IAED 205 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

Course Name

Design Semiotics for IAED

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
IAED 205	Spring	2	1	2	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Required
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Group Work Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Selin GÜLDEN
Course Lecturer(s)	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Selin GÜLDEN
Assistant(s)	Arş.Gör. YASEMİN ALBAYRAK KUTLAY

Course Objectives	This course aims to equip the students with the fundamental skills and knowledge of understanding the meanings embedded in design, analyzing and utilizing the social and cultural messages in design.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; specify the resources in semiotics, which will especially help to gain a progressive appreciation of design. define the theoretical, research-based, and application fundamentals of design semiotics. define the social and cultural messages in various fields of design. comprehensively analyze the meaning of products designed with a semiotic base. evaluate the multi-layered meaning of designed products and artworks. generate a semiotic design/artwork project of their own.
Course Description	Imbedded into a general framework of aesthetics, the course offers a different analysis of sign systems by means of a semiotic instrument. It will imply denotations and connotations of design language, and will respectively refer to the medium and its messages. Destined to sharpen the consciousness of the future designers for signalizing metaphors within daily life, it will also deal with the uniformitarian vocabulary of mass production vs. handcraft, with the divergence between paradigm and syntagma. Additionally, a variety of analysis and theories about sign, signifier, signified, signification and semantics are to be studied within the course with case studies.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction to the Course	None
2	Lecture 1: Models of the Sign Quiz 1	Read Chapter 1: Semiotics – _The Basics by Daniel Chandler
3	Lecture 2: Signs and Things Quiz 2	Read Chapter 2: Semiotics – _The Basics by Daniel Chandler
4	Lecture 3: Analyzing Structure Quiz 3	Read Chapter 3: Semiotics – _The Basics by Daniel Chandler
5	Lecture 4: Challenging the Literal Quiz 4	Read Chapter 4: Semiotics – _The Basics by Daniel Chandler
6	Lecture 5: Codes Quiz 5	Read Chapter 5: Semiotics – _The Basics by Daniel Chandler
7	Lecture 6: Textual Interactions Quiz 6 Lecture 7: Poststructuralism & Revision of the Course Quiz 7 Midterm instructions given (Midterm exam will be held in a common time between Apr 4-12)	Read Chapter 6: Semiotics – _The Basics by Daniel Chandler Read Chapter 7: Semiotics – _The Basics by Daniel Chandler Preparation for Midterm (from Chapter 1 to 7)
8	MIDTERM WEEK - NO CLASS	Preparation for Midterm (from Chapter 1 to 7)
9	Project Brief, Google Nano Banana AI Presentation & Questions	None
10	In-class Exercise: Project – Assignment 1 Submission: Project - Assignment 1	Preparation for Project – Assignment 1 & Google Nano Banana AI
11	In-class Exercise: Project – Assignment 2 Submission: Project - Assignment 2	Preparation for Project – Assignment 2 & Google Nano Banana AI
12	Submission of Project – Assignment 3 Discussion about Assignment 3	Preparation for Project – Assignment 2 & Google Nano Banana AI Upload Project – Assignment 3 submission
13	Submission of Project – Assignment 4 Discussion about Assignment 4	Preparation for Project – Assignment 4 & Google Nano Banana AI Upload Project – Assignment 4 submission
14	NO CLASS	Preparation for the submission of Project – Presentation
15	RAMADAN HOLIDAY	Preparation for the submission of Project – Presentation
16	Review of the semester Submission and Presentation of Project	Preparation for the submission of Project – Presentation Upload Project – Presentation submission

Course Notes/Textbooks

Semiotics – The Basics by Daniel Chandler is the main text presented during this course.

Semiotics – The Basics, Daniel Chandler, Routledge: 2nd Edition, 2007, ISBN-10: 9780415363754, ISBN-13: 978-0415363754, https://e-sarthi.lpcps.org.in/uploads/Notes/11/53/336/Unit%20I/Semiotics-the-Basics.pdf

Suggested Readings/Materials

Semiotics for Beginners - Daniel Chandler: http://visual-memory.co.uk/daniel/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	1	10
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury	-
Project	1	50
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	4	100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	-	-
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	2	32
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16	1	16
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	1	7	7
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury	-		0
Project	1	25	25
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	12	12
Final Exam			0
		Total	120

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to perform, execute and manage the various responsibilities and duties of an interior architecture and environmental design professional	X	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to recognize, analyze and integrate within their practice the particular local and regional needs and developments of their profession	-	-	-	-	-
3	To be able to communicate and collaborate with other individuals and groups on a national and international level within their profession	-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to develop, integrate and promote independent critical approaches for their professional practice	-	X	-	-	-
5	To be able to understand the social and environmental issues and responsibilities of their profession	-	X	-	-	-
6	To be able identify, assess and utilize the most up to date research, innovations, trends and technologies	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to consider the national and international standards and regulations of their field	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to develop the abilities to communicate and present design ideas within visual, oral and textual formats	-	X	-	-	-
9	To be able to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to design on a national and international level	-	X	-	-	-
10	To be able to recognize their own strengths, and develop them within an environment	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to collect data in the areas of interior architecture and environmental design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise	X	-	-	-	-