| Course Name |
Visual Literacy
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
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Local Credits
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ECTS
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GEAR 216
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Service Course
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&ACritical feedbackLecture / Presentation | |||||
| National Occupation Classification | - | |||||
| Course Coordinator | ||||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course is designed to provide visual literacy skills for students who do not have formal visual art or graphic design training but recognize the important potential of visual decisions in their work in order to effectively find, interpret, evaluate, use, and create images and visual media. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course provides students who are new to the principles of visual design with the practical knowledge, critical skills and confidence to effectively express their ideas visually. Throughout the semester, an overview of the tools and techniques to convey an idea, communicate a message, and influence an experience will be presented, discussed, and applied. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Course introduction | |
| 2 | What is Visual literacy? How we see | Anne Marie Seward Barry, Visual intelligence: perception, image, and manipulation in visual communication. Chapter 1 |
| 3 | The Language of Images Visual elements of art 1 | Anne Marie Seward Barry, Visual intelligence: perception, image, and manipulation in visual communication. Chapter 1,2 |
| 4 | The Language of Images Visual elements of art 2 | Anne Marie Seward Barry, Visual intelligence: perception, image, and manipulation in visual communication. Chapter 1,2 |
| 5 | Sensual and perceptual of visual literacy 1 | Anne Marie Seward Barry, Visual intelligence: perception, image, and manipulation in visual communication. Chapter 3 |
| 6 | Sensual and perceptual of visual literacy 2 | Anne Marie Seward Barry, Visual intelligence: perception, image, and manipulation in visual communication. Chapter 3 |
| 7 | Advertising Images: Ads as Gestalts | Anne Marie Seward Barry, Visual intelligence: advertising Images: Ads as Gestalts Chapter 6, 7 |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | Principles of visual communication | Robin Landa, Advertising by design: creating visual communications with graphic impact. Chapter 7, 8 |
| 10 | Typography | Robin Landa, Advertising by design: creating visual communications with graphic impact. Chapter 7, 8, 9 |
| 11 | Composition and layout | Robin Landa, Advertising by design: creating visual communications with graphic impact. Chapter 7, 8, 9 |
| 12 | Brand and Branding 1 | Alina Wheeler, Designing brand identity: an essential guide for the entire branding, Chapter 1-2 |
| 13 | Brand and Branding 2 | Alina Wheeler, Designing brand identity: an essential guide for the entire branding, Chapter 3-4. |
| 14 | Visual literacy Wrapping up the semester | |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Alina Wheeler(2009), Designing brand identity: an essential guide for the entire branding. ISBN 978-0-470-40142-2. Anne Marie Seward Barry (1997), Visual intelligence: perception, image, and manipulation in visual communication. ISBN 0-7914-3436-2 Robin Landa (2004), Advertising by design: creating visual communications with graphic impact ISBN 0-471-42897-3 Robin Landa (2010) Advertising by design: Generating and Designing Creative Ideas Across Media 2nd edition ISBN 978-0-470-36268-6 |
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| Suggested Readings/Materials |
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| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
|
15
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
|
40
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
|
15
|
| Final Exam |
1
|
30
|
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
|
70
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
|
30
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| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
|
3
|
48
|
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
|
0
|
|
| Study Hours Out of Class |
14
|
2
|
28
|
| Field Work |
0
|
||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
|
||
| Portfolio |
0
|
||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
|
24
|
24
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
0
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||
| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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||
| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
|
15
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15
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| Final Exam |
1
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35
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35
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| Total |
150
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories. |
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To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods. |
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To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology. |
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To be able to determine the appropriate methods in the design of the planning stage and conclusion of a sociological project, individually or as part of a team. |
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To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination. |
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To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions. |
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To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research. |
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To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. |
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To be able to analyze different aspects of the social world by drawing on the knowledge produced by other disciplines of the social sciences. |
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To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research. |
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To be able to collect sociological data and communicate with sociologists and other social scientists in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). |
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To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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