| Course Name | Universal Design |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| GEAR 322 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
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| Course Type | Second Foreign Language | |||||
| Course Level | - | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course aims for students’ the understanding of the principles of Universal Design theories and Design For All practices. The goal of the course is to open the student understanding on how diversity, both in terms of social issues both in terms of physical disability, can improve the living environment for a wider population. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | In order to enrich student knowledge on Universal Design issues, during the course, students will be introduced on several topics related to Universal Design. Within the semester, students will develop independent research on topics assigned by the instructors. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |   |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | INTRODUCTION TO THE SYLLABUS AND COURSE STRUCTURE | None |
| 2 | INTRODUCTION: ‘Design for All’ / GROUP WORK ORGANIZATION AND RESEARCH TOPICS | Homework 01 |
| 3 | STUDENT PRESENTATION OF HW01 | Student Presentations |
| 4 | TOPIC 01 : ‘Outdoor Sports Area Design For People Affected by Cerebral Palsy’ | None |
| 5 | TOPIC 02: ‘Product Design’ | None |
| 6 | MIDTERM | To be announced by the Instructor |
| 7 | TOPIC 03: ‘Prosthetics for the Mind’ | Review of the previous class |
| 8 | TOPIC 04: ‘Integration and Urban Environment’ | Review of the previous class |
| 9 | TOPIC 05: ‘Wearable Devices’ | Review of the previous class |
| 10 | TOPIC 06: ‘Neurobiology for Aestethics’ | Review of the previous class |
| 11 | Case Study 01 Workshop | Student presentations |
| 12 | TOPIC 07: ‘Digital Devices for Disability’ | To be announced by the Instructor |
| 13 | TOPIC 09: ‘Design for the Elderly’ | Review of the previous class |
| 14 | TOPIC 10: ‘Architectonical Barriers’ | Review of the previous class |
| 15 | Semester Review | Student presentations |
| 16 | FINAL SUBMISSION | Final Portfolio Submission |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Herwig O., ‘Universal design Solutions for a barrier-free living’, Birkhauser Verlag AG, 2008 ISBN-10: 3038211281 ISBN-13: 978-3038211280 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Digital Documents and web resources |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | 1 | 10 |
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
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| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Field Work | 1 | 7 | |
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 8 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 4 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 7 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 10 | |
| Total | 100 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications, | |||||
| 2 | To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method, | |||||
| 3 | To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions, | |||||
| 4 | To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably, | |||||
| 5 | To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License, | |||||
| 6 | To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in, | |||||
| 7 | To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance, | |||||
| 8 | To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results, | |||||
| 9 | To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life, | |||||
| 10 | To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 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. | |||||
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