TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Halime Türkkan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Competence of solving design problems and generating unique ideas 2) Competence of thinking in a context 3) Competence of conceptual thinking and expressing the thoughts visually 4) Competence of expressing an idea, concept or a fact visually in a creative mode
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The importance and necessity of information design, which is a branch of wayfinding and signage design, will be intruced to the students. Each student will produce a professional information design system.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction. What is Information Design? 2nd Week Discussion on information design examples. Critics 3rd Week Choosing the projects. Critics 4th Week Human_centered Design. Critics 5th Week Signage and Information Design. Critics 6th Week Presentation 7th Week Visual Design in 3 dimensions. Critics 8th Week Thinking-Planning-Problem Solving. Critics 9th Week Material. Critics 10th Week Critics 11th Week Critics 12th Week Critics 13th Week Final presentation 14th Week Final
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Bierut, M., Drenttel, W. ve Heller, S. (2002). Looking Closer Four Critical Writings on Graphic Design. NY: Allworth Press. Bringhurst, R. (2001). The Elements of Typographic Style. Canada: Hartley & Marks Publishers. Felici, J. (2003). The Complete Manual of Typography A Guide to Setting Perfect Type. Berkeley: Peachpit Press. Spiekermann, E. ve Ginger E.M. (2003). Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works. USA: Peachpit Press. White, A.W. (2002). The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture and Type. New York: Allworth Press.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Problem Solving,Practice,Project,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Practice 1 30 Project 1 50 Attendance 1 10 Other 1 10 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 2 4 8 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 2 4 8 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 8 8 Homework 1 2 2 Total Workload 120 Total Workload / 30 4 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No