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MIML7681Interaction and Meaning in Space3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseThird Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of ARCHITECTURE
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Hare KILIÇASLAN
Co-Lecturer
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
Contributing to the formation of comments specific to human-environment-space interactions depending on the theories of the environment behavior field. To enable the students to focus on space productions and their meanings with a phenomenology based approach.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : Realizing the importance of environmental behaviour theories in human-space interaction.3,43,5,
PO - 2 : They will be able to interact with space-specific interactions with philosophical foundations.3,43,5,
PO - 3 : They will be able to have information about the phenomenological approach and contribute to the reading and discussion processes.3,43,5,
PO - 4 : They will be able to produce information about the meaning of the space through researches and interrogations.3,43,5,
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction to environmental psychology
 Week 2Environmental behaviour theories
 Week 3Human-environment-space dialectic
 Week 4Human-space interaction
 Week 5Space representations
 Week 6Meaning and identity
 Week 7Place identity and genius loci
 Week 8Collective memory
 Week 9Midterm exam
 Week 10Mental constructs in space production and phenomenology
 Week 11Searching for meaning in space I: Edmund Husserl
 Week 12Searching for meaning in space II: Martin Heidegger
 Week 13Searching for meaning in space III: Jean-Paul Sartre
 Week 14Searching for meaning in space IV: Maurice Merleau-Ponty
 Week 15Discussions on interaction areas in architecture and general evaluation of the course
 Week 16Final exam
 
Textbook / Material
 
Recommended Reading
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 25
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 10
11
12
13
14
25
End-of-term exam 16 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 10 4 40
Arasınav için hazırlık 3 4 12
Arasınav 3 1 3
Ödev 15 4 60
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 7 4 28
Dönem sonu sınavı 3 1 3
Total work load188