Studying New Media at IKU
Students of the İstanbul Kültür University Faculty of Art and Design Department of New Media and Communication will meet with new media experts working in the national/international arena by following the innovations in the field of digital media during their education period and will be prepared for the profession through the internships they will do in institutions and organizations. The graduates of the Department will have the competence to work in all private and public institutions that work with Internet and mobile technologies.
Owing to the theoretical and applied education they receive in the Department of New Media and Communication, students will be able to use new communication technologies and digital media and social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, blogs, etc.) effectively. Students, who will be able to produce and manage content on these platforms in their professional life, will become individuals with critical and aesthetic values.
What kind of education process is followed?
The Department aims to train “new media experts” who are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to work in every digital unit of institutions operating in the information and communication sector, who are aware of the realities of the world and the country and believe in the importance of lifelong learning.
Accordingly, an education program has been created considering the qualities required by the field of new media. Beginning from the first year of their four-year study period, students master communication and the communication technologies with the theoretical and applied education they receive. During this process, in addition to courses such as Introduction to New Media, New Media Theories, Social Media Management, Digital Content Production, Digital Marketing, Digital Advertising, in which students will learn the concepts and theories related to their field, they receive an education including courses such as New Media Programming, New Media Applications, Interactive Media Design, Digital Game Design, Application Design, Virtual Reality Applications in which they will practically learn the software language related to digital media, software production processes, and design programs.In the last year of their undergraduate education, students will carry out content production, sharing and management issues on digital platforms by making a graduation project based on the theoretical and applied education they have received.
