İletişim ve Tasarım Lisans Diploması

 ISCO 2008

 ISCO 2008

The Department of Communication and Design started education in the 2017-2018 academic year within the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences. The language of education is Turkish. Undergraduate education is based on a 4-year program with the aim of training students who have the competence to prepare, design and present effective messages by combining technology use with design and management skills in line with the policies and strategies of institutions and organizations in communication environments.

The courses given in the 4-year program in the Department of Communication and Design are courses aimed at field knowledge and are mostly compulsory courses. Elective courses, on the other hand, start from the third semester and continue until the end of the 8th semester. In the Communication and Design Program, technological hardware and software equipment are used throughout education. For students to be involved with the sector, a 20-day internship program is mandatory at the end of the 3rd year.

The department strives to carry out its work in collaboration with various institutions and organizations in the sector. For this purpose, there is a mentoring program for university-industry collaboration covering the period from the beginning of the 6th semester to the end of the 8th semester. In addition, a social responsibility campaign is carried out in which students are included to provide social responsibility campaign experiences for 4th year students.

The department has two computer laboratories, one of which is on Mac computers, and a photo studio, which are advanced in terms of software and hardware.

Our graduates can work in advertising agencies, design offices, communication agencies, communication coordinators of state and private institutions, television companies, internet newspapers and web design and social media management departments of institutions.

Graduates of the program can become entrepreneurs in the field of communication design and management in both private and public institutions in many sectors such as communication, visual and printed promotion, interactive media, education and entertainment, as well as work with titles such as visual communication designer, internet, web, portal, interface design and implementer, multimedia design and implementer, printed product design and implementer, campaign design and implementer and manager. They can also pursue an academic career in their own fields.

Education and training in the Department of Communication and Design is provided through formal, open or distance education. In addition, theoretical and practical training is provided in the computer laboratories within the university, as well as practical training through internships, mentoring programs and social responsibility campaign programs.

• Having sufficient interdisciplinary knowledge on social and cultural issues related to the field of communication and its programs, and the ability to use this knowledge in the areas covered by the program.
• Having knowledge about scientific, social, economic, legal, political developments etc.
• Having the ability to conduct field-specific research, plan, transform into product and implement with a creative and critical approach.
• Having the ability to work as a team in the field.
• Having knowledge about the legal regulations and practices related to the field.
• To have the ability to apply professional ethical principles in their work.
• To be sensitive about the universal and social effects and legal consequences of their professional work in the field, such as human rights, cultural diversity, environmental issues, public interest and public service.
• Having knowledge and experience about business life practices; having the ability to act with entrepreneurial and innovative approach awareness.
• Successfully completing at least two out-of-field courses in the curriculum.
• Having knowledge about occupational health and safety.
• Having the ability to communicate effectively in at least one foreign language (European Language Portfolio B1 General Level) in oral and written communication related to the field.

Students of the Department of Communication and Design have advanced levels of the following key competencies:

1. Literacy competency

2. Multilingual competency

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

4. Digital competency

5. Personal, social and learning to learn competency

6. Citizenship competency

7. Entrepreneurial competency

8. Cultural awareness and expression competency

In this program, various assessment techniques are applied such as Midterm exam, homework, exercise, project, final. Among those techniques, there could be classic exams, multiple choice exam, performance assessment and product. A lecture note could be assessed by evaluation of the above methods and a letter is given. Letter notes and each note’s value are as follows; Students are given a letter below for each lesson by their faculty members as success note.

Notes and values are as follows:

90-100 (A/4,0); 85-89 (A-/3,7); 80-84 (B+/3,3); 75-79 (B/3,0); 70-74 (B-/2,7); 65-69 (C+/2,3); 60-64 (C/2,0); 55-59 (C-/1,7); 50-54 (D+/1,3); 40-49 (D/1,0); 0-39 (FF/0,0).

Other letter grades are as follows:

FG: Did not take the exam

FX: Absentee

I: Incomplete

S: Sufficient

U: Insufficient

T: Transfer

P: Continuing

M: Exempt

To monitor the quality of higher education programs.

• YÖK is responsible for planning, organizing, managing and supervising the education and training and other activities carried out in higher education institutions.
• “University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports” of higher education institutions prepared within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK are published every year. The reports prepared according to these reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are also shared with the public by YÖK.
• The “Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report” is published each year by the Council of Higher Education, 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 the Council of Higher Education. The 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 opening 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 provide to students 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 the National Core Education Programs is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of the Council of Higher Education after being approved by the relevant Deans Council.

2. Measurement-Evaluation: The measurement and evaluation of the learning outcomes that each undergraduate program will provide for 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 the Council of Higher Education on these issues.

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

4. Self-Assessment-External Assessment: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter the “Internal Institutional Assessment Reports” of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (YOKAK) at the beginning of each year. YOKAK shares the “Institutional Feedback Report” prepared for the external assessment of higher education institutions with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation institutions authorized or recognized by YOKAK also show that the quality assurance of the qualifications of the programs is provided. YOKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with its legislation.

In our department, student admission is made according to the results of the Selection and Placement Exam organized by the Student Selection and Placement Center and other regulations determined by the Council of Higher Education. Candidates who have earned the right to become students of the Department of Communication and Design apply to the KTO Karatay University Student Affairs Coordination Office to register within the period determined by the OSYM Presidency. Apart from this, the admission of students from abroad or foreign nationals is made according to the KTO Karatay University Directive on Admission of Students from Abroad. In addition, students are accepted to the department within a certain quota through horizontal transfer application. The regulations regarding horizontal transfer conditions and application can be accessed from the KTO Karatay University Student Affairs Coordination Office web page. Students are placed in the department with the TS-1 score type.

1. Those who have a bachelor's degree can continue to graduate programs and, if they meet the relevant requirements, to doctoral and art proficiency programs accepted with a bachelor's degree.

2. Undergraduate students have the right to participate in double major programs opened by the higher education institutions they are studying in. Students enrolled in double major programs can take courses from two diploma programs simultaneously and receive two separate bachelor's degrees if they are successful.

1. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education

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

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

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

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

The qualification is always valid.