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INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN STUDIES

Course
VICD108 - INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN STUDIES
Department
Visual Communication Design - English - Undergraduate
Course Type
Course
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
3
ECTS
6
T+P+L
3 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
-
Prerequisite
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Keywords

Course Description

By examining more general problems about production, consumption, and usage and how these issues fit into a larger conversation about design and culture, this class explores several facets of design. By critically analyzing and visualizing the interactions of gender, power, ethics, status, and racism within design practices and objects, students will evaluate the relationship between design and culture. Students will read theoretical, historical, social, and political works of literature, allowing them to thoroughly examine these complex subjects. In the end, students will be able to understand and express how design studies give us a "critical" perspective on how to investigate and assess how design functions as a cultural, economic, and social form.

INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN STUDIES

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Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 History of Design - Design Movements
Week 3 Design Process - Design Thinking
Week 4 Creative Thinking - Concept Creation
Week 5 Aesthetics: Design Styles - Typography
Week 6 Fundamentals of Visual Communication Design - Semiotics
Week 7 Revision for Mid-Term
Week 8 Mid-Term Week
Week 9 Mid-Term Week
Week 10 Visual Harmony and Gestalt Principles
Week 11 Introduction to Graphic Design with XP Pen Graphic Tablet
Week 12 Applying designs with XP Pen Graphic Tablet
Week 13 Presentations
Week 14 Presentations
Week 15 Final Week

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Learning Outcomes

  1. L01 Defines basic information about the history of visual communication design SOLO 3
  2. L02 Aims drawing a framework for the history of design with practical examples SOLO 2
  3. L03 students will be able to recognize important events and influential figures in the history of visual communication SOLO 2

Program Outcomes

  1. P01 Create a user interface in a contemporary object-oriented language to allow users to access business data
  2. P02 Identify and analyze user needs and take them into account in the selection, creation, integration, evaluation and administration of computing-based systems
  3. P03 Analyze common business functions and identify, design, and develop appropriate information technology solutions
  4. P04 Design and develop software solutions for contemporary business environments by employing appropriate problem-solving strategies
  5. P05 Configure and administer database server to support contemporary business environments.
  6. P06 Administer or mange a relational database for a small to medium size company
  7. P07 Be able to effectively integrate IT-based solutions into the user environment
  8. P08 Understand professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues and responsibilities
  9. P09 Be able to apply effective communication skills consistent with the professional environment
  10. P10 Be able to apply effective collaboration skills in teamwork consistent with the professional environment

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LO P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P06 P07 P08 P09 P10 Average
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