INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL 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
DES4913	Visual Expression of Idea	Spring	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)	Setting up various spaces in national and international contexts, carrying out designs, planning and applications that could satisfy various user groups and respond various requirements in the field of Interior Architecture,
2)	Analyzing the information gathered from the framework of actual physical, social and economical constraints and user requirements, and synthesizing these with diverse knowledge and considerations in order to create innovative spatial solutions,
3)	Generating creative, innovative, aesthetic and unique spatial solutions by using tangible and abstract concepts,
4)	Using at least one of the illustration and presentation technologies competently, that the field of interior architecture requires,
5)	Reporting, presenting and transferring the design, practice and research studies to the specialists or laymen by using visual, textual or oral communication methods, efficiently and accurately,
6)	Embracing and prioritizing man-environment relationships, user health, safety and security, and universal design principles in the field of interior architecture,
7)	Design understanding and decision making that respects social and cultural rights of the society, cultural heritage and nature,
8)	Being aware of national and international values, following developments and being equipped about ethical and aesthetical subjects in the fields of interior architecture, design and art,
9)	Having absolute conscious about legal regulations, standards and principles; and realizing professional ethics, duties and responsibilities in the field of Interior Architecture,