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Subject |
Related Preparation |
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Introduction to course. Outline of semester. Survival game – what values do we place on human characteristics? |
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Love and marriage and choices of partners. How do we translate our values into the expression of love? “Happy Endings” by Margaret Atwood |
Reading. |
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Introduction of partners. Interviewing another student and presenting him/her to the class. Practice of presentation skills. |
Interview. |
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“Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguo. The idea of sacrifice and honor. Discussion of film and characters, themes. |
Research. |
5) |
Poetry about love, marriage and choices. Selections include Browning, Shakespeare, Sexton and Frost. |
Reading. |
6) |
“Il Postino” and the poetry of Pablo Neruda. One poet and his vision of love and life. |
Reading. |
7) |
Presentations of poets and songwriters. Power point presentation of Shakespearean sonnets and various ways of presenting. |
Powerpoint. |
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9) |
“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller. Values and how we are transformed. |
Reading. |
10) |
Presentations. |
Research for presentation. |
11) |
Debates and controversial subjects. Commercials and capitalism and how we are subliminally affected. |
Research. |
12) |
Presentations. |
Research. |
13) |
“A Christmas Carol” by Dickens. An adaptation of the novella into a play format. Reading and discussion of themes and characters. |
Reading. |
14) |
Debates in teams. |
Research. |
15) |
Final. |
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16) |
Final. |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. |
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2) |
Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. |
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3) |
Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. |
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4) |
Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. |
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5) |
Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. |
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6) |
Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. |
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7) |
Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. |
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8) |
Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. |
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9) |
Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. |
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10) |
Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. |
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11) |
Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. |
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12) |
Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. |
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13) |
Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. |
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14) |
Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. |
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