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  Course Description
Course Name : Portfolio Design

Course Code : GRA412

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 4

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) : Instructor DERVİŞ İLKER GÜL

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Students learn to select the correct presentation medium.
Students learn how to make a functional presentation by using different materials.
Students learn how to design a personal portfolio.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Project will be studied about personal portfolio design and will focus on individual presentation. Different media, material knowledge, audience trends will be studied. The target audience is going to be captured by selecting the coreect medium and material.

Course Contents : As the purpose of Preparing student to the bussines life, techniques of designing and presenting a personal portfolio will be transfered to the student. Presentation, which is very important for the audiences to understand, perceive and use a design, will be examinated in details.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Graphic Design Studios in Faculty of Fine Arts, Cukurova University


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Giving breef about lesson and syllabus. Informing about the sources. Researches Lecturing
2 Discussion on presentation of the personal Works with visual communication techniqoes and graphic language. Reviews of Personal Works Lecture, Brain Storming, Discussion
3 Presentation and concept relation Research on resources Lecture, Brain Storming, Discussion
4 Selecting the suitable medium for the concept. Effects of different media to concept. Review of the sample portfolio designs Brain Storming, Design Reviews, Discussion
5 Project 1: Designin a Personal CV Design Sketches Brain Storming, Evoluation of the Sketches, Discussion
6 Designin process for personal CV Design Sketches Brain Storming, Evoluation of the Sketches, Discussion
7 Designin process for personal CV Design Works Design Process, Discussion
8 Midterm: End of 1st Project Preparetion for the Presentation Presentation of the Project
9 Design Developments by the criticisms of the Evoluation Design Sketches Brain Storming, Evoluation of the Sketches, Discussion
10 Project 2: Designin a Personal Portfolio Design Works Brain Storming, Evoluation of the Sketches, Discussion
11 Selecting the suitable medium and the material for Portfolio Design Works Design Process, Discussion
12 Designin process of the Personal Portfolio Design Works Design Process, Discussion
13 Design process at the digital platform Design Works Design Process, Discussion
14 Design process at the digital platform Design Works Design Process, Discussion
15 Ending the Design Project and preparetion for the presentation Design Works Design Process, Discussion
16/17 Final: End of Project Preparetion for the Presentation Presentation of the Project


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Eisenman, S. (2006). Building design portfolio: Innovative Concepts for Presenting Your Work. Massachussetts: Rockport Publishers. Myers, D.R. (2009) The Graphic Designer´s Guide to Portfolio Design. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc. Armstrong, H. (t.y. ). Grafik Tasarım. İstanbul: Espas Sanat Kuram Yayınları Twemlow, A. (2008). Grafik Tasarım ne içindir?. İstanbul: Yem Yayın. Uçar, T.F. (2004). Görsel İletişim ve Grafik Tasarım. İstanbul: İnkılap Kitabevi. Harris, P., Ambrose, G. (2009). The Fundamentals of Graphic Design. AVA Publishing. Teker, U. (2009). Grafik Tasarım ve Reklam. İstanbul: Yorum Sanat Yayınevi.
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 4 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Recognition of the basic elements and principles of art and design. 0
2 Recognition of national/international artistic and cultural elements which can effect Graphic design practices. 3
3 Following and using the current applications, innovations and technological devolopments in line with the visual communication world. 5
4 Identification of communication methods, communication elements and mass communication media 4
5 Using the basic criteria of art and design, preparing creative, original, aesthetic and economic alternative solutions for visual communication problems. 5
6 Using the information of ther field with the practices of other diciplines. 5
7 Being competent in at least one foreign language to be able to understand and communicate in the field. 2
8 Using different materials, paints and technological tools in the process of design. 3
9 Using research methods, techniques and dialectic to make access to information. 3
10 Operating information and communication technologies effectively, both in learning process and design process. 4
11 Being a responsible citizen with his/her awareness of social, cultural, scientific and artistic values. 0
12 Ability to work effectively and take responsibility during individual or group work. 0
13 Using time efficiently with planned, careful and disciplined work. 4
14 Ability to read, understand and interpret his/her acquirements with a critical perspective. 3
15 Having the self-confidence and ability of communicating, written, orally and visually. 5
16 Establishing effective communication with his/her colleagues, employers and persons he/she works with. 5
17 Showing personal and professional care in protecting the environment and defending the ethical and legal values of the profession. 4
18 Being aware of the role and importance of graphic design in social life. 1
19 Taking responsibility in the use of correct language when designing. 4
20 Creating designs that serve its purpose, communicates successfully and reaches the target audience. 5
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 4 56
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 5 5 25
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 4 6 24
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 1 1
    Final Exam 1 1 1
Total Workload: 107
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.28
ECTS Credit: 4