Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
GRA3032015174DESKTOP PUBLISHINGCompulsory354
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Using effectively desktop publishing technologies thanks to having the basic theoretical, plastic, aesthetic and technical knowledge about desktop publishing, able to design all the elements of print, broadcast unique and creative.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1He/she can make designs by synthesizing his/her knowledge on art and design.
2He/she has the ability to make connections among the different disciplines of art and design.
3He/she can design a product/ a work or a process that will meet the needs.
4He/she has the ability to understand the importance of life-long learning and meet the needs.
5He/she has the ability to define and analyze local and global art and design problems.
6He/She can interrelate senses of design that have arisen in art and design history with current senses of design.
7He/she has the competence to accomplish the design bu using materials needed in solving art and design problems.
8He/she has the ability to search, synthesize, evaluate and interpret in design process.
9He/she can analyze art and design problems
10He/she has the competence of being sensitive while choosing the materials in design process.
11By following the recent matters, he/she can produce designs regarding these problems.
12He/She express him/herself by learning effective communciation skills.
13He/she has the sense of occupational and ethical responsibility about ideas or art pieces.
14He/she knows graphic design methods, techniques and tools and adopts them.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
1 Able to identify basic concepts, aesthetic and technical knowledge of animation desktop publishing 2.Having the idea about elements of the printed publication, past and present, local and universal design styles 3.Evaluate their relations with each other different elements of the printed publication 4.Be able to define and use materials and softwares to be used in the design phase of desktop publishing 5.Having information about the stages of design and printing 6.The evaluation of designs in terms of the balance between functionality and aesthetics 7. Be able to reveal the original designs, using their knowledge and skills in other areas of graphic design in product, the design of a printed publication
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Delivering course content and introducing materials and softwares to be used and their functions
2Explanation of sampled desktop publishing, graphic design elements of the place and the main printed publication
3Describe the stages of the historical development of desktop publishing
4Informing other areas of graphic design which products are utilized in the process of designing the printed publication and desktop publishing about the relationship between
5examination of the rules and variables sampled about desktop publishing
6Practice -1: Sketch book design phase of the construction of the first instance accordance with the rules
7Continuing studies; designing book cover and the master page in the digital environment
8Midterm exam
9Practice -2: A newspaper in the original design of the study with guidelines and examples
10Continuing studies; conclusion of the study, analysis of form and content
11Practice -3: The original design of a magazine production applications
12Continuing studies; The digitizing of the design, making design and layout considering the balance of functionality and aesthetics
13Continuing studies; design, evaluation concluded
14Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination155
Final Examination155
Attending Lectures14570
Practice14342
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)122
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