TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	First Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	7
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Fehmi Soner Mazlum Assistant Professor Erkan Özkarakaş
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will have basic technical knowledge on computer graphics and application skills in vector graphics and will gain the ability to adapt what they know to the field of visual communication 2) Will learn to solve problems using critical thinking, 3) Will gain the ability to work within a certain concept and its limitations, 4) Gain the ability to act in accordance with current laws and regulations and to take ethical responsibility, 5) Gain the ability to think in a context, 6) Will gain self-learning skills with the ability to follow the developing and changing technology and to choose the one that suits them, 7) Gain the ability to work in a team.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Course introduction, discussion about visual communication and development process. Vector, bitmap, pixel, basic computer graphics concepts. General introduction of desktop publishing software 2nd Week Introduction of Adobe Illustrator software interface and tools, introduction of selection and basic drawing (shape tools) tools 3rd Week Introduction of Adobe Illustrator tools, selection and basic drawing (shape tools) tools 4th Week Coloring, object alignments and object associations, freehand drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator 5th Week Typographic editing studies in Adobe Illustrator software, Project Presentation 6th Week Advanced application practices in Adobe Illustrator software, Project Process 7th Week Advanced application practices in Adobe Illustrator software, Project Process 8th Week Advanced application practices / use of grids in Adobe Illustrator, Project 1 Delivery 9th Week Advanced application practices in Adobe Illustrator software, Project Process 10th Week Advanced application practices in Adobe Illustrator software, Project Process 11th Week Advanced application practices in Adobe Illustrator, Project 2 Delivery 12th Week Advanced application practices in Adobe Illustrator software, Project Process 13th Week Advanced application practices in Adobe Illustrator software, Project Process 14th Week Criticism of term projects and education process, Project 3 Delivery
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	The course will be conducted through web resources and the list of suggested accesses will be shared in the courses.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Practice,Presentation,Project,Problem Solving
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 1 18 18 Preparation for Final exam 1 14 14 Course hours 1 14 14 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 14 14 Homework Project 3 30 90 Total Workload 180 Total Workload / 30 6 ECTS Credits of the Course 7
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No