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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
VCD4147 | Computational Design | Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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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 : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor SERKAN ŞİMŞEK |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | VCD3115 - Introduction to Multimedia VCD3114 – Interactive Arts & Design |
Course Objectives: | On this course, the students recognize the basics of Computational Design and design scopes of interactive media such as procedural design, algorithmic design, data visualization and code art. They develop applications of conceptual works for interactive media and study software skills to realize this projects. In addition, researches for interactive media fields is identified by the students. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Being able to solve design problems with algorithmic and computational thoughts 2. Advancing the theory and practice on computer arts 3. Advancing the theory and practice on computer programming 4. Developing the interactive design solutions 5. Preparing conceptual, entertainment, game projects. |
1. Computational Design 2. Algorithmic Design 3. CodeArt 4. Interactive Media Design 5. Experience Design 6. Procedural Sound Design 7. Aesthetics & Computation 8. Computer Art History 9. Code Basics |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the Course. Everybody will introduce her/himself. The course will be introduced. | |
2) | Introduction to the Computational Design. Scopes of Computational Design. | |
3) | Computer Art History. Examples of Art & Design Works Announcement: HW1 | |
4) | Code Artists. Examples of Art & Design Works. Announcement: HW2. | |
5) | Programming Environment & Code Basics. Introduction to the Processing Environment. Announcement: HW3. | |
6) | Using “Class” Structures for Design. Programming Skills for Design. Announcement: HW4. | |
7) | Using “Array” Structures for Design. Programming Skills for Design. Announcement: HW5. | |
8) | Using “Transform” Structures for Design. Programming Skills for Design. Announcement: HW6. | |
9) | Using “3D” Structures for Design. Programming Skills for Design. Announcement: HW7. | |
10) | Using “External Libraries” Structures for Design. Programming Skills for Design. Announcement: HW8. | |
11) | Final: Criticise Project Proposal. Developing A Design Project. | |
12) | Final: Project Evaluation. Developing A Design Project. | |
13) | Final: Project Evaluation. Developing A Design Project. | |
14) | Final: Project Evaluation. Developing A Design Project. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
References: | 1 Algorithms for Visual Design - Kostas Terzidiz 2 Programming Interactivity - Joshua Noble 3 Making Things Talk - Tom Igoe 4 Learning Processing - Daniel Shiffman 5 Processing Creative Coding and Computational Art - Ira Greenberg 6 A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists - Casey Reas, Ben Fry |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 4 | % 40 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 56 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 49 |
Final | 2 | 20 |
Total Workload | 125 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 4 |
2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 1 |
4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 1 |
5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 2 |
6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |
8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |
9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |
10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |
11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 5 |