TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
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 5) Competence of selection and production of typography-typeface appropriate for the work 6) Competence of constituting and implementing writing relation with visual documents
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	Advanced typographic compositions, individual font designs and experimental typographic solutions will be created in this course.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction 2nd Week Submission of the project 1 3rd Week Discussion on Experimantal Typography 4th Week Critics 5th Week Discussion on Font Design 6th Week Critics 7th Week Final of Project 1 Presentation 8th Week Project 2 / Critics 9th Week Critics 10th Week Critics 11th Week Final of Project 2 Presentation 12th Week Project 3 (Final project)/ Critics 13th Week Critics 14th Week Final presentation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Arnheim, R. (1974). Art and Visual Perception. California: University of California Press. Baines, P. ve Dixon, C. (2002). Signs Lettering in the Environment. UK: Laurence King Publishing. Baur, R. (2004) Integral et associes. Identity of Places. Fransa: Pyramyd. Bloomer, K. C. ve Moore, C. W. (1977). Body, Memory, and Architecture (with a contribution by Robert J. Yudell). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Bringhurst, R. (2001). The Elements of Typographic Style. Canada: Hartley & Marks Publishers. Calori, C. (2007). Signage and Wayfinding Design: A Complete Guide to Creating Environmental Graphic Design Systems. New Jersey and Canada: John Wiley & Sons Inc. Gibson, D. (2009). The Wayfinding HandBook / Information Design For Public Places. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. Meuser P. ve Pogade D. (2010). Construction and Design Manual Wayfinding and Signage. Berlin: DOM Publishers. Mollerup, P. (2005). Wayshowing: A Guide To Environmental Signage Principles and Practices. Lars Müller Publishers. Uebele, A., Schmidt-Friderichs, K. (2007). Signage Systems & Information Graphics: A Professional Sourcebook. Thames & Hudson. Wurman, R. S. (1990). Information Anxiety. USA: Bantam Books.
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 4 56 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 8 8 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 4 4 Homework Project 3 7 21 Total Workload 149 Total Workload / 30 4,96 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No