Culture of Design (MTT393) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Culture of Design	MTT393		2	0	0	2	5

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

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, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Instructor Sevgi Gaye Ayanoğlu Serdar Egemen Nadasbaş
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	• To be able to list important turning points of design concept • To be able to explain the basic principles of design culture • Explain the relation between art and craft • To be able to explain the traditional, cultural and contemporary dimensions of design • Ability to relate the design to different disciplines
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; 1- Students use the basic concepts of psychology 2- Students Express the theory of Gestalt 3- Students convey inner and outer factors that affect perceptual process 4- Students demonstrate behaviours towards improving their visual memory and creative sensitivity
Course Content	Most important turning points emphasizing the historical period of the concept design; the basic principles of design; the concept modern design, the identity of the designer and art and craft relations; by scrutinizing the cultural ,traditional and modern dimensions, the analysis of the relation of design with the other disciplines.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Definition of the phenomenon of design; general and visual thought, visual perception	At the end of each lesson the topic of the following session will be given so that students can make research.
2	Function of eye, seeing physically	"
3	The event of perception. The concepts of centre, border, road and direction	"
4	Gestalt theory. Reasoning and intuitive knowledge (Sampling: two- and three-dimensional basic design. Place)	"
5	The definition of creativity. Short history, some sources and sampling before trainability of creativity	"
6	Methods to improve creativity: General methods, behaviours preventing creativity (sampling and application)	"
7	Midterm	--
8	Creative analyses and defragmentation method; Morphological analysis technique, quality ordering technique, decision making helpers and redefining (sampling and application)	"
9	General analogy and mental simulator processes	"
10	Creativity on group scale; general brainstorming method and psychological processes – special topics	"
11	Improving synectics or creative power (sampling and application)	"
12	Premises to improve synectics or creative power, individual analogy, direct analogy, symbolic analogy, imaginative analogy (sampling and application)	"
13	Synectics applications: the analysis of a chosen topic; forming groups, synectics study on the phenomenon of general-special design	"
14	Assessment of results-presentation	"
15	Assessment of results-presentation	"
16	Final examination	--

Sources

Course Book	1. 1- May, R. Yaratma Cesareti, MAY yayınları
	2. 2- Berger, J. Görme Biçimleri, Metis Yayınları
	3. 3- Denel B. Temel Tasarım ve Yaratıcılık, ODTÜ Yayınları
	4. 4- Aksoy, Ö. Biçimlendirme, KTÜ Yayınları

Evaluation System

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

Percentage of Semester Work	40
Percentage of Final Work	60
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
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	To acquire extensive theoretical and applied knowledge about the field of art and design.				X
2	To conduct academic research on the terms, notions, cases and issues related to the field; to identify, comprehend, design and apply them through proper/correct methods and techniques.				X
3	To transform the field knowledge into creative thinking skills.
4	To be able to plan and carry out projects, related to the field, in conceptual and production process both as an individual and as a member of a group. To evaluate and share the results with society.
5	To specify the field competencies and to develop a lifelong social responsibility and critical thinking ability.				X
6	To be able to use information technologies in the field effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level.
7	To have a good command of a foreign language at European Language Portfolio B1 Level and to be able to communicate with the colleagues and to follow the developments in the field.
8	To produce and carry out projects by using quantitative and qualitative data in the field and to share them with the professionals or non-professionals.		X
9	To be aware of national and international values in art and design and to acquire professional ethics.			X
10	To transform the abstract and concrete concepts into creative thoughts and authentic works.
11	To gain knowledge about culture and history of art and acquire an esthetical consciousness.			X
12	To acquire sufficient knowledge and develop an awareness of the universal justice, cultural, ethical and natural preservation, and occupational health and safety.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	2	32
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	14	5	70
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	1	10	10
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	5	5
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	8	8
Total Workload			125