BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS | |||||
| 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 |
| DES3921 | History of Design and Technology I | Fall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 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 : | Assoc. Prof. MEHMET ASATEKİN |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. MEHMET ASATEKİN |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | The course aims to provide the student with information that will make him/her equipped on the development of basic technologies and visual arts on chronological basis. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; - define the development processes of basic technologies, - define the development processes of visual arts, - dicuss the outcomes of artistic movements and works, - discuss the interrelationships between technology-production-crafts-arts, - analyze the effects of industrial revolution on arts and crafts. |
Course Content
| This first part of the two-semester course dicusses, as the forerunning references of industrial design, the development of basic technologies from prehistoric times to the industrial revolution. It also shows the process of evolution in visual arts during the same period. It gives information on how these two development/evolution processes interacted with the industrial revolution and prepared the grounds for a new discipline as industrial design. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Continuity between technology-art-design. Basic definitions of technology and arts. | |
| 2) | Primitive technologies. | |
| 3) | From primitive technologies to medieval times. | |
| 4) | Medieval technologies. | |
| 5) | Beginnings of visual arts. Primitive, Egyptian, Greek, Roman arts. | |
| 6) | Medieval arts. | |
| 7) | Gothic arts. | |
| 8) | Visual elaboration on medieval living and arts. | |
| 9) | Renaissance arts. | |
| 10) | Renaisance arts. | |
| 11) | Visual elaboration on renaissance living and painting. | |
| 12) | Industrial Revolution and new technologies. | |
| 13) | Industrial revolution and new technologies. | |
| 14) | Symbolizm in painting and the emergence of the artist as an individual. |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | non |
| References: | non |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 12 | % 5 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 15 |
| Midterms | 2 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 28 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 56 |
| Midterms | 1 | 2 |
| Paper Submission | 1 | 4 |
| Final | 1 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 92 | |
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) | Utilize the wealth of information stored in computer databases to answer basic biological questions and solve problems such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases. | 3 |
| 2) | Acquire an ability to compile and analyze biological information, clearly present and discuss the conclusions, the inferred knowledge and the arguments behind them both in oral and written format. | 4 |
| 3) | Develop critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. | 5 |
| 4) | Develop effective communication skills and have competence in scientific speaking, reading and writing abilities in English and Turkish. | 3 |
| 5) | Gain knowledge of different techniques and methods used in genetics and acquire the relevant laboratory skills. | 4 |
| 6) | Detect biological problems, learn to make hypothesis and solve the hypothesis by using variety of experimental and observational methods. | 4 |
| 7) | Gain knowledge of methods for collecting quantitative and qualitative data and obtain the related skills. | 3 |
| 8) | Conduct research through paying attention to ethics, human values and rights. Pay special attention to confidentiality of information while working with human subjects. | 5 |
| 9) | Obtain basic concepts used in theory and practices of molecular biology and genetics and establish associations between them. | 4 |
| 10) | Search and use literature to improve himself/herself and follow recent developments in science and technology. | 5 |
| 11) | Be aware of the national and international problems in the field and search for solutions. | 4 |