ECTS - Critical Approaches in Design
Critical Approaches in Design (EUT373) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Critical Approaches in Design | EUT373 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | N/A |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The course aims to approach the design discipline from the fields of, firstly, philosophy, and secondly, human sciences, with the concern of raising an awareness in regard to the possibilities such theoretical approach brings forth. It also has the purpose of developing the student’s motivation and skills concerning conducting theoretical and philosophical analysis. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Notions that bear significance in industrial design, with the purpose of critically approaching the discipline from the field of philosophy; creativity, representation and values in design; differences between industrial design and artistic design; the status of a design product within a cultural context. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meeting, explaning the course content and the evaluation scheme;introduction to philosophical thinking | |
| 2 | Philosophical examination of “design”, “model”, and “artifact”; differences and relations between industrial design and artistic design | Bringing in an example/photo of a sculpture bearing an aesthetic value |
| 3 | Creativity: Interpreting the notion’s relation with imagination, questioning whether creativity is mysterious, the concept of “novelty” | Thinking over how creativity is related with the intelligence and social existence of an individual |
| 4 | Creativity: Scientific approaches to creativity, empirical studies | Bringing in innovative/creative examples from design history |
| 5 | Creativity:Significance of creativity and novelty for the designer and the consumer | Bringing in innovative/creative examples from design history |
| 6 | Midterm Exam | |
| 7 | Meaning – Function – Form:How meaning andfunction are related (in product design), meaning generation (in virtue of design), philosophical examination of “form” | |
| 8 | Meaning – Function – Form:Recognizing cultural codes | |
| 9 | Meaning – Function – Form:Analyzing cultural codes | Bringing inexamples ofdesign and visual art products to motivate discussions in weeks 9 to 11. |
| 10 | Representation: Philosophical approaches to visual representation, status of visual representation in product design | Bringing in examples ofdesign and visual art products to motivate discussions in weeks 9 to 11. |
| 11 | Representation: Representative and non-representative visual art | Bringing in examples ofdesign and visual art products to motivate discussions in weeks 9 to 11. |
| 12 | Midterm Exam | |
| 13 | Values in Design: Philosophical examination of the evaluation criteria relevant to product design | Thinking over product design evaluation criteria |
| 14 | Values in Design : Discussions on the aesthetic character of designed objects (artistic or non-artistic) | Bringing in an industrial design product, evaluating it in terms of its aesthetic character |
| 15 | Values in Design : Discussions on the aesthetic character of designed objects (artistic or non-artistic) | Bringing in an industrial design product, evaluating it in terms of its aesthetic character |
| 16 | Values in Design : Discussions on the aesthetic character of designed objects (artistic or non-artistic) | Bringing in an industrial design product, evaluating it in terms of its aesthetic character |
| 17 | Values in Design (continuing on from Week 14), recapping the discussions made throughout the course | |
| 18 | Values in Design (continuing on from Week 14), recapping the discussions made throughout the course | |
| 19 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. - Design, John Heskett (2002, Oxford [Tasarım, 2017, Dost]) |
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| 2. - Shape of Things: A Philosophy of Design, Vilem Flusser (1999, Reaktion) | |
| 3. - Frame Innovation, Kees Dorst (2015, MIT [Yenilikçi Çerçeve, 2018, KUP]) | |
| 4. - Art and Illusion, Ernst Gombrich (1960, Princeton [Sanat ve Yanılsama, 2015, Remzi]) | |
| 5. - Languages of Art, Nelson Goodman (1968, Hackett) | |
| 6. - The Philosophy of Creativity, eds. Paul ve Kaufman (2014, Oxford) | |
| 7. - A Theory of Craft, Howard Risatti (2013, Univ. Of North Carolina Press) | |
| 8. - Design and Truth, Robert Grudin (2011, Yale Univ. Press) | |
| 9. - Cultural Representations and Signifying Practice, ed. Hall (1997, Open University Press) | |
| 10. - Relevant videos at http://ted.com | |
| 11. - Relevant entries in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (eg. “Artifact”, “Depiction”, “The Concept of the Aesthetic”) |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 15 | 10 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | 2 | 10 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 2 | 45 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 35 |
| Toplam | 20 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| 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 | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Has the ability to reflect the multidimensional knowledge obtained regarding the field to the academic environment. | |||||
| 2 | Has the knowledge and understanding regarding the necessary intellectual, discursive, scientific, technological, aesthetic, artistic, historical and cultural background for the field. | |||||
| 3 | Has the knowledge and understanding in the economic, environmental, social areas and regarding the sustainability principles and standards in the field of Industrial Design. | |||||
| 4 | Has the knowledge of legal framework and standards regarding the field. | |||||
| 5 | Has the knowledge and understanding on the corporate and ethical values regarding the field. | |||||
| 6 | Has the ability to develop concepts and reflect the theory to practice, develop alternative design solutions and carry out the project process independently from the conceptual stage to the implemenetation. | |||||
| 7 | Has the ability to identify the necessary research in the field, use the correct research methods and techniques and interpret the results. | |||||
| 8 | Has the ability to use the effective drawing, written and visual presentation techniques and tools in the studies regarding the field. | |||||
| 9 | Has the self-confidence and competence to take individual and collective responsibility in the interdisciplinary studies. | |||||
| 10 | Learns the knowledge and abilities in the field by evaluating them with a critical approach and through generating antithesis and synthesis. | |||||
| 11 | Act with the awareness of lifelong learning. Has the necessary motivation and learning skills for this. | |||||
| 12 | Follows the developments in the field through using a foreign language at least at European Language Portfolio B1 level and communicates effectively with the colleagues. | |||||
| 13 | Uses the computer software at least at the advanced level of European Computer Driving Licence and uses the information technologies required in the field interactively. | |||||
| 14 | Uses his/her knowledge and skills in a professional manner, in the light of ethical principles, in accordance with the professional rules and standards and legal frameworks and considering their social, environmental and ethical consequences. | |||||
| 15 | With the knowledge of human values, the student is respectful to the human rights and social and cultural rights. Shows the necessary sensitivity for the protection of the natural environment and cultural heritage; acts with the awareness of social responsibility and social justice. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Total Workload | 75 | ||