Department of Design

Elazığ Organize Sanayi Bölgesi Vocational School was established in accordance with Article 7/d-2 of the Law No. 2547, amended by the Law No. 2880, with the decision of the Senate dated 13.01.1995, numbered 39, and approved by the General Assembly of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) on 06.02.1995. It has been continuing its educational activities in the Elazığ Organize Sanayi Bölgesi since 2010.

Elazığ Organize Sanayi Bölgesi Vocational School, Department of Design

The Department of Design was established within the Elazığ Organized Industrial Zone Vocational School in 2019. Within this department, the Industrial Product Design Program was launched and began providing education in the Fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year.

Program Profile:

This program is subject to a 120 ECTS credit first-cycle degree system in the field of Industrial Product Design in higher education. Students who successfully complete the program and meet the program qualifications will obtain an Associate Degree in Industrial Product Design.

The Industrial Product Design Program provides a two-year associate degree education. Graduates of this program receive the title of "Industrial Designer". The aim of the Industrial Product Design Program is to train Industrial Product Designers who can create the visual and functional qualities of a product to be produced in any industry by designing the product, decide on the material or materials to be used in the product, and visualize the color, texture, and graphical features of the product. Students who are informed about material, color, texture, and ergonomics first draw their designs on paper by hand using the drawing techniques they have learned, and then complete their designs using current computer programs and transform them into prototypes in the workshop.

Designers can establish all kinds of perceptual, physical, and functional relationships between the product and the user, make technological innovations, and thus shape the future. In addition to general methods and theories, the program aims to train versatile industrial product designers who use innovative and experimental methods, are sensitive to the changing needs of people, the environment, and national and international stakeholders, know principles such as user-centricity and sustainability, integrate their knowledge with current technology in their professional practice, and can guide design trends on a national and international level. As the Department of Design, our aim is to carry out our education and training activities in a practice-oriented manner, with an engineering and technology-based education philosophy, a research and development-focused approach, and in close cooperation with the industry.

Industrial Product Design education, in its broadest sense, encompasses shaping the objective world that constitutes human’s artificial environment in order to benefit from it in line with their needs. However, industrial product design is not only a profession that focuses on the creative and innovative configuration of the relationship between form and function in line with human needs and desires, but also an academic discipline that contributes to the production of value and knowledge with creative and innovative approaches in local and global competitive environments. As the Department of Industrial Product Design, we believe that design is a way of thinking that takes responsibility for critiquing the present and shaping and making the future liveable. In line with this, the educational philosophy of our department aims to open up the discussion about the roles that design practice has undertaken and can undertake in global economic, social, and technological developments and to develop design and research strategies to ensure continuity in social responsibility, environmental and social sustainability. Our department trains creative, entrepreneurial, innovative, national and internationally competitive industrial product designers who can work in industry and related sectors, designing products by taking into account user, producer, and market expectations, as well as social and environmental values. In the department courses where theory is supported by practice, courses such as ergonomics, material, production methods, technical and three-dimensional drawing are carried out in interaction with a qualified academic staff and professional designers. In this way, skills such as research on the product design process, strategic target setting, development of original concepts, and mastery of new technologies and production processes are developed.

Education Application Area and Program Opportunities:

In our program, courses are given by experienced and full-time teaching staff. In addition, within the scope of university-industry cooperation, students receive Vocational Application Training in industrial enterprises for 2 days a week when they reach the second year. Within our school, there are technical drawing classrooms, lecture halls, and computer laboratories that enable courses to be given.

Employment Profiles of Graduates:

Graduates of the Industrial Product Design Program have a wide range of employment opportunities in private organizations. Our graduates develop concepts and designs for manufactured products. They usually specialize in a product category such as automobiles, furniture, or household goods. They must be creative and tenacious to convey their ideas about new product design.

Graduates of the Industrial Product Design Program can continue their faculty education with DGS (Vertical Transfer Examination), as well as take undergraduate/graduate education at home and abroad and become one of the industrial designers of important brands. Newly graduated industrial designers can find jobs in many fields, especially in industrial design companies, white goods companies, the automotive industry, design workshops, and technology companies.

Program Outcomes:

• Graduates are trained as individuals who are loyal to Atatürk's Principles and Reforms, have the professional knowledge and skills to carry out education in production in order to contribute to the economic and social development of the city, region and country, and have gained the ability to use developing technologies.
• They have basic knowledge about the specific area of expertise, culture, aesthetics, methods, techniques and materials, based on the competencies gained at the secondary education level.
• They use the basic art and basic design, theoretical and applied knowledge they have acquired in their field.
• Using the basic knowledge and skills they have acquired in their field, they interpret data, identify problems, analyze them, and create practical solutions.
• They work alone, independently, and/or harmoniously in a group.
• As a team member, they take responsibility for solving the problems encountered in the applications related to the field of Design and Production.
• They take part in project processes.
• They evaluate their own work in the field of Design and Production and determine their learning needs.
• They acquire the awareness of lifelong learning.
• They direct their learning to a higher level of education in the same field or to a profession at the same level.
• They identify and relate to their target audience.
• They accurately convey issues related to their field to experts or non-experts.
• They successfully carry out applications in their field.
• They have artistic, cultural, and ethical values.
• They have sufficient awareness of environmental sensitivity and occupational health and safety issues.

Transition to Upper-Level Programs:

Candidates who successfully complete their Associate Degree education can continue their education and training in Faculties that provide undergraduate education if they succeed in the DGS (Vertical Transfer Examination).