INT4956 Professional Practice and EthicsBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
INT4956 Professional Practice and Ethics Spring
Fall
2 0 2 4
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: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:
Course Coordinator : Assoc. Prof. SEZİN HATİCE TANRIÖVER
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor NİHAT KALFAZADE
Assoc. Prof. SEZİN HATİCE TANRIÖVER
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The main objective of the course is to develop an understanding of ınterior architectural practice concentrating on ethical responsibilities, organization and management of firms, project organization and documentation, financial and legal aspects of the profession.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
To define:
I Profession Ethics
II Project,site,time Management
III Financial organization
IV Legal issues

Course Content

The course introduces students the basic of professional practice through lectures and seminars that will be given by professional specialists, chamber representatives or teaching members of various institutions.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to Professional Practice fields. Presentation of the themes that will be discussed during the educational period. To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar.
2) Seminar "Working fields of an Interior Architect, the duties and resposabilities." Starting of Assignment 1 An event occured during the month and closely interesting the profession. Comments on the event. To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar.
3) Seminar Organization of a Private Interior Architectural Office (Office boss, designers, chief architects, senior architects, junior architects, draftsmen, model makers, organizers, construction controlling elements) To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar.
4) Seminar Drawing Submissions Organization of an Interior Architectural Project (Needs, contacts with client and advisors, building program phase, contract, preliminary drawings, working and detail drawings, meetings with clients and advisors, specifications, tender documents and model preparations, submissions, adjudication. Submission of Assignment 1 To be in contact with the Interior Architectural Office to be visited during next class period.
5) Visit to an Interior Architectural Office. Discussing about the problems and professional life. Starting of Assignment 2 An event occured during the month and closely interesting the profession. To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar.
6) Seminar Financial Organization of a Private Interior Architectural Office (Incomes, salaries, taxes, insurance premiums, general fees) Determination of the midterm examination questions.
7) Midterm examination Submission of Assignment 2 To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar.
8) Organization of an Official Architectural Office. (Ministers, undersecretaries, general directors, directors, architects, draftsmen, tender documents organizers, construction-controlling elements). Starting of Assignment 3 An event occured during the month and closely interesting the profession. Comments on the event. To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar.
9) Seminar What doea the terminology "ethics" sigify in Architeture and Interior Architecture. To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar.
10) Seminar What does the terminology "copyrights" mean in Architecture and Interior Architecture. Submission of the Assignments 3. To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar. Preparation of the questions of the midterm examination
11) Midterm examination To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar.
12) Seminar What is the Chamber of Architects or Chamber of Interior Architects. What are the reciprocal duties and responsibilities of the architects and the Chambers? To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar.
13) Seminar Professional Organization of a Construction Site (Schedule, project time programming, cost controlling, quality controlling, communication, procurement, contract administration) To determine the subject of the following seminar and to have a contact with the professional specialist who will be invited to hold the seminar.
14) Seminar Interior Architects as Advisors in Private or Public Companies. Duties and responsibilites. Determination of the final examination questions
15) Final examination Evaluation the final examination, fixing the grades and transmit to the registration office.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: The procedure of the course will be in the form of seminars constituted by the reciprocal questions and answers between the students snd the invited specialist. The instructor will devolop course notes based upon these discussions and will distribute at the beginning of the following lecture.

Ders öğrenci ve davetli arasında karşılıklı soru ve cevaplama yöntemi ile günün konusunu iredeleyerek bir sonuca ulaşma biçimide olacaktır. İrdeleme sonucu ortaya çıkacak ders notlarını öğretim görevlisi düzenleyerek bir sonraki ders başlangıcında öğrecilere dağıtacaktır.
References: •Professional Practice 1001, A Compendium of Business and Management Strategies in Architecture, Andy Pressman
•The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice, Students Edition, by The American Institute of Architects.
•Project Resources Manual (PRM), Construction Specification Institute.
•Architectural Formulas Pocket Reference, Robert Butler

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Homework Assignments 3 % 30
Midterms 2 % 20
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 28
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 1 4
Study Hours Out of Class 13 13
Presentations / Seminar 12 24
Homework Assignments 3 15
Midterms 2 6
Final 1 3
Total Workload 93

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) Setting up various spaces in national and international contexts, carrying out designs, planning and applications that could satisfy various user groups and respond various requirements in the field of Interior Architecture,
2) Analyzing the information gathered from the framework of actual physical, social and economical constraints and user requirements, and synthesizing these with diverse knowledge and considerations in order to create innovative spatial solutions,
3) Generating creative, innovative, aesthetic and unique spatial solutions by using tangible and abstract concepts,
4) Using at least one of the illustration and presentation technologies competently, that the field of interior architecture requires,
5) Reporting, presenting and transferring the design, practice and research studies to the specialists or laymen by using visual, textual or oral communication methods, efficiently and accurately,
6) Embracing and prioritizing man-environment relationships, user health, safety and security, and universal design principles in the field of interior architecture,
7) Design understanding and decision making that respects social and cultural rights of the society, cultural heritage and nature,
8) Being aware of national and international values, following developments and being equipped about ethical and aesthetical subjects in the fields of interior architecture, design and art,
9) Having absolute conscious about legal regulations, standards and principles; and realizing professional ethics, duties and responsibilities in the field of Interior Architecture,