INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN STUDIES

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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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 have knowledge which is supported by up-to-date primary and secondary course books and application tools in the field of Visual Communication Design
2. P02 have technical knowledge necessary for the field of Visual Communication Design
3. P03 Have knowledge about universal human rights, social justice, quality management, environmental protection, and workplace health.
4. P04 S/he visualises imagined things in a coherent structure
5. P05 S/he defines the problems related to communication and finds possible solutions for these problems.
6. P06 S/he has skills to manage a project/work related to Visual Communication Design independently.
7. P07 S/he develops and applies projects and activities related with his/her social environment with an awareness of social responsibility.
8. P08 S/he designates and manages the requirements and processes of learning.
9. P09 S/he, equipped with advanced knowledge and skills in Visual Communication Design education, who interprets and evaluates data, identifies and analyses problems and finds solutions based on research and facts.
10. P10 S/he can take responsibility as an individual and a team member in complex and unforeseen problems related to Visual Communication Design projects.
11. P11 S/he plans, manages and finishes a media content under time restrictions.
12. P12 S/he approaches advanced knowledge and skills from a critical perspective.
13. P13 S/he is aware that the Visual Communication Design Department has close ties with new technological developments and also aware of the importance of pursuing these developments which have vital importance for creating new media content.
14. P14 S/he is a person who informs and expresses thoughts for possible solutions related with Visual Communication Design contents prepared for related individuals and organisations.
15. P15 S/he shares developments and data related to Visual Communication Design with specialists and non-specialists
16. P16 S/he acts in Visual Communication Design projects in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical norms.

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