LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT
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
DES4913	Visual Expression of Idea	Spring Fall	2	0	2	4

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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 :	Instructor MURAD BABADAĞ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The aim of the course is to provide the student with theoretical and practical knowledge about the methods of obtaining conceptual content in communication channels that will be developed by using all representation languages used by these three disciplines by working together and side by side in a workshop in a way that can eliminate the scale difference in these different disciplines.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
- elimination of interdisciplinary scale differences
- Increasing the ability of three different disciplines to work together
- development of experiential thinking skills on content-form relations
- experience on representational languages common to all three disciplines- define visual communication,
- define iconography and conceptual metaphors,
- demonstrate the basics of a visual construct,
- design a visual entity with conceptual content.

Course Content

The content of the course consists of theoretical part and workshop studies that will make it possible to examine the theoretical infrastructure of the design activity at the conscious and unconscious level, and to understand how the designer actually establishes himself as an agent. It consists of verbal information in which the communication principles of all representation languages and conceptual construction are conveyed, and design examples in which the knowledge is applied.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the course.
2)	examination of philosophical base of designing
3)	Elements of graphic language.
4)	Elements of graphic language.
5)	Abstraction and conceptualization.
6)	Abstraction and conceptualization.
7)	Iconography in classical arts.
8)	Using metaphors in visual communication.
9)	Exercise 1: Brief, start.
10)	Exercise 2: Development.
11)	Exercise 1: Final and dicussion.
12)	Exercise 2: Brief, start.
13)	Exercise 2: Development.
14)	Exercise 2: Final and discussion.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	12	% 5
Homework Assignments	2	% 35
Preliminary Jury	1	% 20
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	42
Homework Assignments	2	6
Midterms	1	1
Final	1	2
Total Workload		79

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)	To correctly identify the problems and to be able to ask the correct questions
2)	To have the ability for problem solving and to utilize analytical approach in dealing with the problems
3)	To be able to identify business processes and use them to increase the productivity in logistics system.
4)	To be fully prepared for a graduate study	2
5)	Awareness of the new advancements in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and to be able to use them in logistics management effectively. internet and the electronic world
6)	To understand the components of logistics as well as the importance of the coordination among these components.
7)	To know the necessary ingredients for improving the productivity in business life
8)	To think innovatively and creatively in complex situations	4
9)	To act and think both regionally and internationally
10)	To understand the demands and particular questions of globalization
11)	Aware of the two way interaction between globalization and logistics; as well as to use this interaction for increasing the productivity.
12)	To be able to use at least one foreign language both for communication and academic purposes	2
13)	To acquire leadership qualities but also to know how to be a team member
14)	To understand the importance of business ethics and to apply business ethics as a principal guide in both business and academic environment