COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ELT5887 | Seminar | Fall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Prerequisites: |
ELT5888-1 - Thesis |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ENİSA MEDE Prof. Dr. KENAN DİKİLİTAŞ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | Graduate Seminar course is a systematic study that prepares students for their thesis writing. To help students conduct a thesis study, the course involves augmenting critical thinking, researching, and academic writing skills. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Critique research articles on current topics 2. Formulate a specific research topic and research questions 3. Conduct literature review relevant to a research topic they have selected 4. Collaborate with faculty to develop applicable research methodology for data collection and analyses 5. Write a research proposal outlining key elements of the proposed project and present it orally in seminar |
The seminar course introduces students with various current research ideas widening their perspectives and awareness of topics of interests through invited speakers and their presentations. The course orients students to conduct literature review on a pre-determined subject, to help them gain competence in synthesizing the literature, collect data, analyze, interpret and discuss the findings. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the seminar course | Syllabus |
2) | Academic study aim, academic writing, and plagiarism | Reading articles |
3) | Identifying a research problem and writing research questions | Reading related book chapters and articles |
4) | Literature review | Reading articles |
5) | Data collection methods: Quantitative | Inviting a guest speaker for a seminar |
6) | Data collection methods: Qualitative | Inviting a guest speaker for a seminar |
7) | Data analysis | Reading articles |
8) | Discussion based on the findings | Reading articles |
9) | Discussion and conclusion | |
10) | Feedback on projects | |
11) | Feedback on projects | |
12) | Project presentations | |
13) | Project presentations | |
14) | Project presentations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | The instructor may assign readings, handouts, web-based activities throughout the semester. |
References: | American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American psychological association (6th edition). Washington, DC: Author. (or other appropriate style manual) |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 2 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | % 50 |
Project | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 10 | 14 | 140 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Project | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | 19 | 95 |
Total Workload | 246 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |