Course Name | Environment-Behavior Studies |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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IAED 410 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to present an environmentally (social and built) conscious and userfriendly approach to especially advanced years. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course examines the transactions between people and their everyday social and physical environments. Topics include environmental perception and cognition, environmental stressors such as noise, spatial behavior such as personal space and territoriality, physical settings where we live, work, and learn, in addition to designing for more user-centered and fitting environments. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | X | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction to EBS/EBR | None |
2 | The “Meaning” of the Built Environment Identities of Spaces | Reading on Relations between People and Interactions with the Environment |
3 | Background on EBS/EBR (and Research Methods) | Reading + Research on EBS Background + Topic Proposals |
4 | People and Nature | Reading + Commonalities Among Human Beings |
5 | Environmental Perception and Cognition | Reading |
6 | Theories of Environment and Behavior | Reading |
7 | Personal Space, Privacy, Territoriality, and Crowding | Reading |
8 | * OPEN BOOK MIDTERM | Exam preparation |
9 | People in Various Settings | Reading + Research on Contemporary Strategies |
10 | Environmental Evaluation, Case Studies | Reading |
11 | Environmental Evaluation, Case Studies | Reading |
12 | PEOPLE, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND DESIGN | Reading |
13 | National Holiday | Reading |
14 | Semester Revision | Revision and Presentation Preparation |
15 | Presentations | Presentation Preparation |
16 | Final Exam | Exam Preparation |
Course Notes/Textbooks |
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Suggested Readings/Materials | deBotton, A. 2006. The Architecture of Happiness. London: Hamish Hamilton books. Hall, E.T. 1976. Beyond Culture. New York: Anchor Books. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | 1 | 100 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 70 | |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 30 | |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 5 | |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Field Work | 1 | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 2 | 2 | |
Presentation / Jury | 5 | ||
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 5 | ||
Final Exams | 6 | ||
Total | 164 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to perform, execute and manage the various responsibilities and duties of an interior architecture and environmental design professional | |||||
2 | To be able to recognize, analyze and integrate within their practice the particular local and regional needs and developments of their profession | |||||
3 | To be able to communicate and collaborate with other individuals and groups on a national and international level within their profession | |||||
4 | To be able to develop, integrate and promote independent critical approaches for their professional practice | X | ||||
5 | To be able to understand the social and environmental issues and responsibilities of their profession | X | ||||
6 | To be able identify, assess and utilize the most up to date research, innovations, trends and technologies | X | ||||
7 | To be able to consider the national and international standards and regulations of their field | X | ||||
8 | To be able to develop the abilities to communicate and present design ideas within visual, oral and textual formats | X | ||||
9 | To be able to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to design on a national and international level | |||||
10 | To be able to recognize their own strengths, and develop them within an environment | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of interior architecture and environmental design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest