AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
DES3922 | History of Design and Technology II | Spring | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
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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 information on the beginnings and development of industrial design and on its present state in different countries. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; - define the beginning process of industrial design as a new discipline, - define the development and dynamics of industrial design, - identify and discuss prominent examples of industrial design, - analyze industrial design movements, styles, places and designers, - evaluate industrial design examples in reciprocal relations. |
This second part of the two-semester course starts with the effects of industrial revolution on visual arts and on crafts. It continues with the emergence of industrial design and its development in several countries. It discusses the different and differing characteristics of industrial design in time and place. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | From Crafts to Machine Age | |
2) | From Crafts to Machine Age II | |
3) | 1930larda ABD | |
3) | Bauhaus | |
4) | Emergence of Industrial Design | |
5) | Post-war USA | |
6) | Post-war Europa: UK and France | |
7) | Post-war Europa: Germany | |
8) | Post-war Europa: Italy | |
9) | Design in Scandinavia. | |
10) | Globalism in Design I | |
11) | Globalism in Design II | |
12) | Enlarging Borders: Design and Innovation | |
13) | Enlarging Borders: Designer as Entrepreneur | |
14) | Wrap-up, "Objectified" |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | non |
References: | non |
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 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Paper Submission | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 38 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. | |
2) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. | |
3) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. | 4 |
4) | Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. | 4 |
5) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. | 4 |
6) | Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. | 3 |
7) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. | 3 |
8) | Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. | 3 |
9) | Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. | 4 |