INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ACL4055 | Travel Writing | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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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 : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
Course Objectives: | Students who take this course will understand and be able to identify the definition, traditional elements and development of travel narratives. By means of close reading of selected travel narratives, they will identify, compare and contrast travel writing traditions in different parts of the world. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Students who complete this course will learn * to identify the literary, cultural, historical, political impact of travel narratives in different parts of the world. * the terminology related to travel writiıng theory • to identify recurrent themes in travel writing such as self-fashioning, the body, Orientalism, imaginative geography and the tourist gaze • to read critically several travel narratives by writers and explorers from different parts of the world • to discuss how this genre has evolved through time and place. |
Examples of travel writing from the 14th-2Oth century |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to Class | - |
2) | The Art of Travel | Reading |
3) | The Art of Travel | Reading |
4) | The Art of Travel | Reading |
5) | The Oxford Book of Exploration | Reading |
6) | The Oxford Book of Exploration | Reading |
7) | The Oxford Book of Exploration | Reading |
8) | Review | - |
9) | Amongst the Believers | Reading |
10) | Amongst the Believers | Reading |
11) | Amongst the Believers | Reading |
12) | Ghost Train to the Eastern Star | Reading |
13) | Ghost Train to the Eastern Star | Reading |
14) | Ghost Train to the Eastern Star | Reading |
15) | Final | - |
16) | Final | - |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton The Oxford Book of Exploration ed. by Robin Hanbury Tenison Amongst the Believers by V.S.Naipaul Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul Theroux |
References: | none |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 16 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 2 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
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 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 1 | 15 |
Quizzes | 2 | 5 | 10 |
Midterms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 97 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Having the theoretical and practical knowledge proficiency in the discipline of industrial product design | |
2) | Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development | |
3) | Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language | |
4) | Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge | |
5) | Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them | |
6) | Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels | |
7) | Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods | |
8) | To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions | |
9) | Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications | |
10) | Having the knowledge and methods in disciplines like management, engineering, psychology, ergonomics, visual communication which support the solutions of industrial product design; having the ability of searching, acquiring and using the knowledge that belong these disciplines when necessary. | |
11) | Using a foreign language to command the jargon of industrial product design and communicate with the colleagues from different cultures | |
12) | Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments |