Information Package / Course Catalogue
Basic Design II
Course Code: BDT154
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 1
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Develops Basic Design information that has been received. Providing the development of visual perception and expression techniques, creating an aesthetic evaluation and nurturing creativity. It enhances visual expression such as color, form, and form, and explores the diversity of rhythmic patterns by examining them from different perspectives. It makes the student more competent in practice.

Course Content

Teaching colors, color settings, color modes and channels, layers, advanced texture creation techniques, advanced light and shading techniques, advanced veneering options, view angle, correlation of visual perception with cameras, real and related effects of concepts.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.The ability to adapt design knowledge to what has been learned.
2.The ability to create original works through design skills.
3.The ability to think in two and three dimensions.
4.The ability to communicate and express oneself through visual means.
5.The ability to transfer form into the second dimension and a two-dimensional shape into the third dimension (form).
6.The ability to transfer form into the second dimension and a two-dimensional shape into the third dimension (form).
7.The ability to creatively express a thought, a concept, or a phenomenon through visual means.
8.The ability to gain office and printing-house experience after training and to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in practice.
9.The ability to gain office and printing-house experience after training and to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in practice.
10.The ability to gain office and printing-house experience after training and to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in practice.
11.The ability to gain office and printing-house experience after training and to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in practice.
12.The ability to gain office and printing-house experience after training and to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in practice.
13.Project preparation
14.Project preparation
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Lecture notes
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of basic design and visual communication concepts, purpose of course, definitions
Week 2 - Theoretical
Relationship between communication and design, emergence and phases of design, branches of design
Week 3 - Theoretical
Seeing, seeing, being aware, perception and learning, visual meaning and connotation
Week 4 - Theoretical
The relationship between visual thinking, visual interpretation and basic design
Week 5 - Theoretical
Elements of design / Raw materials of design (line, direction, shape, texture, tone, color)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Principles of design / Raw materials of design (line, direction, shape, texture, tone, color)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Line Definition and Concepts, types, effects and contribution to visual communication.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Definition and Concepts of Direction / Definition and concepts / Shape and visual impact
Week 9 - Theoretical
Definition and Types of Tissue, Visual Effects of Use / Tint Definition and Concepts
Week 10 - Theoretical
Color Definition and Concepts, Types, Usage / Color and Light Relationship, Effect and the meaning of colors
Week 11 - Theoretical
Equilibrium, Visual Weight and Balance / Types / Rhythm, Repeat, Emphasis and Focus.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Meaning and Types of Visual Communication, Proportionality and Visual Hierarchy in Design / Dimension and Ratio / Continuity and Unity
Week 13 - Theoretical
Visual perception and perception, Perceptual organization, How does the design process work? Advertising and Design.
Week 14 - Theoretical
How to visualize design and create a draft?
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%10
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment57245
Term Project1145
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026