COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD RESEARCH IN ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5150 FIELD RESEARCH IN ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ILKNUR TÜRKSEVEN DOĞRUSOY

Offered to

Architectural Design
Architectural Design

Course Objective

Field research is an important and preffered method for graduate researches that give importance to establish healthy relations between design and users and to produce scientific knowledge about this subject in the field of architecture. In this meaning, this course aims students learn systematic and scientific field research technics and their ethical principles. Additionally, the course aims students to develop the ability of applying these technics for an architectural research problem and interpret the results.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to learn types of field research and technics
2   to design a field research
3   to prepare a research measurement
4   to apply a field research
5   to interpret the results of field research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meeting with the students, aims and content of the course
2 What is field research in architecture Types, main properties and data sources
3 Tools and technics of field research, document analysis, post occupancy evaluation, interview, case analysis
4 Observation, types, tools and properties of observation
5 Ouestionairre design, sampling methods, sampling faults
6 Discussions on the research problems
7 Discussions on the proposals for field research measure.
8 Determination of suitable technics for data analyses in field researches
9 Discussions about the pilot researches on the site
10 Discussions on the results of the conducted studies (student presentation)
11 Interpreting the research results
12 Main principles of writing a research report
13 Main principles of writing a research report
14 Research report (Student presentation)

Recomended or Required Reading

Baloğlu, B. (1997). Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemi, Der Yayınevi: Istanbul.
Baş, T. (2006). Anket nasıl hazırlanır, uygulanır, değerlendirilir Seçkin Yayıncılık: Ankara
Cebeci, S. (2010). Bilimsel araştırma ve yazma teknikleri, Alfa yayınları: Melisa Matbaacılık
Yıldırım, A., Şimşek, H. (2006). Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Seçkin Yayıncılık: Ankara.
Mack N. & Woodsong, C. & MacQueen K. M& Guest, & G, Namey, E. (2005). Qualitative Research Methods: A Data Collector's Field Guide, Family Health International: USA.
Türkseven Doğrusoy, I. (2003). Pencerelerin Insan Mekan Ilişkileri Kapsamında Irdelenmesi, Ofis Mekanları Için Bir Deneme, Yayımlanmamış doktora tezi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Izmir.
Türkseven Doğrusoy, I, Türeyen, M. (2007). A field study on determination of preferences for windows in office environments, Building and Environment, 42 (10), pp. 3660-3668

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods


1. Courses / Application
Theoretical courses will be given specifically regarding research problems of the participants
2. Homework assignments
Students will prepare presentations and research reports about their research topics.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 +PAR * 0.10 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 +PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentations/Assignments: 40 %
Application to courses: 10 %
Final/Research report: 50 %

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the course is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ilknur.turkseven@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 12 3 36
Student presentations 2 3 6
Preperations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for research report 1 70 70
Preperation for homework assignments 2 10 20
Preparing Presentations 2 15 30
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 174

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.21111
LO.3111
LO.41111
LO.511

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