Psychology | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | UNI336 | ||||
Course Name: | Design Thinking | ||||
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Fall Spring |
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Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
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Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. HATİCE ÖZ PEKTAŞ | ||||
Course Lecturer(s): | MELDA GÖKNEL | ||||
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Course Objectives: | Course Objectives This course introduces the basic principles of interaction, service, product and system design with the first and foremost focus on people’s needs, choices, and experiences rather than anything else. The course addresses the underlying framework for understanding and practicing fundamental concepts, tools, and design processes with a broad focus on all stakeholders rather than only end-users. Various tools and techniques such as co-designing, envisioning, testing and prototyping, role-playing and touchpoints are introduced throughout the course. Students, individually and as a team, experience a series of hands-on, class-based exercises on the methodology of creating products and services. |
Course Content: | Course Content To introduce students to theoretical knowledge, conceptual approaches, and practical skills of Design Thinking to understand and learn human-centered design methodology. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Recognize the basic principles of Design Thinking and human-centered design methodology. 2) Define exemplary business and design problems by using various tools and techniques of the methodology. 3) Apply the principles of the methodology to develop solution proposals considering various stakeholders. 4) Prepare an innovative project proposal in line with the main requirements of the methodology as a team. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Meet and Greet, Forming Final Project Groups, Fundamentals of the course and needed equipment | - |
1) | Meet and Greet, Forming Final Project Groups, Fundamentals of the course and needed equipment | - |
1) | Meet and Greet, Forming Final Project Groups, Fundamentals of the course and needed equipment | - |
2) | What is Human Centered Design? | - |
3) | Empathy Methods– field work | - |
3) | Empathy Methods– field work | - |
4) | Persona – in class exercise | - |
5) | Defining the problem | - |
6) | Mad Lib and HMWQ – in class exercise | - |
7) | Ideation Methods – in class exercise | - |
8) | MID SEMESTER PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL PROJECT | - |
9) | Feed-back on projects and strategies for further development | - |
10) | Prototype and Test – in class exercise | - |
11) | Project evaluation with RWW – in class exercise (may be holiday) | - |
12) | Making a design budget and production timeline | - |
13) | Storytelling for design | - |
14) | Final presentation | - |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | The Design of Everyday Things, Don Norman, 1988. Tasarım Odaklı Düşünce-Design Thinking, Emrah Kozan, 2021. |
References: | The Design of Everyday Things, Don Norman, 1988. Tasarım Odaklı Düşünce-Design Thinking, Emrah Kozan, 2021. |
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Program Outcomes | ||||||||||||||
1) Have the theoretical knowledge in major sub areas of psychology. | ||||||||||||||
2) Apply psychological consepts and theories in a variety of applied settings | ||||||||||||||
3) Identify and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human. | ||||||||||||||
4) Evaluate evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical view. | ||||||||||||||
5) Collect and analyze the research data and report the findings in accordance to ethical publication rules. | ||||||||||||||
6) Develop and utilize measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | ||||||||||||||
7) Have the skills and abilities to follow advances in psyhology and other related sciences. | ||||||||||||||
8) Have the skills and abilities to work effectively on individual and group based. | ||||||||||||||
9) Have the skills and abilities to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | ||||||||||||||
10) Behave in accordance to the professional code of ethics applied to psychology. | ||||||||||||||
11) Be unprejudiced and equal to various identity groups based on such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | ||||||||||||||
12) Have enhanced awareness of universal values as well as human and animal rights. | ||||||||||||||
13) Master a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | ||||||||||||||
14) Master the computer softwares within information and communication technologies at least European computer driving licence. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Have the theoretical knowledge in major sub areas of psychology. | |
2) | Apply psychological consepts and theories in a variety of applied settings | |
3) | Identify and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human. | |
4) | Evaluate evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical view. | |
5) | Collect and analyze the research data and report the findings in accordance to ethical publication rules. | |
6) | Develop and utilize measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | |
7) | Have the skills and abilities to follow advances in psyhology and other related sciences. | |
8) | Have the skills and abilities to work effectively on individual and group based. | |
9) | Have the skills and abilities to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | |
10) | Behave in accordance to the professional code of ethics applied to psychology. | |
11) | Be unprejudiced and equal to various identity groups based on such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | |
12) | Have enhanced awareness of universal values as well as human and animal rights. | |
13) | Master a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | |
14) | Master the computer softwares within information and communication technologies at least European computer driving licence. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 5 | 10 |
Application | 16 | 32 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 5 | 10 |
Field Work | 2 | 4 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 3 | 4 |
Presentations / Seminar | 3 | 6 |
Project | 16 | 32 |
Quizzes | 5 | 10 |
Midterms | 4 | 8 |
Final | 1 | 2 |
Total Workload | 118 |