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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
DESIGN ESTHETICS GRA464 - 3 + 0 4

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Professor Emir Hasan Ülger
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) They learn the relationship between design and aesthetics.
2) It analyzes the interaction between design, art, aesthetics and scientific sociology, anthropology, culture and design on a political and economic scale.
3) The development of the cultural and commercial aspects of design is handled on a social basis. For this purpose, in this course, he/she learns to deal with the design culture and aesthetic dimension on the basis of cultural and class differences in various societies.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONInteractive design and multiple media, the fundamentals of multiple media and actual multiple media systems.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction to design concept and theories
2nd Week Basic concepts
3rd Week Design and Sociological analysis, ?theory and method?
4th Week Relationship between design culture and sociology.
5th Week Reading design aesthetics in art genres
6th Week Book Review
7th Week Marxist school-Criticism
8th Week Midterm (Report)
9th Week Post Modernism-Post Industrial design philosophy
10th Week Culture industry-Adorno
11th Week Cultural design aesthetics: Far East (Chinese-Indian-Japanese-Korean) Islam
12th Week Design and ideology
13th Week Design and economy
14th Week General evaluation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGPatrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton (second edition)2002, Web Style Guide: Yale University Press.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Project,Practice,Presentation,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term120
Project150
Other130
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 exam122
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14342
Preparation for Final exam155
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam155
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam122
Homework248
Weekly Articles and Resource Research14114
Total Workload120
Total Workload / 304
ECTS Credits of the Course4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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