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| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | UNI203 | ||||
| Course Name: | Design Thinking | ||||
| Semester: | Spring | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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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: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. TUGAY SARIKAYA | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Tugay Sarıkaya | ||||
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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: | To introduce students to theoretical knowledge, conceptual approaches, and practical skills of Design Thinking to understand and learn human-centered design methodology. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Recognize the basic principles of Design 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. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 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 | |
| 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) | 11th Week Project evaluation with RWW – in class exercise | |
| 12) | Making a design budget and production timeline | |
| 13) | Storytelling for design | |
| 14) | Final |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | The Design of Everyday Things – Donald Norman |
| References: | The Design of Everyday Things – Donald Norman |
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| 1) Uses academic English language skills effectively. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2) Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3) Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4) Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5) Learns about the correct pronunciation of English words | ||||||||||||||||
| 6) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples. | ||||||||||||||||
| 7) Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way. | ||||||||||||||||
| 8) Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective. | ||||||||||||||||
| 9) To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types. | ||||||||||||||||
| 10) Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language. | ||||||||||||||||
| 11) Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language. | ||||||||||||||||
| 12) Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features. | ||||||||||||||||
| 13) Have sufficient knowledge of a second foreign language from other European languages | ||||||||||||||||
| 14) Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences. | ||||||||||||||||
| 15) Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups. | ||||||||||||||||
| 16) Acquires awareness of lifelong learning, the ability to access information, follow developments in science and technology, and constantly renew oneself. | ||||||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Uses academic English language skills effectively. | |
| 2) | Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail. | |
| 3) | Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features. | |
| 4) | Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics. | |
| 5) | Learns about the correct pronunciation of English words | |
| 6) | Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples. | |
| 7) | Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way. | |
| 8) | Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective. | |
| 9) | To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types. | |
| 10) | Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |
| 11) | Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |
| 12) | Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features. | |
| 13) | Have sufficient knowledge of a second foreign language from other European languages | |
| 14) | Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences. | |
| 15) | Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups. | |
| 16) | Acquires awareness of lifelong learning, the ability to access information, follow developments in science and technology, and constantly renew oneself. |
| 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 | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 3 | 70 | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Final | 1 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Total Workload | 118 | ||||||