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
VCD4115 Graduation Project I Fall 2 4 4 8
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Must Course
Course Level: Bachelor
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YAHYA BURAK TAMER
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÜVEN ÇATAK
Instructor DİDEM WONG
Course Objectives: The main objective of this course is to design a project from a given brief, consisting of at least 3 different pieces, covering print, time-based, and interactive visual communication design areas. A jury is held every three weeks to give critics and grades. Several workshops are also organized to support the projects technically and conceptually. This is the first course of two which students should pass in order to graduate.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Identify the design problem and the target audience of a given brief by research and analysis.
II. Identify the global trends and local differences in the product selection of the visual communication campaign
III. Identify the technology and the media choice suitable for the concept
IV. Develop concept based on the needs of the campaign
V. Present the campaign with a suitable method of communication and format.
VI. Display skills to construct social, artistic or advertising contextural visual communication campaign based on a given brief
VII. Display skills to use the technology and the media suitable for the concept
VIII. Display skills for innovitive solutions for design problems
IX. Use the design experience and knowledge in theory and practice on a visual communication campaign regarding the market
X. Synthesize design experience and knowledge in theory and practice on a visual communication campaign regarding the market
XI. Display time management skills to fulfill the market needs
XII. Design a campaign to enhance the intellectual and technological expectations of the market
XIII. Design a creative and genuine communication design campaign through personal experience

Course Content

Concept development, Product sketches, Developed products, Final Products.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction. Reviewing workflow. Distrubuting briefs.
2) One-on-one meetings: Concept development.
3) One-on-one meetings: Concept development.
4) One-on-one meetings: Concept development.
5) Presentation: Concept development
6) One-on-one meetings: Product sketches
7) One-on-one meetings: Product sketches
8) One-on-one meetings: Product sketches
9) One-on-one meetings: Product sketches
10) Presentation: Product sketches
11) One-on-one meetings: Developed products
12) One-on-one meetings: Developed products
13) One-on-one meetings: Developed products
14) Presentation: Developed products

Sources

Course Notes:
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance % 0
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 5 % 10
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation % 0
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms 0 % 0
Preliminary Jury 2 % 50
Final 1 % 40
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
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 56
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 129
Presentations / Seminar
Project
Homework Assignments
Quizzes
Preliminary Jury 2 8
Midterms
Paper Submission
Jury
Final 1 4
Total Workload 197

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