COMMUNICATION AND 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
ADV4631	Digital Strategies and New Trends	Fall Spring	3	0	3	5

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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 :
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	Digital marketing is the fastest growing area of business. This course provides an introduction to the field and explains its various roles in an organization's total marketing program. Students will learn about all facets of digital advertising practices.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. will identify basic concepts of digital marketing.
II. will be able to identify diffrences between classic and digital media strategy.
III. will identify the new digital life concept in advertising.
IV. will grasp “What’s the Word of Mouse”
V. will be able to design digital advertising products.

Course Content

The digital age is changing everything, specially how comminication professionals communicate with consumers. In this lecture course, the defining concepts, differences, and current practices of digital advertising are covered.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to Digital Marketing. Differences between classical design and digital design.
2)	New rules of Marketing & Communication in digital design world.
3)	Changing Social Life; “New Digital Life” Style & Social Media. Visual design for social media applications and usability.
4)	Digital Media Strategy and digital media products. Deadline for 1st Homework.
5)	SEM (Search Engine Marketing) and in text advertising (classical online advertising) Typography and Kinetic Typography in digital design.
6)	New online advertising.
7)	Word of Mouse and Mobile Advertising Deadline for 2nd Homework.
8)	Word of Mouse and Mobile Advertising
9)	Advergame and Microsites
10)	3. homework critics and general rewiev.
11)	Digital Marketing Communication concept. Advergame and Microsites
12)	Digital Marketing Communication concept. What’s next-near future: IPTV etc.
13)	Case studies: Classical advertising & digital advertising.
14)	Case studies: Classical advertising & digital advertising. Deadline for 4th Homework.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	• DigiMarketing: The Essential Guide to New Media and Digital Marketing, Kent Wertime, Ian Fenwick
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Homework Assignments	4	% 40
Midterms	1	% 15
Final	1	% 35
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 65
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 35
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Homework Assignments	13	56
Midterms	3	15
Final	3	15
Total Workload		128

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)	Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field.
2)	Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field.
3)	Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes.
4)	Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills.
5)	Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually.
6)	Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems.
7)	Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field.
8)	Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives.
9)	Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels.
10)	Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field.
11)	Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project.
12)	Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project.
13)	Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work.
14)	Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works.	3