COMMUNICATION DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
VCD4156 | Sonic Arts | Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course aims to examine the art forms based on the concept of sound and to develop a multi-layered analytical approach regardng art disciplines that include auditory elements, starting from the historical and aesthetic developments of electronic music. In addition to creating an infrastructure for basic audio processing and sound synthesis techniques, which are integral features of creative events for technology history and sound art, students will also design their own works during the semester. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; This course aims to examine the art forms based on the concept of sound and to develop a multi-layered analytical approach regardng art disciplines that include auditory elements, starting from the historical and aesthetic developments of electronic music. In addition to creating an infrastructure for basic audio processing and sound synthesis techniques, which are integral features of creative events for technology history and sound art, students will also design their own works during the semester. |
History of music & technology, sonc arts, critical listening, digital audio audio software sound procssing & synthesis, sound installation. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the course and currciulum evaluation. | |
2) | Concise history of Western Music & Fundamental Concepts of electronic composition | |
3) | History of Audio Technology | |
4) | Evolution of Electronic Music | |
5) | Digital Age I | |
6) | Digital Age II | |
7) | Acoustics & Psychoacoustics | |
8) | Critical Listening | |
9) | Sound Processing and Synthesis I | |
10) | Sound Processing and Synthesis II | |
11) | Field Recording and Acoustic Ecology | |
12) | Sound Installation | |
13) | Final Project Evaluation I | |
14) | Final Project Evaluation II |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Chadabe, Joe. 1997. Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic Music. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Cox, Christoph & Warner, Daniel. 2009. Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. New York: Continuum Manning, Peter. 1985. Electronic & Computer Music. New York: Oxford University Press. Wishart, Trevor. 1996. On Sonic Art. (2nd edn.) New York: Routledge |
References: | Emmerson, Simon. 1986. The language of Electro-acoustic Music. London: The Macmillan Press. Landy, Leigh. 2007. Understanding the Art of Sound Organization. London. MIT Press. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 45 |
Final | 1 | % 55 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 45 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 55 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Midterms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 114 |
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. |