COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Portfolio Design and Professional Practice
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
GD 404
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
4
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives To produce a professional portfolio, CV, Business Card and Webpage
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to analyze 3 years of visual communication projects.
  • Will be able to evaluate areas for improvement in ones own work.
  • Will be able to design work to professional standards.
  • Will be able to generate one new self-authored work.
  • Will be able to produce a complete professional package.
Course Description To prepare a professional print and digital package including: a portfolio of 15 works, CV, Business Card, and Webpage. One new selfauthored project is also required. In class, group critiques and individual research are conducted
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

Core Courses
X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction and Review of Project Matrix None
2 Individual Student Reviews Project Matrix and collection of Works
3 Personal Identity and Branding Identity questionnaire
4 Personal Identity and Branding First draft of personal identity
5 Group Critique Presentation of personal identity
6 Typography Systems Sketches for personal project
7 Portfolio Design Selected readings from Portfolio Design Harold Linton
8 Portfolio Design Reading: www.rgarecruiting.com/rga, Roz Goldfarb
9 Midterm Portfolio Critique Student presentations
10 Exhibition design and planning Review of www.segd.org
11 Website Systems Prototype of personal project
12 Project Revisions 15 Review of revised projects with feedback from instructor
13 Project Revisions 610 Review of revised projects with feedback from instructor
14 Group Critique of Personal Project Student presentations
15 Final Project Submission Digital files, Print Portfolio, Personal Identity
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Instructor prepared PDF presentations
Suggested Readings/Materials Debbie Rose Myers, The Graphic Designer’s Guide to Portfolio Design, 2008

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
40
Presentation / Jury
2
20
Project
2
40
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
4
64
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
2
32
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
4
Presentation / Jury
2
2
Project
2
2
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
4
Midterms
Final Exams
4
    Total
108

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to apply the fundamental principles of design in creating visual narratives and messages, using physical and digital media,

X
2

To attain complex problem-solving skills, using various design methods,

X
3

To have a clear understanding of creative/art direction,

X
4

To be able to use the advanced theoretical and applied knowledge attained in the areas of Visual Communication Design,

X
5

To act with social and ethical awareness and to take responsibility, both individually and collectively, for developing aesthetic and effective design solutions,

X
6

To be able to investigate, interpret and evaluate the developments on Visual Communication Design in the world and in Turkey,

X
7

To have an advanced level of knowledge and experience in producing/editing still and moving images,

X
8

To attain proficiency in using related software, media, and communication technologies,

X
9

To gain reflexive and critical thinking abilities,

X
10

To undertake self-directed and continuous education in the discipline, to develop a lifelong learning attitude,

X
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Visual Communication Design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1),

X
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently,

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest