Design Psychology (GRT332) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Design Psychology	GRT332	Area Elective	2	0	0	2	3

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	Turkish
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Instructor Pınar Bingöl
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	To design for supporting creative and practical studies that structure the visual field and develop cognitive processes in the area of design, organize the sensation and emotional data, comment and connect the talent of giving meaning to the events with the psychological elements in the perception process
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Know and use the fundamental concepts of psychology State the Gestalt theory Tell the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that affect the perceptual process Show behaviors that are related with creative sensation and develop visual memory
Course Content	Optical properties, visual perception, visual thinking, visual warning, illusion and Gestalt principles; visual methods of expression, consciousness -knowledge and experience in topics such as the importance of subliminal perception.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Description of design concept: general, visual thought, visual perception
2	The function of eyes, and seeing physically
3	Perception event. The concepts of centre, border, route and direction
4	Gestalt theory, rationalization and intuitive knowledge (Example: two and three dimensioned basic design. Place)
5	Definition of creativity. Short history, some sources and examples before the education of creativity
6	Creativity developing methods. General methods, behaviors, hindering the creativity (sample and application)
7	Midterm
8	Creative analysis and re-unifying method; morphological analysis technique, qualification ordering technique, deciding helpers and redefinition (sample and application)
9	General analogy and similar cognitive processes
10	Creativity in group scale; general, brainstorming technique and psychological processes- special topics
11	Synectics or developing the creative power (sample and application)
12	Antecedents for synectics or the process of developing the creative power, individual analogy, direct analogy, symbolic analogy, imaginative analogy (sample and application)
13	Ad text writing practice in class. The issuance of ad text subjects that will be prepared for the next week
14	Evaluation of the results- presentation
15	Evaluation of the results- presentation
16	Final Exam

Sources

Other Sources	1. Aksoy, Ö. Biçimlendirme, KTÜ Yayınları
	2. May, R. Yaratma Cesareti, MAY yayınları
	3. Berger, J. Görme Biçimleri, Metis Yayınları
	4. Denel, B. Temel Tasarım ve Yaratıcılık, ODTÜ Yayınları

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	-	-
Presentation	-	-
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	40
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	60
Toplam	2	100

Percentage of Semester Work	40
Percentage of Final Work	60
Total	100

Course Category

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

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	Acquires Art and Design culture and aesthetic knowledge, theoretical and applied knowledge about the discipline.					X
2	Knows the legal regulations and processes about Art and Design.
3	Has knowledge about interdisciplinary interaction associated with the relevant field of Art and Design.			X
4	Describes the concepts, ideas, facts, and problems related with the field; perceives, designs, and applies them multi-dimensionally.
5	Evaluates interaction with sub-disciplines related with the field, uses the information creatively.
6	Works, undertakes responsibility, and carries out plans individually and as a group member.
7	Identifies the learning requirements about the field, and directs his learning within a lifelong sense of social conscience.
8	Uses information and communication technologies required by the field at least at an advanced level of Europe Computer Literacy License.
9	Follows new information relevant with the field and communicates with colleagues using a foreign language (Europe Language Portfolio General Level: B1 Level).
10	Creates projects supporting solution suggestions to problems in his field with qualified and quantified data; shares them with experts and non-experts.					X
11	Converts concrete and abstract concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original products, analyzes the acquired information and skills with a critical approach.
12	Is aware of national and international values of art and design, and acts in accordance with ethical values.			X
13	Has knowledge, equipment, and aesthetic awareness about art culture and history that is necessary for carrying out successful studies related with the discipline.
14	Has enough awareness about the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture, and protection of cultural values and environment, occupational health and safety.		X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	2	32
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	2	7	14
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	1	8	8
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	3	5	15
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	4	4
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	2	2
Total Workload			75