ID451 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Course Code:1250451
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:4.0
Department:Industrial Design
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:Lecturer Dr. MİHRAÇ BANU GÜNDOĞAN
Offered Semester:Fall Semesters.

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, each participant will be able to present and discuss state-of-the-art perspectives on digital citizenship, university culture, professionalism, career management, work legislation, entrepreneurship, negotiation, intellectual property and design ethics. 


Course Content

Practical information pertaining to the profession of Industrial Design. Relations with clients. Legal, financial, administrative problems. Office organization. Guest lecturers.


Course Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to construct an awareness of their own professional development within the framework defined in the Course Objectives section.


Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
#Program Outcomes0123
1Creative problem defining and solving.
2Planning and managing the design process.
3Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D).
4Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research.
5Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society.
6Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life.
7Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights.
8Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences.
9Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change.
10Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments.
11Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches.
12Competency in the processes and actions in professional life.
13Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments.
14Ability in working within teams.
15Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions.

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