ECTS - - Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
Compulsory Departmental Courses
ICM507 - Advanced Design Research Studio I (3 + 0) 10
This course focuses on the planning of design research and the development of a research proposal. Within the scope of the course, students carry out the stages of identifying the research topic and problem, formulating research objectives, research questions, and hypotheses, conducting a literature review, developing a theoretical framework, and planning the research methodology, sampling, data collection instruments, and data analysis process. Research proposals are developed through discussio
ICM508 - Advanced Design Research Studio II (3 + 0) 10
Within the scope of the course, students conduct their research in accordance with scientific and ethical principles, carry out the data collection process, analyze the collected data using appropriate methods, and interpret their findings from a scientific perspective. Research projects are further developed through discussions, interim presentations, and feedback sessions, and are transformed into scientific manuscripts. ---
ICM595 - Thesis (0 + 0) 60
In this course, students carry out an original master's thesis under the supervision of their thesis advisor by applying the research knowledge and skills they have previously acquired. Throughout the course, they integrate theoretical and empirical work, implement the selected research methodology, complete the data collection and analysis processes, interpret the research findings scientifically, develop the thesis in accordance with the principles of scientific ethics and the rules of academi
ICM596 - Seminar (0 + 0) 10
In this course, students develop a research proposal that will form the basis of their master's thesis. Throughout the course, students identify the research problem, define the research objectives and research questions, justify the research methodology, conduct a comprehensive literature review, and prepare an annotated bibliography. Under the guidance of the course instructor and their thesis advisors, students further develop their research proposals and present them in an open faculty semin
ISL557 - Research Methods and Ethics (3 + 0) 10
Starting with science and research, which are the foundations of research, academic writing rules, classification of research are presented. It covers topics such as determining the research topic, writing a research question, literature review, creating conceptual/theoretical bases for research, recognizing research patterns, conducting the research process in line with ethical issues/principles, sampling, measurement process, validity and reliability, data analysis methods, and presenting findings. In addition, students test hypotheses on a ready-made data set using the SPSS package program. In short, this course adopts the basic norms of research, allowing students to prepare a research proposal and experience these norms.
Elective Courses
ICM501 - Reality and Virtuality in Design (3 + 0) 5
Factors that form the environment in which a design is a representative, unnatural and an imaginary existence and is no longer seems to be a real product; the relationship between revealed communication style and design by the investigation of the identity created by the produced design; product, the main theme, communication, evolving environment
ICM504 - Advanced Color Theory (3 + 0) 5
Color dimensions and perception; psychological and physiological impacts of color; color systems such as Munsell, CIE XYZ and NCS in terms of their properties and differences; conducting scientific research and presenting it as a scientific manuscript about color theory.
ICM524 - Research Methods for Historical Buildings (3 + 0) 5
Restoration in historical structures and research into the restitution report to be completed prior to restoration; the legal status of the structure, how to access to information as to the protection status, protected sites, and international protection theories; the history of the site, its archaeology, historical geography, the restorations whic
ICM534 - Sustainability in Interior Architecture (3 + 0) 5
Sustainability and sustainable design criteria with design principles and design methods that shape the interior design process; building and interior design compatible with the nature, developing with sustainable design approach and environmental awareness data; in line with the sustainable design, examining the concepts such as ecological design, ecological environment, green structure, environmental friendliness, zero emission.
ICM535 - Design and Futurism (3 + 0) 5
The change in today of the manifesto that is put forward in the 20th century of the concept of futurism which has transformation and critical perspective; conducting scientific research on the concept of futurism seeking to respond to needs such as flexibility, growth, transformation and mobility in interior design; analyzing today's design projects in this context and discussion of future design approaches and evaluation of results.
ICM536 - Interior Design in Public Buildings (3 + 0) 5
This course examines the historical development, theoretical foundations, and typological diversity of public interiors within the framework of socio-spatial formation and transformation approaches. The course covers the concepts of publicness, public space, and public interiors, as well as different public interior typologies and their transformations in cultural, social, political, and economic contexts. Throughout the semester, students conduct a scientific research study on a selected public
ICM537 - Design and Communication (3 + 0) 5
This course examines the historical development, theoretical foundations, and multi-layered nature of visual communication within the framework of visual culture, semiotics, and communication theories. The course covers visual communication, visual culture, semiotics, representation, meaning-making, and reception processes, together with their social, cultural, ideological, and spatial contexts. Throughout the semester, students critically evaluate a variety of design products and visual communi