ID485 CERAMIC FORM I
| Course Code: | 1250485 |
| 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 FUNDA ÖZKAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
-Material, it's nature and history will be introduced by instructor, supported with visual presentations.
-Basic workshop system and material preparation will be learned.
-Turkish and worldwide ceramic topic , contemporary methods, outputs and needs will be shown as presentations by instructor.
-Basic 3 shaping methods will be learned on trial pieces.
-Designed models will be produced after each method trial.
-Worldwide samples and product opportunities related to the methods shown will be shared with presentations by instructor.
-Final design topic will be discussed and assigned with all course group.
-Experience whole process of the production of a functional or decorative project as a group or personal work.
-Designed, produced and glazed outputs will be presented.
Course Content
Development of concept of form through the medium of clay. Hand-building, slip casting and wheel techniques in pottery making are practiced. Special emphasis on form, function and detailing.
Course Learning Outcomes
-Encounter basic plastic materials, both for modelling ideas and producing ceramics.
-Experince the craft routes of design history
-Improve hand skills for plastic materials
-Face with the needs and necessities for ceramic design
-Know actual situation of sector, methods and outputs
-Learn proper methods for specific ceramic designs
-Experince whoole steps of material preperation and production
-Improve modelling and designing capacity especially for complex curvilinear lines
-Follow whole stages of a production line starts with material preperation and ends with the final product by doing.
-Have a better understanding of the ethics of productive workplace both for group and individual working
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Creative problem defining and solving. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Planning and managing the design process. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D). | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Competency in the processes and actions in professional life. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Ability in working within teams. | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution