Görsel İletişim Tasarımı Lisans Diploması

ISCO 08

ISCO 08

• The primary goal of our department is to raise individuals who feel the responsibility of receiving education in a field of art and who demonstrate their difference within the social structure with their stance.
• The Visual Communication Design Department aims to raise individuals who can perform correct and effective work in the design of the product that requires creativity in the communication sector and where the idea must be revealed during the production phase.
• Since our department is located within the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, it has adopted the principle of providing the necessary education to perform studies where creativity and difference can be demonstrated, where artistic creativity and aesthetic presentation reinforced with art education play an active role in the products produced, instead of ordinary productions with a mechanical understanding.
• The Visual Communication Design Department aims to ensure that students specialize in one or more branches of design, and aims to provide the ability to combine successful studies with the general art education it provides and to create a composition.

• Education and training are provided in formal, open or distance education. In addition, practical training is provided in laboratories and workshops within higher education institutions.
• In this program, education is provided as "First Education".

• To have advanced knowledge and equipment in the field of Visual Communication (Multimedia, Photography, Cinema, Graphic Design), to use the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in this field; to examine the concepts, ideas and facts in the field with scientific methods, to interpret and evaluate the data.
• To know, understand and adapt the basic art principles to the field of Visual Communication Design.
• To have computer-aided design knowledge; to have knowledge about design techniques and methods in different fields and to apply them. To understand the principles of visual composition and to apply them in design.
• To evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of visual communication design with a critical approach, to determine learning needs and to direct learning throughout life.
• To define problems related to visual communication design, to develop solution proposals based on evidence and research.
• To inform the relevant persons and institutions on issues related to visual communication design; to convey thoughts and solution proposals related to problems in written and oral form, to share them with experts and non-experts by supporting them with quantitative and qualitative data.
• Taking advantage of other disciplines that form the basis of visual communication design by valuing interdisciplinary interaction, having basic knowledge about these disciplines and creating a basis for mutual interaction in different fields.
• Taking responsibility as an individual and group member to solve complex and unforeseen problems encountered in practice; having effective communication skills.
• Developing multi-dimensional perception, thinking, designing, application skills, having the capacity to analyze and comment.
• Having knowledge about legal regulations and procedures in the relevant art field.
• Following information about visual communication design using a foreign language.
• Having competence in the production standards of the field and using the information and communication technologies required by the field.
• Having social, scientific and ethical values ​​in the stages of collecting, interpreting, announcing and implementing data related to visual communication.
• Having aesthetic awareness.

Possesses the key competencies listed below at an advanced level.

1. Reading and writing competence

2. Multilingual competence

3. Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology and engineering

4. Digital competence

5. Personal, social and learning to learn competence

6. Civic competence

7. Entrepreneurial competence

8. Cultural awareness and expression competence

Different methods such as homework, projects, applications, midterm exams and final exams are used in measurement and evaluation. This section is explained in the course introduction and application form of the relevant course. Please see the Course Structure for details. Letter and/or number-based grading systems are used in the evaluation of student success. 

Exam Types

• Semester/year measurement activities for a course; midterm exam, quiz, homework, oral exam,
• project/design, performance task (application, laboratory, workshop, seminar, field work), work
• It consists of health and safety examination (OHS) activities.

Number of Measurements and Ratios

• One course, excluding courses evaluated as Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory at the end of the semester/year
• It is mandatory to carry out at least one measurement activity during the semester/year measurement. But your lessons
• Depending on its characteristics, it can be changed by the decision of the Board of the Department and the relevant unit. From yearly activities
• The impact of each of them on the total success rate during the year cannot be less than 10%.
• Contribution of semester/year and end-of-semester (final) measurement results to the success grade. rates (weights) are determined by the course coordinator before the start of the academic year.
• These ratios are taken as basis when determining and evaluating.
• Success grades of the exams determined in the semester/year evaluation
• Each semester/year and end-of-semester/year assessment grades are given out of 100 points. No letter grade is given for the measurement results. Letter passing grades are given after all assessment activities, including the semester/year final exam, are completed.

Success Degree Success Grade Letter Success Grade Coefficient

• Okay 90.00 – 100.00 AA 4.00
• Good-Excellent 85.00 - 89.99 BA 3.50
• Good 80.00 - 84.99 BB 3.00
• Medium-Good 75.00 - 79.99 CB 2.50
• Medium 65.00 - 74.99 CC 2.00
• Weak-Medium 58.00 - 64.99 DC 1.50
• Weak 50.00 - 57.99 DD 1.00
• Failed 40.00 - 49.99 FD 0.50
• Failed 0 - 39.99 FF 0.00
• Absentee -- DZ 0.00
• Did not take the exam -- GR 0.00
• Adequate -- YT –
• Insufficient -- AI –
• Exempt -- MU –
• Missing -- E –

In order to monitor the quality of higher education programs;

• 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 every year within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK, are published. Reports prepared according to these reports, containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations for 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 of 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. Creation and Approval of Curriculum:

1.1. YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required for the opening of 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 in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

1.3. The curriculum of National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK 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 in accordance with the education, training and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK 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; receives a bachelor's degree.

4. Self-Evaluation-External Evaluation: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter the "Institution Internal Evaluation Reports" of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (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 qualifications of the programs is ensured. It carries out regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with the YÖKAK legislation.

Accreditation Body Name: Communication Research Association (Communication Education Evaluation Accreditation Board) (İLAD)

Start/End Date: 4.04.2024/4.04.2026

1. To be placed in the program as a result of the central exam conducted by the Evaluation, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) and whose procedures and principles are determined by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK).

2. To be placed in undergraduate programs that are a continuation of the fields they have completed in higher education institutions for associate degree graduates as a result of the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by ÖSYM and whose procedures and principles are determined by YÖK.

3. A student who has started his/her education in an equivalent program in Turkey or abroad can apply for horizontal transfer. The acceptance of students is examined and evaluated individually before the beginning of the term, considering the conditions of each student and the degree he/she applied for.

4. More detailed information about university admission is available in the Institution Introduction Catalogue.

• Our graduates who combine their visual literacy skills with creativity and design discipline can have a say and find a place for themselves in almost every field of communication such as design, advertising, publishing, photography, two or three-dimensional visualization, animation, new media, television, cinema in private or public institutions.
• Our graduates who continue their postgraduate education and meet certain conditions can continue their academic careers in departments related to visual communication design.

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

The qualification is always valid.