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:

TRK101

Course Name:

Turkish Language 1

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Compulsory Courses

Course Level:

Bachelor

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

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

E-Learning

Course Coordinator:

Doç. Dr. FEYZİ ÇİMEN

Course Lecturer(s):

Doç. Dr. FEYZİ ÇİMEN
Öğr. Gör. TUĞÇE YILDIRIM

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

To create language awareness, to encourage students to read, to introduce the richness, rules and characteristics of Turkish; to develop students' interests and comprehension (listening comprehension, reading comprehension), explaining (speaking, writing) skills, critical thinking and to research.

Course Content:

The relationship between language and thought, the relationship between language and culture, the importance of language in social life, the languages of the world and the place of Turkish among these languages; Turkish situation and problems; Turkish spelling rules; effective reading and listening; general rules of written and oral expression; intellectual order, paragraph and forms of expression; official correspondence.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Can recognize the features of written language.
2) Can use the correct use of the punctuation marks.
3) Can create a writing plan, main idea and ancillary ideas.
4) Can examine the parts of the paragraph.
5) Can correct the incoherency in sentences

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introducing the content of Turkish language course and related resources	Review of resources
2)	Definition of language, language-thought relationship, language-culture relationship, the importance of language in social life World languages and The place of Turkish among these languages, features	Her Yönüyle Dil p. 50-68
3)	The situation and problems of contemporary Turkish	Relevant place of Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu and lecture notes I
4)	The situation and problems of contemporary Turkish	Relevant places of the Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu and lecture notes I
5)	Turkish spelling rules	Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu
6)	Turkish spelling rules	Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu
7)	Turkish spelling rules	Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu
8)	Midterm exam	Preparation for the exam
9)	Active reading and listening	Modern Araştırmacı p. 45-87, lecture notes II
10)	General rules of written and oral expression	Modern Araştırmacı Sections 2, 5 and 6
11)	General rules of written and oral expression	Modern Araştırmacı Sections 7 and 8
12)	Intellectual order, paragraph and expression styles	Modern Araştırmacı Section 9
13)	Official correspondence: petition, abstract, business letter, report, record	Lecture notes III
14)	Application studies on subjects	Exercises on the given examples
15)	Application studies on subjects	Exercises on the given examples
16)	Final exam	Preparation for the exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Alpay, Necmiye, Türkçe Sorunları Kılavuzu, İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2004. Alpay, Necmiye. Dilimiz, Dillerimiz, İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2007.

References:

Barzun, Jacques ve Henry F. Graff. Modern Araştırmacı. Çev. Fatoş Dilber. Ankara: TÜBİTAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları, 2001. Hepçilingirler, Feyza. Öğretenlere ve Öğrenenlere Türkçe Dilbilgisi. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi, 2005. Her Yönüyle Dil: Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim, Ankara: TDK Yayınları, 2003. Yazım Kılavuzu, Türk Dil Kurumu. Ankara, 2005. Türkçe Sözlük, Türk Dil Kurumu. Ankara, 2009.

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
Homework Assignments	7	% 20
Midterms	1	% 20
Final	1	% 60
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
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	16			224
Homework Assignments	7	0			0
Midterms	1	0			0
Final	1	0			0
Total Workload					224