Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / GİT 509 - VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN (MASTER)

Code: GİT 509 Course Title: CULTURAL IMAGES IN DESIGN Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN (MASTER)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer FATİH ÖZDEMİR (fatihozdemir@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Examining the images within the scope of cultural heritage, questioning the historical and cultural contexts of these images. To create a basis for recognizing cultural images, analyzing their meanings and using these images as a means of visual communication.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
culture, cultural heritage, approaches of different cultures, differences between cultures, intercultural communication, recognition of cultural images, understanding the differences between them and applying all this accumulation to visual communication designs.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 mid-term exam
2 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Anadolu Kültür Tarihi - Anadolu Medeniyetleri, Ekrem Akurgal
2 Currie, Gregory - Image And Mind.
3 imgeler nasıl düşünür - Ron Burnett
4 Rudolf Arnheim - Görsel Düşünme
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 1 1 50
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 1 1 50

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 6 14 84
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 10 40
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 5 2 10
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 0
mid-term exam 0
Own study for final exam 0
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 177