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Last Updated: 08/10/2026

Code - Course Title	Course Type	Laboratory + Practice	ECTS
GRA247 - Creativity Methods I	III. SEMESTER	1 +1	3.0

Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Course Type	Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s)	PROFESÖR TEVFİK FİKRET UÇAR
Mode of Delivery	Face to face
Place of Delivery	On Campus
Used Educational Platforms	Face-to-face
Prerequisites	None
Courses Recomended	None
Recommended Resources	None1. Boden, M. A. (2004). The creative mind: Myths and mechanisms (2nd ed.). Routledge.2. de Bono, E. (1970). Lateral thinking: Creativity step by step. Harper & Row.3. Eagleman, D., & Brandt, A. (2017). The runaway species: How human creativity remakes the world. Catapult.4. Lupton, E. (Ed.). (2011). Graphic design thinking: Beyond brainstorming. Princeton Architectural Press.5. Michalko, M. (2006). Thinkertoys: A handbook of creative-thinking techniques (2nd ed.). Ten Speed Press.
Work Placement	None
Aims of the Course	The aim of this course is to develop the creative thinking skills of graphic design students and to enable them to produce original and innovative solutions to problems by thinking outside conventional patterns. It is intended to strengthen students' abilities to be curious, to question, to observe, to establish relationships between different concepts, and to explore alternative modes of thinking. Within the scope of the course, it is aimed that students recognize the fundamental concepts, processes, and methods of creativity, and transfer the knowledge they acquire to visual communication and graphic design problems through practical studies. Thus, the goal is for students not only to produce creative outputs but also to adopt creativity as a conscious way of thinking that they can develop and utilize throughout their design processes.

Weeks	Learning Outcomes	Topics	Teaching Methods
Week - 1		Definition of creativity
Week - 2		Short history of creativity
Week - 3		Knowledge and esthetic knowledge
Week - 4		Sources of knowledge, collection of knowledge and creating files
Week - 5		Techniques of forming knowledge in two dimensions
Week - 6		Methods and types of producing new forms
Week - 7		Metamorphosis and transformation
Week - 8		Camouflage and deformation
Week - 9		Analogy and symmetry
Week - 10		Adaptation and geometrization
Week - 11		Conceptualization and conceptuality
Week - 12		Abstraction and stylization
Week - 13		Addition, Additionism, transparency
Week - 14		Exaggeration, covering and perforating

Quality Education

Media, Design and Creative Arts Innovation Skills

Homework Presentation

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
	Quamtity	Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam	1	40
Final Exam	1	60
Toplam (%)		100