| Course Name | Portfolio Design and Professional Practice |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMD 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 | Students will learn to present their own visual significance and their own artistic language. Students will execute a professional-level portfolio, CV, business card and “showreel” website for their body of work neccesarily. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | In-class discussions and critiques for developing a professional visual artist portfolio in various mediums and establishing a public artist persona. Guiding students into new ways of presenting their work and themselves. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction. | None |
| 2 | Questionnaire. (project planning & collecting CV texts) | Bring all necessary tools to class, sketchbook included. |
| 3 | PERSONA: Public Image. Lecture on designing the public image of the artist from social media to work portfolio | Bring all necessary tools to class, sketchbook included. |
| 4 | Project 1: Content Management Designing the portfolio | Bring all necessary tools to class, sketchbook included. |
| 5 | Project 1: Content Management Designing CV and card | Bring all necessary tools to class, sketchbook included. |
| 6 | Draft Presentation | Prepare for Presentation. |
| 7 | Individual Talks. Draft portfolio submission | Collect all relevant material. |
| 8 | Individual Talks. Draft portfolio submission | Bring all necessary tools to class, sketchbook included. |
| 9 | Project 2 : Portfolio Design Getting presentations ready for print and screen | Bring all necessary tools to class, sketchbook included. |
| 10 | Project 2 : Portfolio Design Getting presentations ready for print and screen | Prepare for group dialogue. |
| 11 | Group Talk.Presenting your work to other colleagues and artists for improving portfolio with inputs and feedback | Bring all necessary tools to class, sketchbook included. |
| 12 | Project 3: Card Revision; Persona | Bring all necessary tools to class, sketchbook included. |
| 13 | Project 3: Card Creating designer ID | Bring all necessary tools to class, sketchbook included. |
| 14 | Individual Talks | Prepare for Presentation. |
| 15 | Final Presentation, Jury Submission | |
| 16 | Semester Review |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Illumunating The Video Sally Jo Fifer Design Elements - A Graphic Style Manual Timothy Samara Rockport Publishers, Inc 2007 ,Graphic Design School - The Principles and Practice of Graphic Design 5th Edition David Dabner, Sandra Stewart, Eric Zempol 2014 Quatro Inc, Adobe Creative Suite Printing Guide Classic Russian Posters Moscow Publishing House 2010, Universal Principles of Design - 100 Ways to Enhance Usability William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler Eisenman, Sara. 2008, Building Design Portfolios. Myers, Debbie Rose. 2008, The Graphic Designer’s Guide to Portfolio Design. Rowe, Robert; Will, Will; Linton, Harold. 2009, Graphic Design Portfolio Strategies for Print and Digital Media. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 3 | 80 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 40 | |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 60 | |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 0 | ||
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 18 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 3 | 14 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | - | ||
| Final Exams | - | ||
| 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 | ||||
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