Visual Communication Design Preview
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

UNI146

Course Name:

Sustainable Life

Semester:

Fall
Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. PINAR ÖZUYAR

Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

This course aims to raise awareness on sustainable living on national and global scales while providing students the know-how on how to make relevant daily life choices.

Course Content:

Sustainable Living is a system-based and multi-disciplinary approach that tries to understand the relationship between the human and nature and the corresponding effects on society and economy. This course provides an understanding on an individual, social and global scale by associating our daily preferences with the events we observe or are told to us. In doing so, the city, which is in sustainable life, tells about all applications from the business world to the university.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Understands the concept of sustainability.
2) Knows the important criteria for sustainable living.
3) Understand the existing national and global approaches and practices related to sustainability.
4) Analyze the critical points of everyday living in terms of resources and waste.
5) To be able to analyze relevant concepts which are known today.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Basic concepts	To be given in class
2)	Basic concepts	To be given in class
3)	What is the world like?	To be given in class
4)	What is the world like?	To be given in class
5)	What is the world like?	To be given in class
6)	Our Resources and Pollution	To be given in class
7)	Our Resources and Pollution	To be given in class
8)	Whom to follow?	To be given in class
9)	Home and daily life	To be given in class
10)	Home and daily life	To be given in class
11)	Is the business world serious about this?	To be given in class
12)	Cities and urbanization	To be given in class
13)	Sustainable University, what can we do?	To be given in class
14)	Sustainable University, what can we do?	To be given in class

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Derste verilecektir / To be given in class
References:	Derste verilecektir / To be given in class

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) To understand the structure and dynamics of a design team and to continue the production processes in a flow with team members from different disciplines.
1) To have the necessary knowledge and skills about computer technologies required to produce designs.
1) To be able to manage the design, development and presentation processes by applying the right theoretical steps and to be involved in the production process from start to finish.
1) To be able to criticize and evaluate different problems through these concepts by mastering the design processes.
1) To understand the conceptual importance of Visual Communication Design and to gain the ability to develop user-centered experience-oriented designs.
2) To be able to create balanced interactive narratives with communication and design processes by understanding the ways in which visual designs convey ideas, messages and emotions in experience.
2) To be able to analyze, evaluate and interpret the situations and facts about design issues by using different disciplines.
3) To be able to develop professional projects by producing components for different media, to evaluate these components consistently in the context of the designs developed.
3) To be able to analyze and use design-oriented thinking processes for visual communication products.
4) To have the necessary computer technologies and software knowledge to develop design in line with the needs of the sector, to be able to use computer-aided design applications to reflect their creative ideas.
4) To be able to use these designs effectively in the context of theme, subject and target audience by applying effective visual and audio solutions for communication design products.
5) Mastering contemporary design methodology; To produce designs that appeal to the audience by prioritizing the target audience of the designs.
6) To understand the experience of the users and the target audience, to understand the measurement methods and to benefit from these concepts in the design process.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To understand the structure and dynamics of a design team and to continue the production processes in a flow with team members from different disciplines.
1)	To have the necessary knowledge and skills about computer technologies required to produce designs.
1)	To be able to manage the design, development and presentation processes by applying the right theoretical steps and to be involved in the production process from start to finish.
1)	To be able to criticize and evaluate different problems through these concepts by mastering the design processes.
1)	To understand the conceptual importance of Visual Communication Design and to gain the ability to develop user-centered experience-oriented designs.
2)	To be able to create balanced interactive narratives with communication and design processes by understanding the ways in which visual designs convey ideas, messages and emotions in experience.
2)	To be able to analyze, evaluate and interpret the situations and facts about design issues by using different disciplines.
3)	To be able to develop professional projects by producing components for different media, to evaluate these components consistently in the context of the designs developed.
3)	To be able to analyze and use design-oriented thinking processes for visual communication products.
4)	To have the necessary computer technologies and software knowledge to develop design in line with the needs of the sector, to be able to use computer-aided design applications to reflect their creative ideas.
4)	To be able to use these designs effectively in the context of theme, subject and target audience by applying effective visual and audio solutions for communication design products.
5)	Mastering contemporary design methodology; To produce designs that appeal to the audience by prioritizing the target audience of the designs.
6)	To understand the experience of the users and the target audience, to understand the measurement methods and to benefit from these concepts in the design process.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Application	1	% 80
Final	1	% 20
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 80
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 20
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Preparation for the Activity	Spent for the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements	Workload
Course Hours	14	0	3		42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	0	3		42
Homework Assignments	1	10	2		12
Midterms	1	10	1		11
Final	1	20	1		21
Total Workload					128