COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN
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
SEN2201	Computing Systems	Fall Spring	3	0	3	6

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 :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi PINAR BÖLÜK
Course Lecturer(s):	Prof. Dr. NAFİZ ARICA Dr. Öğr. Üyesi PINAR BÖLÜK
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	Course objective is defining bits, data types, and operations, digital logic structures, the Von Neumann model, programming, assembly language, I/O, trap routines and subroutines, the stack, introduction to programming in C, variables and operators, control structures, functions, testing and debugging, pointers and arrays, recursion, I/O in C, data structures.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Define basics of computational devices
2. Define bits, data types and operations
3. Define logic gates, combinational logic circuits, concept of memory, sequential logic circuits.
4. Define memory organization, registers, instruction set, data types, addressing modes.
5. Use variables, operators, control structures, iteration structures, pointers and array and functions in C programming language

Course Content

The course content is composed of the basics of computer systems, bits, data types and operations, digital logic structures (logic gates, combinational logic circuits, concept of memory, sequential logic circuits), the von Neumann model,
memory organization and registers, instruction sets, addressing models, Assembly language, Programming in C.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to a Computer System
2)	Bits, Data Types, and Operations
3)	Digital Logic Structures (logic gates, combinational logic circuits)
4)	Digital Logic Structures (concept of memory, sequential logic circuits)
5)	The von Neumann Model (instruction processing)
6)	The von Neumann Model (I/O basics)
7)	ISA Overview (Memory organization and registers)
8)	ISA Overview (Memory organization and registers)
9)	Review for the Midterm Exam
10)	Assembly Language
11)	Programming in C
12)	Programming in C
13)	Programming in C
14)	Programming in C

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Patt & Patel, Introduction to Computing Systems (2nd edition), MGraw Hill, 2004. ISBN 0-07-121503-4 (required) Mano & Kime, Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals (3rd edition), Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN 013140539X (recommended)
References:	Yok

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	10	% 20
Midterms	1	% 35
Final	1	% 45
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 55
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 45
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	5	10	50
Midterms	1	26	26
Final	1	20	20
Total Workload			138

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)	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.	3