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	Undergraduate Program

	Modern media of communication are a leading force in the contemporary process of globalization. The major aim of the Department of Communication and Design is to educate media professionals who are both knowledgeable about global culture and art, and competent in recent developments in modern technology of communications, especially visual technologies. Students are provided with a wide range of courses on interpersonal communication and individual presentation, forms and techniques of public and mass communication, visual design and visual studies, advertising, marketing and public relations, basic computer and Internet knowledge. The visual design and communication courses in practical fields such as photography, television, computer and video are conducted in computer labs with the most developed visual design programs, photography studios with large format professional cameras and very well-equipped video lab. Since the department's philosophy is to educate both creative and responsible media professionals, it also includes several must and elective courses on the ethical, legal and social problems related with mass communication.

	Comd 101 Introduction to Visual Communication Design I Comd 102 Introduction to Visual Communication Design II Comd 203 Introduction to Communication Studies I Comd 204 Introduction to Communication Studies II Comd 205 Basic Photography Comd 290 Summer Practice I Comd 210 Screen Writing Comd 310 (New Fall 2009) Advanced Screen Writing Comd 321 Analysis of Moving Image Comd 322 Film Theory Comd 331 (Group1-journalism-Spring) News Reporting and Writing		Comd 333 (Group1-journalism-Fall) News and Society Comd 341 Media and Society Comd 342 (Group3-Visual Studies-Fall) Popular Culture Comd 344 (Group3-Visual Studies-Spring) Visual Technologies and Visual Narrative Comd 346 (Group2-Advertising-Spring) Introduction to Adverttising Comd 390 Summer Practice II Comd 422 Advanced Issues in Communication Studies Comd 424 Media Theory and Methods Comd 431(Group1-journalism-Fall) Global Communications		Comd 432 Principles of Journalism Comd 433(Group3-Visual Studies-Fall) Gender and Media Comd 434(Group1-journalism-Spring) Special Topics in Journalism Comd 442(Group3-Visual Studies-Spring) Special Topics in Visual Studies Comd 461 PR and Communication Campaigns Comd 462(Group2-Advertising-Spring) Special Topics in Advertising Comd 471 Media Ethics and Responsibility Comd 481 Visual Communication Project I Comd 482 Visual Communication Project II

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Department of Communication and Design, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture,

Bilkent University, Main Campus, Bilkent, Ankara 06800, Turkey.

Phone: +90 (312) 2901749 // Fax :+90 (312) 2902736 // Email:comd@bilkent.edu.tr