COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Understanding the Concepts of Art and Design
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ARCH 382
Fall/Spring
3
0
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 The main objective of this course is to enable students to be more prepared for primary disciplinary education and to perceive all art and design practices with a multidisciplinary perspective by accelerating the main concepts in art and design disciplines to find meaning in the student's mind and become embodied.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to desribe the concepts of art and design.
  • will be able to discuss art and design practices and concepts.
  • will be able to lanalyze the history and development of art and design.
  • will be able to discuss, question and defense through concepts.
  • will be able to use the acquired knowledge in primary disciplinary training.
Course Description The course will take students on a journey of art and design concepts, which are two main practices of fine arts, to explore the concepts within the triangle of perception, dialectics and reality, and to make an effort to transform these concepts into concrete expressions.
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Course Category

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

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction: art and design
2 Examine the practices of art and design, Propose and identify the topics of homework Reading / Discussion
3 Propose and determine the concept of discussion Reading / Discussion
4 Concepts: perception / relativity Reading / Discussion
5 Concepts: purpose / understanding Reading / Discussion
6 Concepts: space / space Reading / Discussion
7 Concepts: dimension / relationship Reading / Discussion
8 Concepts: balance / harmony Reading / Discussion
9 Midterm
10 Concepts: limit / verge Reading / Discussion
11 Concepts: meaning / context Reading / Discussion
12 Concepts: user / audience Reading / Discussion
13 (2 groups) discussion Assignment Submission / Debate
14 Project presentation / evaluation Reading / Discussion
15 Project presentation / evaluation Project Submission / Presentation
16 Final
Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

- Heskett J. (2002). “Design”. Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: 0192854461, ISBN-13: 978-0192854469

- Bielefeld B., Khouli S. E. (2010). “Adım Adım / Tasarım Fikirleri”. YEM Yayınları, ISBN: 9944757362

- Jormakka K. (2012). “Adım Adım / Tasarım Yöntemleri”. YEM Yayınları, ISBN: 9944757621

- Rasmussen S. E. (1994). “Yaşanan Mimari”. Remzi Kitabevi, ISBN: 9751413895

- Ertan Prof. G., Sansarcı E. (2016). “Görsel Sanatlarda Anlam ve Algı”. Alternatif Yayıncılık, ISBN: 9758015146

- Gombrich E. H. (2015). “Sanat ve Yanılsama”.  Remzi Kitabevi, ISBN: 9789751416698

- (1992). “Art In Modern Culture: An Anthology of Critical Texts”. Ed. F. Frascina ve J. Harris. Phaidon Press, ISBN-10: 9780714828404

ISBN-13: 978-0714828404

- Foster H. (2013). “Sanat Mimarlık Kompleksi, Küreselleşme Çağında Sanat, Mimarlık ve Tasarımın Birliği”. İletişim Yayıncılık, ISBN: 9750511738

- Dupre B. (2014). “Gerçekten Bilmeniz Gereken 50 Felsefe Fikri”. Domingo, ISBN:6054729210 

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
20
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
30
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
20
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
10
Final Exam
1
20
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
80
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
20
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

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
1
6
6
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
30
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
20
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
3
Final Exams
1
3
    Total
110

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

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

To be able to offer a professional level of architectural services.

X
2

To be able to take on responsibility as an individual and as a team member to solve complex problems in the practice of design and construction.

X
3

To be able to understand methods to collaborate and coordinate with other disciplines in providing project delivery services.

 

X
4

To be able to understand, interpret, and evaluate methods, concepts, and theories in architecture emerging from both research and practice.

X
5

To be able to develop environmentally and socially responsible architectural strategies at multiple scales. 

X
6

To be able to develop a critical understanding of historical traditions, global culture and diversity in the production of the built environment.

X
7

To be able to apply theoretical and technical knowledge in construction materials, products, components, and assemblies based on their performance within building systems.

X
8

To be able to present architectural ideas and proposals in visual, written, and oral form through using contemporary computer-based information and communication technologies and media.

X
9

To be able to demonstrate a critical evaluation of acquired knowledge and skills to diagnose individual educational needs and direct self-education skills for developing solutions to architectural problems and design execution.

X
10

To be able to take the initiative for continuous knowledge update and education as well as demonstrate a lifelong learning approach in the field of Architecture.

X
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Architecture 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