| Course Name | Graduation Project |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ARCH 498 | Spring | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
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| Course Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Type | Required | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Course Objectives | To complete the design training of the students of architecture to a professional standard. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | In this course the students of architecture bring together all their architectural tools learned in the previous years onto coherent graduation design project founded in the current architectural discourse. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Core Courses | X |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction / Research & Analysis | |
| 2 | Research & Analysis | Architectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 3 | Research & Analysis | Architectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 4 | Conceptual Design | Architectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 5 | Conceptual Design | Architectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 6 | Conceptual Design | Architectural Drawing and Model MakingArchitectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 7 | Conceptual Design | Architectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 8 | Midterm Project Review | |
| 9 | Semester Project Design | Architectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 10 | Semester Project Design | Architectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 11 | Semester Project Design | Architectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 12 | Semester Project Design | Architectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 13 | Pre-Final Project Review | |
| 14 | Presentation Work | Architectural Drawing and Model Making |
| 15 | Semester Review | |
| 16 | Final Review |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Presentations and lectures are planned according to the selected project site |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Invited specialists and context related stakeholders |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | 1 | 30 |
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 40 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 2 | 30 |
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 70 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 8 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 5 | 75 |
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
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| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 45 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 2 | 18 | |
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 300 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to offer a professional level of architectural services. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to take on responsibility as an individual and as a team member to solve complex problems in the practice of design and construction. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to understand methods to collaborate and coordinate with other disciplines in providing project delivery services.
| X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to understand, interpret, and evaluate methods, concepts, and theories in architecture emerging from both research and practice. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to develop environmentally and socially responsible architectural strategies at multiple scales. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to develop a critical understanding of historical traditions, global culture and diversity in the production of the built environment. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to apply theoretical and technical knowledge in construction materials, products, components, and assemblies based on their performance within building systems. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to present architectural ideas and proposals in visual, written, and oral form through using contemporary computer-based information and communication technologies and media. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to demonstrate a critical evaluation of acquired knowledge and skills to diagnose individual educational needs and direct self-education skills for developing solutions to architectural problems and design execution. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to take the initiative for continuous knowledge update and education as well as demonstrate a lifelong learning approach in the field of Architecture. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Architecture and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
