ID495 PORTFOLIO PRESENTATION
| Course Code: | 1250495 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer Dr. DALSU ÖZGEN KOÇYILDIRIM |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to get students prepared to enter professional life through visual self-branding and self-expression, by providing the necessary visual communication skills needed for the creation of business cards and personal portfolios. In the fourth year of undergraduate education, students need to start shaping a portfolio that will present their design works, approaches and processes in an effective, appealing and easy to understand manner. This design portfolio will be necessary after graduation to get employement or to be accepted in a graduate design program. Furthermore, the porftolio will also help students obtain sponsorships from industry for their graduation projects.
Course Content
Collection, documentation and presentation of physical reference materials of design students in relation to their design works. Students prepare and present their works, called a portfolio, either in the form of print, or in the form of electronic media.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will have a personal business card, a designer CV and design portfolio ready for future job interviews or school appplications. They will gain the basic graphic design skills needed to convey an identity through a brand design. They will know how to make use of materials, publishing formats, bindings, page layout and visual narrative to showcase their design works and processes in a printed book .
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Creative problem definition, developing solution-oriented ideas, critical thinking and creating solution proposals by synthesizing the knowledge gained | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Planning, managing and conducting the design process | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Planning and carrying out design-oriented research and transferring the results to the design process | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Thinking with basic design and visual organization elements and principles and being able to apply ideas in two and three dimensions | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Identifying the user's needs, predicting their expectations and integrating them into the design process | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to work individually and to conduct team-work | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Understanding the relationship of the Industrial Design field with different disciplines and being able to carry out interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Ability to communicate in international mediums using a foreign language and follow the professional agenda | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Developing an independent, lifelong learning approach by being aware of the ever-changing contexts of design | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being aware of the socio-cultural, socio-economic and environmental context in design and considering the benefit of society and the environment | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to interpret the issues related to art and culture affecting the historical development of industrial design on the local and global scale | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Having knowledge about business models, ethical principles, and laws and regulations that should be followed in professional practice | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Knowing the materials and production technology within the scope of Industrial Design and using them in the design process | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Having command of technological developments in the field of industrial design, being able to use the necessary technological tools | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Being able to present design ideas and solutions with relevant communication tools and methods | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution