Communication Design

Description

Department of Communication Design aims to train individuals who are able to work as expert communication designers in the fields of Internet, TV and other media. In this popular programme, the students will have the opportunity to produce works in creative areas such as photography, video, interactive media design, animation, to design indoor/outdoor events.

Communication Design is considered in two parts: visual and managerial/cultural design of the communication. The curriculum of Communication Design Department gives our students the opportunity of specializing as creative designers, managers or organization designers in cultural industry. The students who decide to specialize in creative practices focus on multimedia and interactive design, the ones who choose the path of managerial/cultural design focus on courses related to business management, organization and planning. In addition to these two paths, departmental electives include courses from cinema, TV, advertising and public relations.

Working Fields

Our graduates who are able to organize a rich portfolio during their 4-year programme, can start working in fields of art, design, cultural production management or can apply for a graduate programme in communication and art. Some positions in the industry that are offered to our graduates are: Design (especially motion, web and multimedia based); animation, creative management (advertising), art direction, cinematography, production, postproduction, planning and organization, managership (artistic and cultural productions).

Detailed Course Facts

• English

Course Content

Year 1 Fall

• Communication and Media
• Keywords in Social Sciences
• Basic Design
• English for Academic Purposes I
• Turkish I
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Total Credit

Year 1 - Spring

• Communication and Art
• History of Art and Civilizations
• Communicationscapes
• Introduction to Communication Design
• English for Academic Purposes II
• Turkish II
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Year 2 - Fall

• Communication Design Studio
• Typography
• Communication Research Methods
• History of Turkish Modernization I
• English for Academic Purposes III
• Restricted Faculty Elective (CF251/253/255/257)
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Year 2 - Spring

• Multimedia Tools Studio
• Photography
• Communication Theories
• History of Turkish Modernization II
• English for Academic Purposes IV
• Faculty Elective
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Year 3 - Fall

• Multimedia Production Studio
• Design Concepts and Theories
• Communication Ethics and Rights
• Elective
• Elective
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Year 3 - Spring

• Interface Design Studio
• Analysis of Visual Culture
• Elective
• Elective
• Elective
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Year 4 - Fall

• Interaction Design Studio
• Elective
• Elective
• Elective
• Elective

Year 4 - Spring

• Senior Project
• Elective
• Elective
• Elective
• Elective

Year 3 - Fall

• Video Production
• Web Design

Year 3 - Spring

• Motion Typography
• Video Post-production

Year 4 - Fall

• Production Design
• Issues of Contemporary Art

Year 4 - Spring

• Time-based Media

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Kadir Has University.