Design and Communication (ICM502) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Design and Communication ICM502 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
-
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Brain Storming.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Feray Ünlü
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To explain the complex structure of visual communication evaluating its historical background. In this context, to have theoretical knowledge to be able to evaluate visual experience and signification. To evaluate social, cultural, ideological and institutional contexts which help us to make sense of all kinds of visual communication. To understand different reception processes and related factors. To perceive the communicative properties of basic design principles.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Evaluates concepts and theories of semiotics
  • Solves relationship between codes of visual culture and of communication
  • Analyzes the form and content of the design product
  • Solves shifts in meaning between past and present
  • Analyzes cultural meanings of visual text
  • Examines cultural codes of design
Course Content Communication and theories used in design, theories and methods in order to understand the formation of the language of design; interdisciplinary semantic studies and emerging trends in contemporary designs in order to understand and interpret the formation of the communicative criteria in design; design language created by cultural codes, design a

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to Course Priliminary Information About Topics
2 Visual Perception / Form and Contex Presentation Preparation
3 Signification and its Process Presentation Preparation
4 Relationship Between Linguistics and Semiotics
5 The Basic Principles of Communication Fiske, John. (1996) İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları/ARK.
6 Architectonic Codes and Communication Fischer, Günter. (2015) Mimarlık ve Dil, (Çev. Fatma Erkman Akerson), İstanbul: Daimon.
7 The Formation of Cultural Codes in Design Communication Eco, Umberto. (2019) Mimarlık Göstergebilimi, (Çev. Fatma Erkman Akerson), İstanbul: Daimon.
8 Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Analysis of Meaning Barnard, Malcolm. (2002) Sanat, Tasarım ve Görsel Kültür (Çev. Güliz Korkmaz). Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi.
9 Production-Consumption and Symbolic Dimension in Design Woodward, Ian. (2016) Maddi Kültürü Anlamak, (Çev. Ferit Burak Aydar), İstanbul: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
10 Example Examination Discussion
11 Research Presentation Presentation and Discussion
12 Research Presentation Presentation and Discussion
13 Research Presentation Presentation and Discussion
14 Research Presentation Presentation and Discussion
15 Final Exam / Presentation Presentation and Discussion

Sources

Other Sources 1. Adorno, Thedor ve Horkheimer, Max. (2011). Sosyolojik Açılımlar. Ankara: BilgeSu.
2. Erkman, Fatma. (2005). Göstergebilime Giriş, İstanbul: Multilingual.
3. Guiraud, Pierre. (1975). Anlambilim, (Çev. Berke Vardar), İstanbul: Gelişim Yayınları
4. Günay, Doğan ve Parsa, Alev. (2012). Görsel Göstergebilim, İstanbul: Es Yayınları.
5. Saussure, Ferdinand de. (1979). Genel Dilbilim Dersleri I, (Çev. B. Vardar). Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları.
6. Şentürer, Ayşe. (2002). Mimarlık ve Felsefe, İstanbul: YEM Yayın.
Course Book 7. Barnard, Malcolm. (2002). Sanat, Tasarım ve Görsel Kültür (Çev. Güliz Korkmaz). Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi.
8. Eco, Umberto. (2019) Mimarlık Göstergebilimi, (Çev. Fatma Erkman Akerson), İstanbul: Daimon.
9. Fischer, Günter. (2015) Mimarlık ve Dil, (Çev. Fatma Erkman Akerson), İstanbul: Daimon.
10. Fiske, John. (1996). İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları/ARK.
11. Woodward, Ian. (2016). Maddi Kültürü Anlamak, (Çev. Ferit Burak Aydar), İstanbul: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 1 20
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar 1 40
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Develop and deepen the current and advanced knowledge in the field with original thought and/or research and come up with innovative definitions based on Master's degree qualifications.
2 Conceive the interdisciplinary interaction which the field is related with ; come up with original solutions by using knowledge requiring proficiency on analysis, synthesis and assessment of new and complex ideas.
3 Evaluate and use new information within the field in a systematic approach.
4 Develop an innovative knowledge, method, design and/or practice or adapt an already known knowledge, method, design and/or practice to another field; research, conceive, design, adapt and implement an original subject.
5 Critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation of new and complex ideas.
6 Gain advanced level skills in the use of research methods in the field of study.
7 Contribute the progression in the field by producing an innovative idea, skill, design and/or practice or by adapting an already known idea, skill, design, and/or practice to a different field independently.
8 Broaden the borders of the knowledge in the field by producing or interpreting an original work or publishing at least one scientific paper in the field in national and/or international refereed journals.
9 Demonstrate leadership in contexts requiring innovative and interdisciplinary problem solving.
10 Develop new ideas and methods in the field by using high level mental processes such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
11 Investigate and improve social connections and their conducting norms and manage the actions to change them when necessary.
12 Defend original views when exchanging ideas in the field with professionals and communicate effectively by showing competence in the field.
13 Ability to communicate and discuss orally, in written and visually with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio C1 General Level.
14 Contribute to the transition of the community to an information society and its sustainability process by introducing scientific, technological, social or cultural improvements.
15 Demonstrate functional interaction by using strategic decision making processes in solving problems encountered in the field.
16 Contribute to the solution finding process regarding social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems in the field and support the development of these values.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 14 3 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 2 20 40
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 5 5
Total Workload 115