Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : GİT260 |
| Course Type | : Required |
| Couse Group | : First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 3 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 3 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 5 |
The aim of this course is to help students understand, from an interdisciplinary perspective, that design practice is not merely an aesthetic process but one that generates cultural, social, and everyday meanings. The course aims to enhance the visual literacy of Visual Communication Design students by encouraging them to critically analyze user strategies, hierarchies of taste, and the cultural memory embedded in urban typography. Key objectives include fostering a sense of participatory design awareness and providing an academic foundation in the areas of sustainable graphic design and the preservation of cultural heritage.
The relationship between design and cultural capital; perceptions of taste and class dynamics; the re-purposing of design in everyday practices; the analysis of space, urban graphics, and the public visual language; cultural codes in packaging design; localization in intercultural communication; participatory design democracy; the social responsibility of social design; and approaches to environmental and cultural sustainability in design.
| 1. | Defines design practices involving visual culture, hierarchies of taste, participatory design, and production of space in their sociological and cultural dimensions. (Knowledge/Comprehension) |
| 2. | Analyses design consumption and visual preferences through cultural capital (Bourdieu) and everyday life practices (De Certeau). (Analysis) |
| 3. | Explains the semantic effects of cultural codes in signage, wayfinding, urban typography, and packaging design on users. (Comprehension/Application) |
| 4. | Critically evaluates social design, participatory design democracy, and cultural sustainability within the framework of universal design ethics and social responsibility. (Evaluation) |
| 5. | Designs and presents a theoretical portfolio based on cultural analysis of a selected design product (poster, interface, advertisement) by using the reading and analytical skills acquired throughout the semester. (Synthesis/Creation) |
| 1. | Bourdieu, P. (2015). Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste.Ankara: Heretik Yayıncılık |
| 2. | De Certeau, M. (2008).The Practice of Everyday Life 1: Performance, Practice and the Arts of Production. Ankara: Dost Kitabevi |
| 3. | Lefebvre, H. (2014). The Production of Space. İstanbul: Sel Yayıncılık |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Attending Lectures | 1 | %5 |
| Quiz | 1 | %10 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %25 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %60 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
| Project | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Individual Work | 14 | 3 | 0 | 42 |
| Quiz | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 125 | |||
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 | PÇ-15 | |
OÇ-1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
OÇ-2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
OÇ-3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
OÇ-4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
OÇ-5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |