Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / GİT 507 - VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN (MASTER)

Code: GİT 507 Course Title: DESIGN AESTHETICS 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
The aim of this course is to emphasize the aesthetic importance of design as well as its functional structure. The aim is to ask questions and seek answers to these questions about how to put it into a more aesthetic form without compromising the functional and ergonomic characteristics of design.

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

Course Contents
To discuss issues such as design, aesthetics, form, ergonomics, user experience, aesthetic perception, consumption habits, to examine the designs produced in terms of basic design principles and to produce new projects.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 mid-term exam
2 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 The Aesthetics of Design- Jane Forsey
2 Everyday Aesthetics - Yuriko Saito
3 Aesthetic Experience - Richard Shusterman, Adele Tomlin
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