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| MIM5090 | Research Techniques in Environmental Design | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To enable students to see, understand and evaluate the environment. To be able to design research and write a research report as a sequel. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | know the logic of inquiry and processes involved in scientific studies. | 1,3,7 | 2,6 | | PO - 2 : | set forth a thesis by following steps of inferences from theories, hypothesis, testing through observation and experiment and can validate or negate a scientific statement via processes of counter induction. | 1,3,7 | 2,6 | | PO - 3 : | realize the differences of thesis writing from other sorts of writing. | 1,3,7 | 2,3,6 | | PO - 4 : | be enlightened of the pressures of society and of conservatism embedded in scientific method itself in the making of science; hence can counteract false science. | 1,3,7 | 2,3,6 | | PO - 5 : | know methods and techniques adopted from social sciences and those created within the field and be able to use them intelligently. | 8 | 2,5,6 | | PO - 6 : | Learn the uses and applications of contemporary research techniques such as Atlasti, ekotech, equest, EPA- target finder, and athena; can run some statistical tests. | 8 | 2,5,6 | | 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 | | |
| A short history of science. Progress of scientific thought and methods. Discussions on the critique of the 20th Century philosophers of Cartesian and Kantian reason. Scientific approach in the assessment of environmental and architectural creations. Its methods and techniques such as questionnaires, interviews, archival reading, behavioral observation, physical tracing and interpreting. Contemporary research techniques such as a ATLASTİ, EKOTECH, EQUEST, EPA-target finder, and Athena" as well as some basic statistical tests are conveyed to students. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Explanation on scientific method. Study of the vocabulary and terms. Interpretation and evaluation of reading tasks. | | | Week 2 | Understanding theory building.Theory in social sciences and relationshps of theory and the thought trends it is associated with.Interpretation and evaluation of reading tasks. | | | Week 3 | Criticism of the scientific method.Interpretation and evaluation of reading tasks. | | | Week 4 | Research Design. Hypotheses and observatiıons.Interpretation and evaluation of reading tasks. | | | Week 5 | Research Approaches: theoretical, decision-oriented and case studies.Interpretation and evaluation of reading tasks and/or homeworks. | | | Week 6 | 1st Exam. | | | Week 7 | Choosing the techniques appropriate for the research type. Types of techniques. | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Reading archives. Review of homeworks. | | | Week 10 | Paper pencil tests. Review of homeworks. | | | Week 11 | Simulations. Review of homeworks. | | | Week 12 | Repeated Observations. Review of homeworks. | | | Week 13 | Reading behaviour into plans. Survey techniques.Review of homeworks. | | | Week 14 | Space Syntax and access graphs (graph theory). Review of homeworks. | | | Week 15 | Contemporary research techniques such as atlasti, ekotech, equest, epa-target finder, quantitative content analysis and athena. Review of homeworks. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Descartes, Rene (1996) Yöntem Üzerine. Bülent Kenar (çev.). İstanbul: Düşünen Adam | | | 2 | Yıldırım, Cemal (2000) Bilim Felsefesi.İstanbul:Remzi (7. basım).Feyerabend, Paul (1996) Yönteme Karşı. Ertuğrul Başer (çev.). İstanbul: Ayrıntı.Feyerabend, Paul (1995) Akla Veda. Ertuğrul Başer (çev.).İstanbul: Ayrıntı. | | | 3 | Gür, Şengül Ö. (1996) Mekan Örgütlenmesi. Trabzon: Gür. | | | 4 | Sanoff, Henry (1991) Visual Research Methods in Design. New York: Van Nostrand | | | 5 | Bowyer, Jack (1988) Guide to Domestic Building Surveys. Londra: Butterworth Architecture. | | | 6 | Hollis, Malcolm ve Gibson, Charles (1991) Surveying Buildings. Tunbridge, Kent: RICS Books. | | | 7 | Clark, Roger H. and Pause, Michael (1996) Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. | | | 8 | Gür, Şengül. Ö. (2000) Konut Kültürü. İstanbul: YEM. | | | |
| 1 | Carr, Edward H. (1996) Tarih Nedir. Misket G. Gürtürk (çev). İstanbul: İletişim. | | | 2 | Feyerabend, Paul (1995) Akla Veda. Ertuğrul Başer (çev.).İstanbul: Ayrıntı. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 6 | | 1,5 | 30 | | Practice | 1
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| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 20 | 2 | 40 | | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Uygulama | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Ödev | 10 | 4 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 30 | 1 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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