FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN

Department of Industrial Design

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PD 498 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Graduation Project

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
PD 498	Spring	2	6	5	14

Prerequisites

	FFD 101 To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	ID 303 To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	PD 314 To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	PD 409 To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	FFD 102 To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	ID 201 To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	ID 202 To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)

Course Language

English

Course Type

Required

Course Level

First Cycle

Mode of Delivery

Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course

Course Coordinator

Course Lecturer(s)

Assistant(s)

Course Objectives	The aim of the graduation project is to provide a venue for senior students to apply all their knowledge and skills gained during their undergraduate education. Additionally, to create an opportunity for these students to focus on a particular design issue or problem of their choice. The student designers will be able to extend their knowledge of a particular topic, improve and demonstrate their design skills and their ability to manage an industrial design project. This design course is a step before professional life, and therefore, the course should be undertaken, by the student, in a serious manner, to professional standards.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Student will be able to manage their own industrial design processes by applying basic and advanced design methods and creativity techniques to given design problems. Student will be able to extend their knowledge on a design topic by finding and interpreting complex information relevant to their design problem. Student will be able to make effective oral and visual presentations to communicate advanced design concepts and design process Student will be able to develop and apply advanced skills in physical prototyping and CAD modeling and manual rendering techniques in the resolution of design problems Student will be able to work autonomously on design problems of a high degree of technical complexity to solve multi-faceted design problems. Student will be able to collaborate with industrial partners and gain experience discussing and resolving their design problems, and presenting their design process and concepts. Student will be able to produce advanced prototypes of design concepts for the purposes of testing and simulation, and for presenting to and convincing decision makers.
Course Description	This course consists of a single significant industrial design project. Students will undertake advanced design processes, to a high degree of technical detail, that focus on specific aspects of the design problem for consumer products, services, or systems. In this course, students will produce convincing prototypes and visual presentations of their final product and design concepts.

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction, Gantt Chart	Product Design Sketches. Product Research
2	Product Design	Product Design Sketches. Product Research
3	Product Design	Patent Research. Consumer Reports. Technology Research. Material Research
4	Product Design	Patent Research. Consumer Reports. Technology Research. Material Research
5	Product Design	2D & 3D Phase. Material Samples
6	Product Design	Sketching, 3D Modelling
7	3 APRIL SUBMISSION 1: Brief + Product Design	Sketching, 3D Modelling
8	Design Process cont.	Sketching, 3D Modelling
9	14 APRIL SUBMISSION 2: 3D Animated video of Design/System + High Quality Renders/Sketches	Animated video, Sketching, 3D Modelling
10	IUE Technology Transfer Office (TTO)'s intellectual property rights presentation and Filling out the IUE Invention Notification Form for projects that meet the Turkish Patent Institute (TPE) application criteria	none
11	28 APRIL SUBMISSION 3: Identity Design	Personal & Product identity files
12	Project Website development	Image remodeling/retouching/staging
13	Project Website development cont.	Image remodeling/retouching/staging
14	Project Website development cont.	Image remodeling/retouching/staging
15	28 MAY SUBMISSION 4: Final Website + Catalog + Video	Submit materials listed below in WEEK 15-16: Final Website (link & pdf) + Catalog (pdf) + Video (mov./avi/etc.)
16	FINAL SUBMISSION	All materials revised for final submission

Course Notes/Textbooks	There is no special textbook for this course. However, some reading materials are assigned by instructors on an ad hoc basis. Each student designer, during the course of the project, will necessarily do desk and field research and should become familiar with the science and information that is available on their topic.
Suggested Readings/Materials	Student designers are encouraged to be in contact with firms and professionals during the course of the design project.

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury	4	60
Project	1	30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	6	100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	4	64
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16	4	64
Study Hours Out of Class	16	12	192
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury	4	15	60
Project	1	40	40
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms			0
Final Exam			0
		Total	420

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

Program Competencies/Outcomes

* Contribution Level

To be able to equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge of industrial design, and to apply it to a variety of products, services and systems from conventional industries to urban scale with innovative and sustainable approaches

To be able to communicate design concepts and proposals for solutions, which are supported with quantitative and qualitative data, to specialists and non-specialists through visual, written, and oral means

To be able to equipped with the related theoretical and methodological knowledge of engineering, management, and visual communication that is required for interdisciplinary characteristic of industrial design; and to collaborate with other disciplines, organizations, or companies

To be able to equipped with the knowledge of history and theory of design, arts and crafts; and culture of industrial design

To be able to equipped with social, cultural, economic, environmental, legal, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation and/or application of disciplinary information and to employ these values regarding different needs

To be able to develop contemporary approaches individually and as a team member to solve today’s problems in the practice of industrial design

To be able to define design problems within their contexts and circumstances, and to propose solutions for them within the discipline of industrial design considering materials, production technologies and ergonomics

To be able to use digital information and communication technologies, physical model making techniques and machinery, at an adequate level to the discipline of industrial design

To be able to employ design research and methods within the theory and practice of industrial design

To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen specialization area within the industrial design field

To be able to collect data in the areas of industrial design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

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