Course Name | Graduation Project |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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PD 498 | Spring | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
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Course Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Type | Required | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Level | First Cycle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mode of Delivery | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The aim of the graduation project is to provide a venue for senior students to apply all their knowledge and skills gained during their undergraduate education. Additionally, to create an opportunity for these students to focus on a particular design issue or problem of their choice. The student designers will be able to extend their knowledge of a particular topic, improve and demonstrate their design skills and their ability to manage an industrial design project. This design course is a step before professional life, and therefore, the course should be undertaken, by the student, in a serious manner, to professional standards. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course consists of a single significant industrial design project. Students will undertake advanced design processes, to a high degree of technical detail, that focus on specific aspects of the design problem for consumer products, services, or systems. In this course, students will produce convincing prototypes and visual presentations of their final product and design concepts. |
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Major Area Courses | X | |
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Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction, Gantt Chart | Product Design Sketches. Product Research |
2 | Product Design | Product Design Sketches. Product Research |
3 | Product Design | Patent Research. Consumer Reports. Technology Research. Material Research |
4 | Product Design | Patent Research. Consumer Reports. Technology Research. Material Research |
5 | Product Design | 2D & 3D Phase. Material Samples |
6 | Product Design | Sketching, 3D Modelling |
7 | 3 APRIL SUBMISSION 1: Brief + Product Design | Sketching, 3D Modelling |
8 | Design Process cont. | Sketching, 3D Modelling |
9 | 14 APRIL SUBMISSION 2: 3D Animated video of Design/System + High Quality Renders/Sketches | Animated video, Sketching, 3D Modelling |
10 | 21 APRIL IDENTITY & WEBSITE WORKSHOP | none |
11 | 28 APRIL SUBMISSION 3: Identity Design | Personal & Product identity files |
12 | Project Website development | Image remodeling/retouching/staging |
13 | Project Website development cont. | Image remodeling/retouching/staging |
14 | Project Website development cont. | Image remodeling/retouching/staging |
15 | 28 MAY SUBMISSION 4: Final Website + Catalog + Video | Submit materials listed below in WEEK 15-16: Final Website (link & pdf) + Catalog (pdf) + Video (mov./avi/etc.) |
16 | FINAL SUBMISSION | All materials revised for final submission |
Course Notes/Textbooks | There is no special textbook for this course. However, some reading materials are assigned by instructors on an ad hoc basis. Each student designer, during the course of the project, will necessarily do desk and field research and should become familiar with the science and information that is available on their topic. |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Student designers are encouraged to be in contact with firms and professionals during the course of the design project. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 5 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 2 | 30 |
Project | 1 | 35 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 70 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 8 | 128 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 5 | 80 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 2 | 20 | |
Project | 1 | 30 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | 1 | 30 | |
Total | 308 |
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest