Course Name | Portfolio Design and Professional Practice |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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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;
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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 | |
| Core Courses | X |
Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
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 |
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 |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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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 |
# | 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