One of the most important aims of art education is to teach seeing, touching and hearing and at the same time to direct the individual to form by enabling the individual to perceive his environment. Basic design course is a course that develops the creativity of students by learning different methods and techniques and forms the basis for their future studies. In this research, the basic design course of Kastamonu University Faculty of Fine Arts and Design Department of Graphic Design students was evaluated in line with the results of one-day observation and according to the educational criticism model. For this purpose, the educational environment, the general characteristics of the lecturer and the teaching method he predominantly used, the student profiles, and the students' thoughts about the basic design course and their participation in the course were observed. Data related to the course according to the educational criticism model; observation, video recording and semi-structured interview forms. According to the data obtained; Although the workshop, where the basic design course is given, is generally sufficient in terms of physical conditions, it has been determined that there are deficiencies. As a result of 270 minutes of observation, it was concluded that the lecturer mostly used communicative and basic knowledge transfer methods in the process. The basic design course is the most popular course and the reasons for this are; It has been determined that the effect of the lecturer, the fact that the lesson is drawing-oriented, learning different drawing techniques makes the student happy, and this lesson is an important lesson for students to express their thoughts. Ethics committee approval of the research was obtained according to the decision of "Kastamonu University Social and Human Sciences Research and Publication Ethics Ethics Committee dated 17 May 2022 and numbered 17".