BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| HISTORY, THEORY, AND CRITICISM IN DESIGN (ENGLISH, PHD) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| HTC6305 | Light, Culture and Design | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | additional reading material and documentaries |
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to, investigate and discuss the relationship between light-culture-meaning in different cultures. It is intended to understand and criticize the role, meaning and the function of light in the design of built environment and its elements supporting everyday life, formed by the geography, climate life styles and belief systems, through significant examples. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1). understands and criticizes the relationship between light-culture-meaning in different cultures 2). understands and criticizes the role, meaning and the function of light in built environment, 3). understands and criticizes the role, meaning and the function of light in relation to the small scale elements of the built environment 4). analyzes and interprets the meaning and the function of light in built environment through significant examples. 5). reads and interprets the relationship of interior-light-meaning |
Course Content
| 1. Introduction 2. Light & Cultures 3. Light and shadow 4. Critical thinking and discussions of light in spaces 5. Term Paper critics and discussions 6. Term Paper presentations and paper submissions |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | introduction | none |
| 2) | Light & Culture - readings and discussions | related readings |
| 3) | Light & Culture - readings and discussions | related readings |
| 4) | Light & Culture - readings and discussions | related readings |
| 5) | Light and shadow | related readings |
| 6) | Light and shadow | related readings |
| 7) | Critical thinking and discussions of light in spaces - Term paper assignment | related readings |
| 8) | Critical thinking and discussions of light in spaces | related readings |
| 9) | Critical thinking and discussions of light in spaces | related readings |
| 10) | Critical thinking and discussions of light in spaces | related readings |
| 11) | Term Paper discussions (pre-sub) | related preparation |
| 12) | Term Paper discussions (pre-sub) | related preparation |
| 13) | Term Paper presentations | related preparation |
| 14) | Term Paper presentations and paper submissions | related preparation |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | none - yok |
| References: | - Mende, Kauro, Lighting Planners Associates .2010. Designing with Shadow, Lighting Planners Associates, Japan -Plummer, Henry, 1995. Light in Japanese Architecture. a+u Publishing Ço.Ltd, Japan - In Praise of Shadows - Tokyay, Vedat Zeki. Mimarlığın Oluşumunda Saydamlığın Işığı. Tasarım Yayın Grubu , İstanbul * daha çok kaynak eklenecektir - more will be announced by reviewing new publications. |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 5 |
| Homework Assignments | 3 | % 30 |
| Presentation | 3 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 35 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 65 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 35 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Homework Assignments | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Final | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Total Workload | 238 | ||
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | to be able to pursue independent academic research work in his/her field of study/specialization. | 3 |
| 2) | to be able to conduct interdisciplinary researches based on specific methods in his/her own formulation | 3 |
| 3) | to be able to disseminate research results by means of scientific meetings and through referred papers in international publications. | 3 |
| 4) | to be able to follow up the state of the art information processing technologies related with her/his field of specialization. | 3 |
| 5) | to be able to act as refree/problem solver in the case of national/international problems of his/her field of specialization. | 3 |