Course Descriptions

Content of digital media. Web and mobile platforms. Use of all multimedia components (text, image, sound, animation, video) in design. Design interaction with the user. Information visualization. Concept building. Visual and typography selection appropriate to the content. Scenario creation and animation.

This course examines the transformation and development of the design discipline from the past to the present. The historical processes of graphic design and visual communication design are detailed. The impact of visual understandings that shaped the 20th century on visual communication design is discussed. The effects of the Industrial Revolutions (I, II, III) on art, design, and socio-cultural fields are emphasized. The effects of Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 transformations on design, production, and consumption are analyzed. The impact of digitalization and automation on design processes is also evaluated.

The basic elements of visual communication. As an element of graphic design logos, corporate identity, communication functions, such as graphic design products and design processes.

Explaining the factors that make up the Modern Western Art and the phases of art from mid-19th century to mid-20th century, analyzing them with visual examples.

General English structures and expressions. Description of events, feelings and wishes. Necessity, obligation, prohibition and possibility expressions. Language for giving advice. Real and unreal conditions, situations. Phrases and expressions related to more abstract, cultural topics such as films, books, music etc. Commonly confused verbs. Phrases and expressions related to personal experiences and recent past events. Structures emphasizing the actions and the objects. Phrases of movement. Phrasal verbs.

This course aims to teach students the fundamental principles and techniques of illustration art. It covers various illustration styles, methods, creative expression, visual storytelling skills, concept development, and composition creation. Through the use of both traditional drawing and digital illustration techniques, students will be encouraged to develop their own unique voice. Additionally, essential visual concepts such as color theory, perspective, light, and shadow will be explored to enhance the students’ technical skills. Through practical projects, one of the course objectives is for students to create illustrations on various subjects and to develop their own distinctive styles.

Area Elective-I

Basics of motion graphic design. Time and sound factor in dynamic media. Motion graphic design categories and types. Visual rhythm. Kinetic typography. Using video and audio. Character animation. Camera operation. Light and color editing in video. Creating dynamic compositions with moving identity, sound and other techniques.

Commercial, social and cultural advertising campaigns. Advertising campaign that includes all printed/motion/interactive designs for printed and digital media. Planning the design processes in a comprehensive project; defining problems, developing ideas, creating concepts, producing different solutions.

Minimum of 20 workdays of practical training at design sector (design studio, advertising agency, press, broadcasting ect.). Participating the Visual Communication Design works, involved in design and business processes, observing and reporting these activities