Graphic Storytelling (GRT286) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Graphic Storytelling GRT286 1 2 0 2 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
GRT 111 Drawing I ve GRT 112 Drawing II
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, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Instructor Murat Özkoyuncu
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The aim of the course is to teach how the graphical narration types such as caricatures and comics have emerged, how they have transformed with regard to changing technological and social needs, by applications in the classroom.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • develop experimental sensitivity in their designing skills;
  • have knowledge about the techniques of graphical narration;
  • be able to apply the techniques of graphical narration;
  • create original ideas according to fantasy;
  • have the competence of creating their own product.
  • be able work in this field.
Course Content The history of the subjects of the graphical narration and its types.Theapplication of the techniques and methods of graphical narration with student projects are the content of the course.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Various reading and application list; the presentation of useful sources, the presentation of the course programme, giving of the material list Glancing at the course sources
2 The emergence of the Comics: Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Application homework (15x15 Bristol-rapido)
3 The golden age of illustration and comics- An application Continue to the application homework
4 The era of prejudices and prohibitions; The emergence of Comics Code Continue to the application homework
5 Preparation of a comic book for adults and children, planning and sketching Sketch notebook and pencil
6 The examples of new media and comics, the critics of the previous homework and solution advices Sketch notebook and pencil
7 Continue to the application and making a fair copy Application homework (Bristol-rapido-paint)
8 Eisner: Is comics art? A brainstorming parallel to the applications Continuing the application homework (Bristol-rapido-paint)
9 Europe, USA and Japan: Comics, transhumanism and trans natonalism- An application Continuing the application homework (Bristol-rapido-paint)
10 Punk, opposite culture and sub cultures of comics- elective application New application homework (Bristol-rapide-paint)
11 Autobiographical application Application homework (Bristol-rapido-paint)
12 Autobiographical application Application homework (Bristol-rapido-paint
13 Continuing the application Bristol, rapido,paint
14 Continuing the application Bristol, rapido,paint
15 Last checks, completing of the works and admission of the project files Revision of the whole semesters’ work
16 Evaluation of the files

Sources

Other Sources 1. Comics, Comix&GraphicNovels: A History Of Comic Art Roger Sabin, PhaidonPress, April 2001
2. A Parent’s Guidetothe Best Kids’ Comics: Jeff Smith, F+W Media, 2012
3. Adult Manga: CultureandPower in Contemporary Japanese Society: SharonKinsela, Universityof Hawai’iPress, 2000
4. Manga Bir Kültürel Direniş Aracı: Mehmet Korkut ÖZTEKİN, İletişim Yayınları, 2012 İstanbul,
5. Masters of Comic Art , Belgesel Yönetmen/Yapımcı: KenViola, 1 Ocak 1987, A.B.D., 60 dakika
6. MoebiusRedux: A Life in Pictures , Belgesel Yapımcı: EddaBaumann Von Broen, Bart Simpson, Yönetmen: HaskoBaumann, 2007 Almanya,

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application 7 15
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 2 10
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 11 95
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses X
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.
2 Knows the legal regulations and processes about Art and Design.
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.
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.
9 Follows new information relevant with the field and communicates with colleagues using a foreign language (Europe Language Portfolio General Level: B1 Level).
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.
13 Has knowledge, equipment, and aesthetic awareness about art culture and history that is necessary for carrying out successful studies related with the discipline.
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.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application 7 4 28
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 2 2 4
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 5 3 15
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 2 2
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 3 3
Total Workload 100