ECTS - Environmental Psychology
Environmental Psychology (ICM242) Course Detail
Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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Environmental Psychology | ICM242 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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N/A |
Course Language | Turkish |
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Course Type | N/A |
Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
Course Lecturer(s) |
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Course Objectives | The objectives of the course are to increase environmental adaptation to a higher level and to better understand human behavior in the public and private environment. |
Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Content | Human behavior and its relations to the design of environments; with the use of Environmental Psychology and its major assumptions, perception, cognition, needs, activities and responses are explored in the private and public spaces. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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1 | Introduction to the course | To gain information about course content from source books |
2 | Environment and it’s components | Case studies |
3 | Human perception | Homework |
4 | Cognitive systems and human behavior | Case studies |
5 | Environmental Psychology and some major assumptions | Case studies |
6 | Observation, discussion and examples | Case studies |
7 | Mid-term | Mid-term exam preparation |
8 | People and environment researches in the environmetal design | Case studies |
9 | The role of cultural factors in environment-human behavior interaction | Homework |
10 | Public behavior and public setting | Case studies |
11 | Social factors | Case studies |
12 | Physical environment systems in public | Case studies |
13 | People and environment researches in the environmetal design | Case studies |
14 | Observation, discussion and examples | Case studies |
15 | Observation, discussion and examples | Case studies |
16 | Final exam | Final exam preparation |
Sources
Other Sources | 1. Alexander, Christopher. (1977) A Pattern Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
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2. Altman, Irwin. (1990) Environment and Culture. New York: Plenum. | |
3. Canter, David. (1975) Psychology for Architects. London: Applied Science Publishers Ltd. | |
4. Cüceloğlu, Doğan. (1991) İnsan ve Davranışı. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi. | |
5. Gifford, Robert. (1987) Environmental Psychology. Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon Inc.,. | |
6. Goffman, Erwing. (1963) Behavior in Public Places. New York: Free Press. | |
7. Gutman, Robert. (1972) People and Environment. New York: Basic Books. | |
8. Gür-Öymen, Şengül. (1996) Mekân Örgütlenmesi. Trabzon: Gür Yayıncılık. | |
9. Hall, Edward. (1969) The Hidden Dimension. New York: Anchor Doubleday Books. | |
10. Halohan, Charles. (1978) Environment and Behavior. New York: Plenum Press. | |
11. Ittelson, W., H.M. Prohansky, L.G. Rivling, G.H. Winkel. (1974) An Introduction to Environmental Psychology. USA:Holt Rinehart and Winston Inc. | |
12. Lasswell, Thomas. (1985) Designing Places for People. USA. | |
13. . Rapoport, Amos. (1990) The Meaning of the Built Environment. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press. |
Evaluation System
Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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Attendance/Participation | - | - |
Laboratory | - | - |
Application | - | - |
Field Work | - | - |
Special Course Internship | - | - |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 20 |
Presentation | - | - |
Project | - | - |
Report | - | - |
Seminar | - | - |
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 40 |
Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
Toplam | 3 | 100 |
Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
Total | 100 |
Course Category
Core Courses | X |
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Major Area Courses | |
Supportive Courses | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
# | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Having knowledge and awareness of the design and construction decisions influenced by geographical variations in social, economic, cultural, and physical contexts. | X | ||||
2 | Being able to collaborate in a multidisciplinary manner at the national and international levels, independently or jointly planning design projects in interdisciplinary work, and taking on responsibilities to execute/manage them in the field of interior architecture. | |||||
3 | Having knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards related to the field of interior architecture; being aware of professional ethics, duties and responsibilities. | |||||
4 | Being able to obtain the necessary data using accurate research methods and techniques, interpreting the results, and transforming the theoretical knowledge acquired by generating counter-arguments/syntheses, evaluating them, and applying them to alternative design solutions in the practical domain in the field of interior architecture. | |||||
5 | Expressing data, ideas, design solutions and projects accurately and effectively by using oral, written and/or visual communication techniques and technology in the interior architectural design process. | X | ||||
6 | Having knowledge of interior space systems in a way that considers the relationship between the base building construction and the interior construction in the interior architectural design process. | |||||
7 | Providing a holistic design approach by developing details through the appropriate selection of furnishing, product and material in the interior architectural design process. | |||||
8 | Creating space with the influence of psychology, sociology, philosophy, architecture and art by using scientific and technical knowledge that will respond to aesthetic and functional needs in the field of interior architecture. | X | ||||
9 | Developing user-oriented design solutions with human factors, ergonomics, universal and inclusive design principles in the interior architectural design process. | X | ||||
10 | Having knowledge within the scope of the historical development of architecture and art in the interior architectural design process, having the competence to make decisions by exhibiting a respectful and sensitive attitude towards cultural heritage and historical/natural environment. | |||||
11 | Designing to increase spatial comfort and wellbeing with the impact of physical environmental systems such as lighting, color, acoustics, air conditioning, etc. in the interior architectural design process. | X | ||||
12 | Having the ability to develop a sustainable design by using natural and built environment information in the interior architectural design process. | |||||
13 | Keeping up with new developments in the field of interior architecture and design, having a consciousness of lifelong learning, and contributing to the field. | X |
ECTS/Workload Table
Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Laboratory | |||
Application | |||
Special Course Internship | |||
Field Work | |||
Study Hours Out of Class | 10 | 1 | 10 |
Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
Project | |||
Report | |||
Homework Assignments | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 50 |