TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Eighth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	8
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 working within a specified concept and limits 3) Competence of correlating, interpreting past, present and future in design field 4) Competence of critical thinking 5) Competence of transmitting the thoughts in verbal and visual manners 6) Competence of constituting relation between historical, communal and economic conditions and art and design processes 7) Competence of expressing an idea, concept or a fact visually in a creative mode 8) Competence of conceptual thinking and expressing the thoughts visually 9) Competence of selection and production of typography-typeface appropriate for the work 10) Competence of utilisation appropriate and correct typographic design knowledge for working field 11) Competence of constituting and implementing writing relation with visual documents
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	Yes(GRA427)
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The Graduation Project which contains all fields of graphic design is produced in this course. Students design and make the exhibitions of choosen subjects, corporate identity, web design, three dimentional products, billboards, brochures, information design, indoor and outdoor advertising, TV advertisements etc.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week 1. Introduction / Brief Discussion 2nd Week 2. Subject decision / Corporate identity studies 3rd Week 3. Finalizing logo / corporate design 4th Week 4. Web design studies 5th Week 5. 3D products / promotion materials / critiques 6th Week 6. TV adversiting / story board sketches 7th Week 7. Indoor and outdoor advertising / critiques 8th Week 8. Pre-jury 9th Week 9. Studio critiques 10th Week 10.Studio critiques 11th Week 11.Studio critiques 12th Week 12.Studio critiques 13th Week 13.Studio critiques 14th Week 14.Jury and exhibition
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Malcolm Barnard, 2005, Graphic Design as Communication. UK, Routledge. Philip Meggs, 1992, Type and Image. Canada, John Wiley and Sons. Robin Landa, 2001, Graphic Design Solutions. Canada, OnWord Press.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Case Study,Problem Solving,Practice,Project,Presentation,Questions/Answers,Report Preparation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Project 1 70 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 1 6 6 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15 Course hours 14 6 84 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 15 15 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 6 6 Homework Presentation (including preperation) 1 4 4 Project 2 20 40 Total Workload 240 Total Workload / 30 8 ECTS Credits of the Course 8
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No