ECTS - Graduation Project in Industrial Design

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Graduation Project in Industrial Design (EUT402) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Graduation Project in Industrial Design EUT402 4 6 0 7 16
Pre-requisite Course(s)
EUT401
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Drill and Practice, Problem Solving, Team/Group, Project Design/Management.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Seçil Toros
  • Instructor Mustafa Hasdoğan
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Improving the skill of using universal design principles and criteria learned in the previous terms consistently and efficiently in accordance with the design purposes. Multi dimensional problem solving; enabling students to produce solutions, which demonstrate conceptual, functional and formal consistency, efficient, which meet the needs and are manufacturable by industrial means in accordance with the specific needs of defined target user group.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Able to identify design problems considering related market needs and constrains by cooperating with a company from Turkish industry.
  • Able to plan the whole project process from beginning to presentation and follow this plan. In addition, able to handle problems and find proper solutions which may possibly occur during any project.
  • Able to identify investor, manufacturer, consumer, user and society relationships and demonstrates intellectually, ethically and pragmatically balanced approach towards each of them.
  • Able to plan and conduct project related technical/technological, manufacturing and user research and translates the outcomes into product design proposals through analysis schemas, digital and/or pen & paper sketches, low and/or high quality process mock-ups. Able to prepare presentations which are suitable for the nature of the project by also preparing digital animations and working prototypes when necessary.
  • Able to prepare design proposals which are coherent with the identified design problems and project aims. Able to demonstrate the aims/ outcome consistency with the help of documentation of each step of the process.
Course Content Project development in compliance with the companies. Gaining professional life experience of each student as a result of working with a firm (design process such as design strategy, product range, material and production techniques of the firm).

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Identification of individual study areas and company research
2 Conducting preliminary meetings with the companies
3 Forming the problem definitions and requirement analysis
4 Analysis of the target user group and idea generation
5 Creating the visual solution proposals and initial sketches
6 Usability and manufacturability analysis
7 Dimensioning and detailing
8 Ergonomic analysis
9 Preperation of manufacturing drawings and prototyping
10 Prototyping
11 Presentation design
12 Design – presentation application
13 Design – presentation application
14 Design – presentation application
15 Design – presentation application
16 Final Jury

Sources

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 15 10
Presentation 1 10
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 2 40
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 19 100
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 Has the ability to reflect the multidimensional knowledge obtained regarding the field to the academic environment. X
2 Has the knowledge and understanding regarding the necessary intellectual, discursive, scientific, technological, aesthetic, artistic, historical and cultural background for the field. X
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. X
4 Has the knowledge of legal framework and standards regarding the field. X
5 Has the knowledge and understanding on the corporate and ethical values regarding the field. X
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. X
7 Has the ability to identify the necessary research in the field, use the correct research methods and techniques and interpret the results. X
8 Has the ability to use the effective drawing, written and visual presentation techniques and tools in the studies regarding the field. X
9 Has the self-confidence and competence to take individual and collective responsibility in the interdisciplinary studies. X
10 Learns the knowledge and abilities in the field by evaluating them with a critical approach and through generating antithesis and synthesis. X
11 Act with the awareness of lifelong learning. Has the necessary motivation and learning skills for this. X
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. X
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. X
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. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 10 160
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 10 160
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 15 15
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 15 1 15
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 2 15 30
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 20 20
Total Workload 400