Information Package / Course Catalogue
Applied Advertising and Promotion
Course Code: HIT010
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 2
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable students to acquire fundamental theoretical knowledge of advertising and promotion processes, understand the advertising campaign planning process, and develop the skills required to design advertising campaigns by conducting advertising research, target audience analysis, media planning, creative strategy development, and AI-assisted advertising design applications.

Course Content

This course covers the concepts of advertising and promotion, types of advertising, advertising and promotion media, advertising theories, advertising effect models, advertising ethics, the advertising campaign planning process, advertising research, target audience analysis, media planning and budgeting, creative strategy development, advertising design, and AI-assisted advertising applications. Throughout the course, students transform theoretical knowledge into practice by developing an advertising campaign for a real or fictional brand.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Explains the fundamental concepts, types, media, and theoretical approaches of advertising and promotion.
2.Analyzes the advertising campaign planning process and evaluates its key components.
3.Conducts advertising research, analyzes the target audience, and develops an appropriate media plan and budgeting process.
4.Develops creative strategies and designs effective advertising messages, slogans, and content for advertising campaigns.
5.Utilizes current technologies and AI-assisted tools in advertising design in accordance with ethical principles.
6.Develops an advertising campaign for a real or fictional brand and effectively presents the campaign through written and oral communication.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Instructor's Course Notes
2.Müge Elden, Reklam ve Reklamcılık
3.Nazlı W. Elden & Müge Yeygel Çakır, Reklam ve Reklamcılık
4.Yavuz Odabaşı & Gülfidan Barış, Tüketici Davranışı
5.Simon Kingsnorth, Digital Marketing Strategy: An Integrated Approach to Online Marketing
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Advertising, Promotion and Marketing Communication
Week 2 - Theoretical
The Importance and Objectives of Advertising
Week 3 - Theoretical
Types of Advertising and Promotion
Week 4 - Theoretical
Advertising and Promotion Media
Week 5 - Theoretical
Advertising Theories and Approaches
Week 6 - Theoretical
Advertising Effect Models and Strategies
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Advertising, Ethics and Society
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Examination
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Advertising Campaign Process and Planning
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Advertising Research and Target Audience Analysis
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Media Planning and Budgeting
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Creative Strategy and Message Development in Advertising
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Innovative Applications in Advertising Design
Week 14 - Practice
Advertising Analysis: Award-Winning Advertising Campaigns
Week 15 - Practice
Advertising Campaign Presentations
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Term Assignment1%5
Project1%60
Midterm Examination1%30
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory121124
Lecture - Practice82232
Assignment1112
Term Project1112
Project1516
Studio Work2126
Midterm Examination1213
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
OÇ-1
5
2
2
3
2
1
OÇ-2
3
2
5
4
5
2
OÇ-3
2
2
5
3
5
2
OÇ-4
2
5
3
5
4
2
OÇ-5
2
3
2
5
2
5
OÇ-6
2
4
5
5
5
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026