ECTS - Typography
Typography (GRT221) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Typography | GRT221 | 3. Semester | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Drill and Practice, Project Design/Management. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | In the course typography, fonts and styles, graphic design elements are intended to be taught correctly and properly. New writing design is intended to be created. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The history and importance of typography and a general information about its place; compositions with these characters; color, size, volume, repetition in composition with rhythm, balance, hierarchy items. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Course Description, objectives and work plan. Definition of typography and graphic design importance in the development and operation | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 2 | configuration of the basic letter rate with reference to the subject and purpose of the font, the letter geometry, and dimensions | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 3 | Continued | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 4 | Typefaces appropriate line spacing and letter spacing in the sequencing studies | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 5 | Page margins and lines created with large and small letters | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 6 | Evaluation of ergonomic design habits | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 7 | Midterm | |
| 8 | Ensuring attractiveness and emphasis creation studies. | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 9 | Ensuring attractiveness and emphasis creation studies. | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 10 | in creating typographic resonance measurements of font color weight and style of font | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 11 | The effect of the relation of text with other elements on resonance and its arrangement. | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 12 | Continued. | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 13 | The imagery of the font and their characteristics they gained through history, creating expression through connotation and studies on typographic roles | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 14 | The imagery of the font and their characteristics they gained through history, creating expression through connotation and studies on typographic roles | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 15 | Continued | Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it. |
| 16 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. N.K. SARIKAVAK, Görsel İletişim ve Grafik Tasarımında Çağdaş Tipografinin Temelleri, Ankara, 2009. |
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| 2. N.K. SARIKAVAK, Kaligrafik ve Tipografik Deneysel Tasarımlar, İstanbul, 2014. | |
| 3. D. GONZALES, Typography : Graphic design in context, London, 2012. | |
| 4. E. BECER, Modern Sanat ve Yeni Tipografi, Ankara, 2007 | |
| Other Sources | 5. Paul Harris, Gavin Ambrose, Grafik Tasarımda Tipografi, Literatür Yayıncılık, 2012 |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 5 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | 1 | 80 |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 15 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | - | - |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 40 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 60 |
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Acquires Art and Design culture and aesthetic knowledge, theoretical and applied knowledge about the discipline. | X | ||||
| 2 | Knows the legal regulations and processes about Art and Design. | X | ||||
| 3 | Has knowledge about interdisciplinary interaction associated with the relevant field of Art and Design. | X | ||||
| 4 | Describes the concepts, ideas, facts, and problems related with the field; perceives, designs, and applies them multi-dimensionally. | X | ||||
| 5 | Evaluates interaction with sub-disciplines related with the field, uses the information creatively. | X | ||||
| 6 | Works, undertakes responsibility, and carries out plans individually and as a group member. | X | ||||
| 7 | Identifies the learning requirements about the field, and directs his learning within a lifelong sense of social conscience. | X | ||||
| 8 | Uses information and communication technologies required by the field at least at an advanced level of Europe Computer Literacy License. | X | ||||
| 9 | Follows new information relevant with the field and communicates with colleagues using a foreign language (Europe Language Portfolio General Level: B1 Level). | X | ||||
| 10 | Creates projects supporting solution suggestions to problems in his field with qualified and quantified data; shares them with experts and non-experts. | X | ||||
| 11 | Converts concrete and abstract concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original products, analyzes the acquired information and skills with a critical approach. | X | ||||
| 12 | Is aware of national and international values of art and design, and acts in accordance with ethical values. | X | ||||
| 13 | Has knowledge, equipment, and aesthetic awareness about art culture and history that is necessary for carrying out successful studies related with the discipline. | X | ||||
| 14 | Has enough awareness about the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture, and protection of cultural values and environment, occupational health and safety. | X | ||||
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 | 4 | 10 | 40 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Total Workload | 126 | ||