INDUSTRIAL DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
DES4011 | Professional Practice | Fall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |