DES4011 Professional PracticeBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs INDUSTRIAL DESIGNGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
INDUSTRIAL 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
DES4011 Professional Practice Fall 2 0 2 3

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Must Course
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Instructor YETKİN YAZICI
Recommended Optional Program Components: Field trips are made to design offices.
Course Objectives: This course aims to prepare students for professional practice as designers. Students are introduced to managerial, financial, and legal issues related to industrial design work environment. Industrial design practices such as user-centered design are explored more in-depth.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
- Gain the ability to evaluate her/his expectations of the future as professionals;
- Define the design process project management;
- Demonstrate a general understanding on user-centered design.
- Familiarize with industrial design work environment;
- Gain experience on designing effective project presentations.
-Explore the creative industries professions, through research into historic and contemporary precedent
- Discuss personal career goals in relation to the range of roles and subjects in the creative industries
-Define personal development plans; highlighting areas to support specific
career goals and general skills
- Develop material to support future employment or self-employment
- Present own skills, abilities and work to an employer or client.
- Critically reflect on the achievement of personal development goals and plan for the future.

Course Content

The course provides an overview of design infrastructure and industries, legal and commercial frameworks, professional ethics, intellectual property and copyright, utility model, service organizations and professional organizations. The course also introduces students to some of the basic skills needed for establishing professional practice in small business organisation and management; finance and accounting; planning, marketing and promotion; submissions of projects, documentations of work and curriculum vitae.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction, The Goals as a Designer. .
2) Design Field Examined Weekly readings
3) Phases of a Design Project Weekly readings
4) Building Your Creative Confidence Homework 1 submission
5) Design Talks Weekly readings
6) Project Presentation Weekly readings
7) Design talks Homework 2 submission
8) Human-centered Design Weekly readings
9) Human-centered Design Weekly readings
10) Website as a promotion material Homework 3 sumission
11) Design talks Weekly readings
12) Design consultancy culture Weekly readings
13) In-house design office culture Homework 4 submission
14) Ethnography and Design Weekly readings

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: IDEO. Human-Centered Design Toolkit: An Open-Source Toolkit To Inspire New Solutions in the Developing World.
References: Battle, C., Bruck E. D., & Crawford, T. (2004). Business and Legal Forms for Industrial Designers. Allworth Press

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 10 % 10
Homework Assignments 4 % 50
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 2 28
Study Hours Out of Class 13 2 26
Homework Assignments 4 5 20
Midterms 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 77

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution