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
VCD3125	Traditional and Modern Turkish Arts	Fall Spring	3	0	3	5

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 :	Assist. Prof. ECE ARIHAN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course aims to investigate traditional Turkish arts within a perspective of contemporary Western art and design, to explore the influences of traditional arts modern artists, in comparison with Eastern Asia, Middle East and Africa.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Recall and list the distinct characteristics of various traditional Turkish art forms, including tezhip, ebru, hat, wood and glass work in architecture, ceramics, weaving and carpets, pottery, and local handcrafts.
2) Explain the influence of traditional Turkish art forms on modern artists and describe the ways these traditions are adapted in contemporary works.
3) Analyze works of art to identify traditional Turkish artistic elements and compare them with traditional styles in Japanese, Eastern Asian, Middle Eastern, and African art.
4) Apply design principles inspired by traditional Turkish arts that incorporate traditional motifs in a modern context.
5) Develop a comprehensive understanding of traditional Turkish art elements with contemporary design practices while demonstrating a synthesis of cultural heritage and innovation.

Course Content

Course is structured as two parts. At the first part, students are informed on traditional forms of Turkish art. Second part focuses on the use of traditional motives, materials, techniques or style in modern artwork and design artifacts.
Teaching Methods: Lecture, Individual Study, Discussion, Project, Implementation

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Tezhip; History, classic examples and modern works
2)	Hat (caligraphy); History, classic examples and modern works
3)	Wood and glasswork; classic examples and modern works
4)	Ceramic tiling and ceramic pottery; History, classic examples and modern works
5)	Field trip to Blue Mosque for project I
6)	Ebrû (Marble Painting) ; History, classic examples and modern works
7)	Local traditional arts
8)	Field trip to Museum of Turkish & Islamic Arts for Project I Assignment: Project I; develop a concept for an original artwork and create an artifact involving motives or forms from traditional on Turkish Arts.
9)	Exploring traditional motives in contemporay art of Eastern Asia
10)	Exploring traditional motives in contemporay art of Middle East
11)	Exploring traditional motives in contemporay art of Africa, and America
12)	Project I presentations
13)	Use of traditional Turkish motives, materials, techniques and style in modern art.
14)	Use of traditional Turkish motives, materials, techniques and style in modern design.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Glassie, H. (1993). Turkish traditional art today (No. 11). Indiana University Press.
References:	Pala Yavuzyiğit, Z. (Ed.). (2024). Current works in traditional Turkish arts. Özgür Publications. https://doi.org/10.58830/ozgur.pub612

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	12	% 50
Field Work	2	% 20
Project	1	% 10
Final	1	% 20
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 30
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	10	30
Field Work	3	20
Study Hours Out of Class	13	37
Presentations / Seminar	2	6
Project	6	28
Final	1	4
Total Workload		125

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.	4
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.	3
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.	3