Maltepe University Visual Communication Design Profile of the Programme

The aim of the Visual Communication Design undergraduate program is to train productive and creative professionals who have acquired the knowledge and skills that will form the basis of their professional education,  have theoretical knowledge and advanced application skills i in the fields of photography, illustration, graphic design, new media, interactive design, animation, modeling and video, have the ability to use contemporary communication tools, have completed many individual projects and participated in group projects, have legal and ethical values, have a respectful, critical and analytical perspective, able to follow professional innovations and communicate using at least one foreign language. 

Vision

To be a preferred and recommended program that produces, contributes to its stakeholders, and society through its academic resources that continue to develop and produce, its graduates who are sought-after professionals in the sector with the knowledge and skills they have gained, communication institutions that collaborate with the sector and academia for mutual benefit,  and students who develop their knowledge and skills through curricular and extracurricular activities and turn their acquired skills into products.

Mission

To be a program that educates communication professionals who embrace the concept of continuous improvement in the face of constantly changing academy and sector expectations, make a difference by producing original, creative, and effective communication products based on scientific data, act sensitively in the society in which they live, and contribute to the advancement of their profession.

Objectives

To educate designers, who, 

- are supplied with basic communication theories and basic design learning which they can put into practice.

- follow local and global developments and new trends and think critically in visual communication.

- can work with all the other fields of communication collaboratively and with interaction.

- are aware of developments taking place both in Turkey and abroad.

- have a responsibility to such an extent that they can participate in individual as well as team work.

- produce designs suitable to economic and social developments and modern trends.

- communicate interpersonally and effectively in social and professional life and express themselves also in writing in a clear and comprehensible fashion.

- can produce all kinds of contents and designs belonging to visual communication media.

- develop aesthetic skills related to production processes and put them into practice.

- with the right methodological background, define a problem in the frame of either a field or theme oriented towards sector needs and develop creative and innovative solutions.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Nil KİREÇCİ

Head of Visual Communication Design Department