Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12)	Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13)	Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.