İletişim ve Tasarımı Lisans Diploması

ISCO 08

ISCO 08

• The Department of Communication and Design is a higher education program that covers an eight-semester curriculum based on secondary education qualifications and provides education focused on a specific learning area or profession.
• The Department of Communication and Design aims to train designers who can combine current technologies with design; who can think analytically, produce products suitable for the specified target, have a developed sense of responsibility, can adapt to teamwork, follow the world, and create sustainable and interactive designs in the fields of communication, digital media, and advertising.

• In the Department of Communication and Design, education and training are conducted in the form of formal education. Compulsory courses specified by the Higher Education Council (YÖK) are delivered through distance education. All other courses are conducted face-to-face. The curriculum of the department consists of theoretical and practical courses. Theoretical courses are held in classrooms, while practical courses take place in computer laboratories and workshops. Additionally, there is a mandatory 60-day summer internship. Students can intern in various sectors including desktop publishing companies, newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, digital media outlets, advertising and design agencies, gaming platforms, television stations, the film industry, every sector where the internet is present, public institutions, and many more.

• Learns the fundamental principles of communication processes and develops knowledge about communication models and types.
• Develops basic skills in visual communication tools such as graphic design, photography, and video production.
• Enhances effective writing skills and learns academic and professional writing rules.
• Utilizes and manages digital media tools such as web design and social media management.
• Analyzes visual and auditory media products and conducts media criticism.
• Understands the cultural and social dimensions of communication and develops awareness of the social impacts and roles of communication.
• Manages communication and design projects, plans time effectively, and organizes resources.
• Develops communication strategies, analyzes target audiences, designs messages, and implements communication strategies.
• Learns and applies basic principles of graphic design such as typography, color theory, and composition.
• Develops projects through interdisciplinary studies with a communication and design consciousness.
• Develops campaigns aimed at solving political and social visual communication issues using historical and theoretical knowledge from the field of Communication Design.
• Executes applications in Digital Design and Multimedia.
• Uses necessary programs for every stage of post-production processes in a communication institution.
• Develops various visual communication analysis strategies using the knowledge of communication and design sciences in the creation and implementation of sustainable design principles.
• Designs using advanced computer programs, information and communication technologies, and programs as required by the field of Communication Design.

• Literacy skills
• Digital literacy
• Personal, social, and learning-to-learn skills
• Entrepreneurial skills
• Cultural awareness and expression skills
• Visual and auditory communication skills
• Creative thinking and innovation skills
• Technology-focused communication skills

• Assessment and evaluation methods, types of exams, and their contributions to the course grade are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles set by the Higher Education Council (YÖK).
• Various methods such as assignments, projects, applications, midterm exams, and final exams are used in assessment and evaluation.
• Letter and/or numerical grading systems are used to evaluate student success.

For the preservation of the quality of higher education programs:

• YÖK (Higher Education Council) 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" belonging to higher education institutions, prepared annually within the framework of criteria determined by YÖK, are published. These reports, containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.
• "Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report" containing academic, administrative, and financial data of foundation higher education institutions is published annually by YÖK. These reports, containing quantitative and qualitative evaluations conducted for foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by YÖK.

Quality assurance for undergraduate programs in higher education is ensured according to the "Procedures and Principles for Ensuring Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs":

1. Establishment and Approval of Educational Programs:

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 of each program to be acquired by students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK.

1.3. After the curriculum of National Core Education Programs is approved by the relevant Council of Deans, it is implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK.

2. Assessment and Evaluation: The assessment and evaluation of the learning outcomes to be acquired by students in each undergraduate program are conducted according to the education, training, and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK.

3. Certification: Students registered 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-Evaluation-External Evaluation: Higher education institutions enter the "Institutional Internal Evaluation Reports" prepared by YÖKAK (Higher Education Quality Board) for the previous year into the Information System at the beginning of each year. YÖKAK shares the "Institutional Feedback Report" prepared for the external evaluation of higher education institutions with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions given by accreditation bodies authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also demonstrate that the qualifications of programs are ensured. YÖKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined by legislation.

• To graduate from high schools or foreign high schools approved by the Ministry of National Education, or equivalent institutions, and to meet the admission requirements of higher education institutions' undergraduate programs.
• To be placed in the relevant undergraduate program of a higher education institution based on the centralized exam administered by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), according to the procedures and principles determined by YÖK.
• To meet the requirements for Horizontal Transfer.
• To be placed in undergraduate programs that are a continuation of the fields they have completed at associate degree level by achieving success in the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) administered by ÖSYM, according to the procedures and principles determined by YÖK.

• Those who hold a bachelor's degree may continue their education in master's programs, and if they meet the relevant requirements, they may also be admitted to doctoral programs and artistic proficiency programs based on their bachelor's degree.
• Undergraduate students have the right to participate in double major programs offered by the higher education institutions where they are enrolled. Students enrolled in double major programs may take courses simultaneously from two diploma programs and, if successful, receive two separate bachelor's degrees.

1. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education

1.1. Regulation on the Principles of Transition between Associate and Bachelor's Degree Programs, Double Major, Minor, and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer at Higher Education Institutions

1.2. Regulation on the Continuation of Vocational School and Open Education Associate Degree Program Graduates to Bachelor's Education

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

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

The qualification remains continuously valid.