Interdisciplinary Design Studies Program
WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF THE COURSES IN FALL SEMESTER 2024 – 2025
CORE COURSES
| COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | LECTURER | PLACE |
| ID512/DS501 | Advanced Design Project**(2-2)3 or Design Project (2-2)3 | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Talu | A206 |
| ID521/DS502 | Research Methods in Design**(2-2)3 or Ethics and Research Methods in Design(2-2)3 | Assist. Prof. Dr. Bahar Emgin Şavk | EZ16 |
| ID514/DS504 | Seminar* **(0-2)NC or Seminar(0-2) NC | Assist. Prof. Dr. Fulya Ertem Başkaya | B105 |
| ID500 | Thesis (0-1)NC | ||
| ID8XX | Special Studies (8-0)NC |
The core courses of the Industrial Design Master’s program and the Design Studies Interdisciplinary Master’s program are equivalent to each other.
*All M.S. students must register Seminar course until the beginning of their 4th semester.
** All M.S. students must register one of the equivalent courses from each of these binary course sets: ID 512/DS 501; ID 521/DS502 and ID 514/DS 504.
Number of courses with credit (min): 7
Total credit (min): 21
Total ECTS (min): 120
ELECTIVE COURSES
| COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | LECTURER | PLACE |
| DS511 | Applied Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS512 | Basic Mechatronics for Design (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS513 | Colour and Design (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS514 | Communication and Design (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS515 | Consumption Culture and Design (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS516 | Craft and Design (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS517 | Creative Writing (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS518 | Cultural Analysis of Design (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS519 | Cultural Studies (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS520 | Design(art) as Critical Design Practices (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS521 | Design, Domesticity and Daily Life Objects (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS522 | Design History (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS523 | Design in the Context of Modern Art and Society (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS524 | Design Management (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS525 | Design Models, and Methods (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS526 | Design Thinking and Innovation (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS527 | Fashion Theory (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS528 | Innovative Materials (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS529 | Intellectual Property Rights and Design (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS530 | Introduction to Science and Technology Studies (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS531 | Key Themes and Debates in Media Studies (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS532 | Materials in Design (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS533 | Novel Interfaces for Human-Machine Interaction (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS534 | Play and Toy Design (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS535 | Politics and Aesthetics of Representation (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS536 | Special Topics in Design (3-0)3 | – | |
| DS537 | Sustainability and Sustainable Design Models (2-2)3 | – | |
| DS538 | Wearable Technology (3-0)3 | – |
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