MATHEMATICS
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
REK5301	Creativity in Marketing Communication	Spring	3	0	3	8

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	Turkish
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Instructor OĞUZHAN AKAY
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ŞAFAK ŞAHİN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	Objective of the course is to teach students, how to produce advertisements for newspapers, magazines, tv, radio and internet. Also how to produce creative content for printed materials, billboards and ink-jet prints for indoor and outdoor media is within the scope of the course. In this course, students learn all techniques of creative advertising production.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1- will be able to identify the creative process.
2- will be able to identify process of defining problem. Problem/Solution.
3- will be able to gather information and use of information.
4- will be able to execute the ideas.

Course Content

In this course, students learn how to produce creative content for advertisements and to manage this creative process. The trends in advertising industry in Turkey and in the world are analysed. Afterwards students turn their theoretical knowledge to practice.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction
2)	creative process and personality.
3)	Understanding the creative process: - Creative personality - Factors blocking creativity - How to brainstorm? Deadline for 1st Homework.
4)	Having fun, being innovative and idea lover. Exercises.
5)	Lock on to target. Being childish and enhancing curiosity.
6)	How does the process of thinking works? Methods of combination to access new ideas. Exercises. Deadline for 2nd. Homework.
7)	Process of defining problem. Problem/Solution. Ways of seeing.
8)	Gathering information and use of information. Revising and passing the rules during the search of idea.
9)	Giving up created ideas and initialization methods in the search for new ideas. Deadline for 3rd. Homework.
10)	Execution of ideas. Exercises.	Preparation of homework.
11)	Basic determinants of the copywriting process. Briefing for final presentations.
12)	Strategy and media products. Deadline for 4th Homework.
13)	Methods of copy and script writing.
14)	Review.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Ders notları haftalık olarak verilecektir. Course notes will be given weekly.
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Homework Assignments	4	% 20
Presentation	1	% 40
Final	1	% 30
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 30
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	70
Presentations / Seminar	3	24
Homework Assignments	13	45
Final	1	16
Total Workload		197

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)	To have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics
2)	To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods,
3)	To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials,
4)	To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself,	4
5)	To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way,
6)	To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level,
7)	To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement,
8)	To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense,	4
9)	By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere,
10)	To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning,
11)	To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school,
12)	To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively.