TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will have a general understanding on the basic concepts of information design and information design theory.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	Foundations of Information Design, Practising Information Design, Information Interaction Design, Visual Information Design.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction 2nd Week Informational documents and Information design 3rd Week Capturing business goals and strategies 4th Week Diagramming the user experience 5th Week Interaction design 6th Week Single page architecture 7th Week Complex and dynamic forms, Web applications 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Usability 10th Week Information design best practices 11th Week Heuristic evaluations 12th Week Functionalist approach to page type 13th Week Brainstorming techniques 14th Week Project presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Kim Baer. "Information Design Workbook: Graphic Approaches, Solutions, and Inspiration plus 20 Case Studies". Rockport. Michael Mandiberg and Xtine Burrough, "Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite". Peachpit Press. Timothy Samara, "Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop".
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Problem Solving,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 10 Project 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No