ECTS - Design and Communication

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Design and Communication (ICM502) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Design and Communication ICM502 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
-
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Brain Storming.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Feray Ünlü
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To explain the complex structure of visual communication evaluating its historical background. In this context, to have theoretical knowledge to be able to evaluate visual experience and signification. To evaluate social, cultural, ideological and institutional contexts which help us to make sense of all kinds of visual communication. To understand different reception processes and related factors. To perceive the communicative properties of basic design principles.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Evaluates concepts and theories of semiotics
  • Solves relationship between codes of visual culture and of communication
  • Analyzes the form and content of the design product
  • Solves shifts in meaning between past and present
  • Analyzes cultural meanings of visual text
  • Examines cultural codes of design
Course Content Communication and theories used in design, theories and methods in order to understand the formation of the language of design; interdisciplinary semantic studies and emerging trends in contemporary designs in order to understand and interpret the formation of the communicative criteria in design; design language created by cultural codes, design a

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to Course Priliminary Information About Topics
2 Visual Perception / Form and Contex Presentation Preparation
3 Signification and its Process Presentation Preparation
4 Relationship Between Linguistics and Semiotics
5 The Basic Principles of Communication Fiske, John. (1996) İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları/ARK.
6 Architectonic Codes and Communication Fischer, Günter. (2015) Mimarlık ve Dil, (Çev. Fatma Erkman Akerson), İstanbul: Daimon.
7 The Formation of Cultural Codes in Design Communication Eco, Umberto. (2019) Mimarlık Göstergebilimi, (Çev. Fatma Erkman Akerson), İstanbul: Daimon.
8 Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Analysis of Meaning Barnard, Malcolm. (2002) Sanat, Tasarım ve Görsel Kültür (Çev. Güliz Korkmaz). Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi.
9 Production-Consumption and Symbolic Dimension in Design Woodward, Ian. (2016) Maddi Kültürü Anlamak, (Çev. Ferit Burak Aydar), İstanbul: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
10 Example Examination Discussion
11 Research Presentation Presentation and Discussion
12 Research Presentation Presentation and Discussion
13 Research Presentation Presentation and Discussion
14 Research Presentation Presentation and Discussion
15 Final Exam / Presentation Presentation and Discussion

Sources

Other Sources 1. Adorno, Thedor ve Horkheimer, Max. (2011). Sosyolojik Açılımlar. Ankara: BilgeSu.
2. Erkman, Fatma. (2005). Göstergebilime Giriş, İstanbul: Multilingual.
3. Guiraud, Pierre. (1975). Anlambilim, (Çev. Berke Vardar), İstanbul: Gelişim Yayınları
4. Günay, Doğan ve Parsa, Alev. (2012). Görsel Göstergebilim, İstanbul: Es Yayınları.
5. Saussure, Ferdinand de. (1979). Genel Dilbilim Dersleri I, (Çev. B. Vardar). Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları.
6. Şentürer, Ayşe. (2002). Mimarlık ve Felsefe, İstanbul: YEM Yayın.
Course Book 7. Barnard, Malcolm. (2002). Sanat, Tasarım ve Görsel Kültür (Çev. Güliz Korkmaz). Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi.
8. Eco, Umberto. (2019) Mimarlık Göstergebilimi, (Çev. Fatma Erkman Akerson), İstanbul: Daimon.
9. Fischer, Günter. (2015) Mimarlık ve Dil, (Çev. Fatma Erkman Akerson), İstanbul: Daimon.
10. Fiske, John. (1996). İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları/ARK.
11. Woodward, Ian. (2016). Maddi Kültürü Anlamak, (Çev. Ferit Burak Aydar), İstanbul: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 1 20
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar 1 40
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 3 100
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 X
2 X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 X
7 X
8 X
9 X
10 X
11 X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 14 3 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 2 20 40
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 5 5
Total Workload 115