This course allows students to explore an area of academic interest not currently covered in regular course offerings. Under the supervision of a faculty member, students are expected to take responsibility for their own learning, including developing together a reading list and forms of evaluation. Students must receive the approval of a supervisor faculty member prior to enrollment.
Independent Study (VA 399)
2021 Fall
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Vis. Arts&Vis.l Comm Des.(VA)
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Yoong Wah Alex Wong alexw@sabanciuniv.edu, Wieslaw Zaremba zaremba@sabanciuniv.edu, Selim Birsel selim@sabanciuniv.edu, Selçuk Hüseyin Artut sartut@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Undergraduate
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Studio work/practice,One-to-one tutorial
Interactive,Communicative,Project based learning,Guided discovery,Case Study
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| Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
| Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design | * | ||
| Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design | * |
CONTENT
OBJECTIVE
To introduce advanced art and design problems and methodologies which are crucial for creating visual response to these problems.The core question to be pursued is: What kind of art and design problems are we facing within our environment. How can these problems be qualitatively diagnosed in order to solve it visually as accurate as possible.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Students will be able to: a) compare the historical, social and political origins of art and design b) compare analog and digital art and design techniques c) compare the use of analog, digital or the combination of the two media
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 5
2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 4
3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself. 5
4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 5
5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 5
1. Demonstrate safe working habits and a general understanding of materials and processes in the visual arts. 4
2. Demonstrate knowledge of representational processes using visual as well as audial material as mediums of representation. 5
3. Show working knowledge of the process of transforming abstract/textual concepts into concrete, audio/visual forms. 5
4. Appreciate and express the cultural significance of art and understand its evolution and purposes. 5
5. Develop an awareness of compositional and organizational strategies for the effective deployment of formal elements of visual art. 5
6. Read visual texts with a deep knowledge of art history and theory and the ability of situating the content and form of the visual representation both in a historical and thematic context. 5
7. Employ necessary background knowledge regarding art administration in the body of museums and galleries. 1
8. Show a practical and technical command of materials and methods in one or more media of the visual arts. 5
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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA
| Percentage (%) | |
| Individual Project | 100 |
RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS
| Textbook |
Visualizing Research: A Guide to the Research Process in Art and Design |