Görsel İletişim Tasarımı (İngilizce) Lisans Diploması

ISCO:08

ISCO:08

The main purpose of the Visual Communication Design Program is to provide students with the ability to create original and contemporary design products. This program aims to train communication designers who use current technologies in line with the needs of the 21st century, produce permanent solutions to social, environmental and artistic problems, adopt an interdisciplinary approach and have sectoral experience.

Education and training are carried out in the form of formal, open or distance education. Additionally, practical training is provided as internships in various institutions in the sector.

• Uses technical and academic knowledge accumulated in visual communication design field for authentic projects.
• Designs 2 and 3 dimensional creative products considering the aesthetic rules.
• Employs efficiently the technical innovations required by the professional field.
• Analyses problems related to the field starting from the concept and develops appropriate projects for the targeted audience.
• Behaves according to the national and international professional ethical principles.
• Builds awareness to universal and social problems by developed projects and offers solutions to them.
• Gains sectoral experience by compulsory internship, relates academic knowledge with field experience.
• Grasps the importance of interdisciplinary working by lifelong learning mind-set and collaborates with different teams.
• Develops concepts and puts forth innovative and authentic works to enrich the cultural and artistic accumulation related to the field.
• Transforms the creative ideas into moving and interactive visual expressions, executes multi-dimensional designs.

Possesses the key competencies listed below at an advanced level.

• Reading and writing competence
• Multilingual competence
• Analytical thinking competence
• Digital competence
• Personal, social and learning to learn competence
• Civic competence
• Entrepreneurial competence
• Cultural awareness and expression competence

Kinds of examination, measurement, and evaluation in each course in the program are accurately defined in the syllabi. 

Success grades and coefficients are shown in the following table:

In addition, the following abbreviations are used depending on the situation of the students:

a)I-Incomplete: It is given to students who cannot complete the course work due to valid excuses. These students are required to complete the requirements of the I grade by the end of the following semester's add / drop date at the latest. Upon completion of the requirements, the student receives the required grade, and if the requirement is not fulfilled by that date, the student's I grade automatically becomes an FF grade.

b)L-Leave: Used for students who are allowed leave according to the provisions of this Regulation.

c) NC-Non-Credit: Used for non-credit courses.

ç) ND-Non-Degree: Used for non-credit courses that are not intended for graduation from Yeditepe University and are not included in the grade average score.

d) P-Pass: Given to students who succeed in courses not included in their GPA.

e) R-Repeat: Indicates that the course is repeated.

f) RR-Repeat Resigned: Used for the repeated courses to raise grades.

g) (Different Official Gazette dated 14.09.2015 / 29475 no.) T-Transfer: Used for the courses from a program inside or outside of the higher education institution and approved for adjustment by the relevant board of directors and added in the grade average calculation. Courses transferred from foreign exchange programs are not included in the grade point average.

ğ) W- Withdrawal: This takes place after the date of add / drop within the period determined by the academic calendar and approved by the advisor.

In order to monitor the quality of higher education programs,

The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) is responsible for the planning, organization, management, and supervision of education, training, and other activities carried out in higher education institutions.

"University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports" of higher education institutions, prepared annually within the criteria determined by YÖK, are published. Reports prepared according to these reports, containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.

Every year, YÖK publishes the "Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report", which includes academic, administrative, and financial data on foundation higher education institutions. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK. Quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the "Procedures and Principles for Providing Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

1. Design and Approval of Curriculum:

1.1. YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required to open undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions.

1.2. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will bring to the student are determined by the senates of higher education institutions by the fundamental principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

1.3. Higher education institutions implement the curriculum of National Core Education Programs with the approval of the Council of Higher Education after being accepted by the relevant Deans Council.

2. Measurement-Evaluation: How to measure and evaluate the learning outcomes that each undergraduate program will provide to the student is carried out by the education, training, and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions by the fundamental principles determined by the Council of Higher Education on these issues.

3. Certification: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs, if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions, receive a bachelor's degree.

4. Self-Evaluation-External Evaluation: In continuous monitoring, higher education institutions submit the "Institutional Internal Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. The "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared by YÖKAK regarding the external evaluation of higher education institutions is shared with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also show that the quality assurance of the programs' qualifications is ensured. It conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined by the YÖKAK legislation.

The Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of University Programs in Mathematical, Natural and Social Sciences (FEDEK)

Student admission is made according to the results of the central exam organized by the Measuring, Selection, and Placement Center (ÖSYM) and the principles determined by the Council of Higher Education.

Student admission to the program is explained in detail under the heading "Student Admission" in the "About Yeditepe University" section.

Graduates of Visual Communication Design Department have the opportunity to work in many professions with their ability to use technology effectively and strong communication skills. Students, who  are graduated from the Visual Communication Design Department after a four-year education, successfully represent themselves in the professional business world with their design portfolios they have created in workshops and end-of-year exhibitions throughout their education period. They work in the corporate communication departments of public and private institutions operating in various sectors, especially in the fields of visual communication of the media sector. Graduates can work in computer software companies, advertising agencies, television channels, game design companies, film production and animation companies with titles such as visual communication designer, 3D designer, concept designer, game designer, art director, web designer, interaction designer. Students who are successful in the required exams and complete a master program after graduation have the opportunity to pursue an academic career.

1. Higher Education Law No. 2547

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transfer Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Undergraduate Education for Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs

2. Higher Education Law No. 2547 (Additional Article-35)

2.1.Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board Regulation

Qualification is valid indefinetaly.