Information Package / Course Catalogue
Basic Design I
Course Code: BDT107
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Explaining rules,principals and objectives for creating a visiual work.

Course Content

The aim of the course is to provide the student with the basic knowledge of basic art and visual communication and to make the infrastructure of the design; to develop creativity in the face of the problem, to contribute to the development of analysis, evaluation direction and thinking, to teach the basic concepts of visual communication in the fields of design for students; to ensure that creative and evaluative art is formed in students and that basic information and criteria of visual communication are established.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Atilla DEVELİOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.Skill of adapting design knowledge to previously learned things
2.Revealing original works by design knowledges
3.Two-and three-dimensional thinking skills
4.Ability to comminicate in visiual way and to express oneself
5.Ability to transfer form to second dimention and tranfer 2 dimentioned shape to three dimention(form).
6.Expressing visually creative way an idea, concept, or the ability
7.The ability to transfer message by way of illustration in visual communication
8.After training, gaining experience and achievements in office and printing and the ability to transfer the gainning into practice.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The definition of the basic concepts of design and visual communication, purpose of the lecture,definitions
Week 2 - Theoretical
Relationship between communication and design,birth and the phases of design, design branches
Week 3 - Theoretical
Take a look to see, be aware of, perception and learning, visual meaning and connotation
Week 4 - Theoretical
Visual thinking, visiual signification and relationship between basic design
Week 5 - Theoretical
Elements of design, raw materrials of design(line,direction,shape,texture,tone,colour)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Principles of design / Design Spirit(balance,rhythm,emphasis,movement,proportion and form)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Definitions and concepts of line, types,effects,effects and contributions to visual comminication
Week 8 - Theoretical
Definitions and concepts of direction / definitions and concepts of shape / shape and its visiual effect.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Definition and types of tissiue,its use, its visual effect /definition and concept of tone
Week 10 - Theoretical
Definition and concepts of colour, its types, its use/ Relationship between colour and light and definitions of colours.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Balance, Visual Weight and Balance / Types / Rhythm, Repetition, Emphasis and Focus point
Week 12 - Theoretical
Meaning and types in visual comminication,design and visual hierarchy in design / size and rate / Continuity and Unity
Week 13 - Theoretical
Visual perception and perception, Perceptual Organization,How does design process work? Advertising and Design.Reading an image
Week 14 - Theoretical
Visualizing design, How to create draft?
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice141128
Assignment53120
Term Project1112
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
OÇ-1
4
4
1
3
1
1
3
4
OÇ-2
4
1
2
1
2
1
OÇ-3
4
4
OÇ-4
3
4
OÇ-5
5
4
OÇ-6
3
4
OÇ-7
OÇ-8
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026