INTERIOR DESIGN (TURKISH, THESIS)


Profile of the Program

The graduate program is designed to provide specialization in various areas that demand expertise in the discipline of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design. Program aims students to gain the skills of scholarly inquiry and research skills required for conducting scientific study and publication. Students are required to complete the mandotory and elective courses chosen according to their areas of interest related to issues of interior architecture. The process that includes thesis research on the subject decided, thesis writing and presentation is guided by student’s advisor.

Qualification Awarded

The students who successfully complete the program are awarded the degree of Bachelor of Interior Architecture

Level of Qualification

This is a program.

Specific Admission Requirements

In order to apply for a master's program, candidates must have a bachelor's degree and meet other basic program-specific requirements to be determined by the Institute Board. In addition, students applying to thesis programs must have an ALES score of no less than 55 points, as determined by the Institute Board in the score type they are applying for. The foreign language proficiency levels of candidates applying to master's programs conducted in a foreign language are determined according to the results of central foreign language exams accepted by YÖK, international foreign language exams accepted as equivalent by YÖK or ÖSYM, or the University English Proficiency Exam.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Master of Interior Architecture (M Int. Arch.)

Recognition of Prior Learning

Students who will continue their education at Bahçeşehir University may be exempted from the courses they took at their previous educational institution within the framework of certain regulations. If the content of the course taken is compatible with the content of the course given at BAU and is approved by the institute directorate, the student may be exempted from this course.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

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Access to Further Studies

Students who graduate from this program can apply to study in doctoral programs.

Program Outcomes

1 Referring to the qualifications gained in the bachelors programs of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Architecture and Industrial Product Design Departments, developing and deepen the these qualifications and knowledge and to follow and built up new theories.
2 Building, researching, analysing and evaluating the results of a problem and relating results with real life situations and practice independently.
3 Knowing scientific research methods and being able to use them in building, researching, analysing and evaluating the results of his/her own study.
4 Comprehending and embracing interdisciplinary design studies and using the knowledge, information and ability of analysis in the various studies in the program
5 Relating and unifiying Interior Design with the knowledge from various disciplines and producing new knowledge and theories.
6 Having a critical perspective in evaluating design studies in general, in Interior Design specifically
7 Reseaching, analysing and evaluating spatial relations and their social dimensions with a critical point of view, and producing new theories.
8 Following the developments in the field of Interior Design and making new and up-to-date researches
9 Being able to communicate his/her own studies with groups within and/or out of the field.
10 Embracing and using the social, scientific and ethic values in the stages of data collection, interpretation and sharing of a study.
11 Being able to follow related literature and developments, and to communicate his/her own stuies written or verbally in at least in one foreign language.

Course & Program Outcomes Matrix

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Courses
IMT5401 Interior Design I 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 5
IMT5410 Contemporary Design Approaches
IMT5414 Research Materials and Methods in Interior Design
IMT5887 Seminar 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 5
IMT5888-1 Master Thesis 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4
IMT5888-2 Master Thesis 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Departmental Elective
ETI5112 Integrated Design Development
ETI5311 Product Semantics
IMT5412 Lighting and Color Applications
IMT5420 Selected Periods in the History of Interior Architecture
IMT5422 Domestic Design
ISM5203 Statistical Data Analysis and Decision Making
MIM5227 Research on Selected Periods in Architectural History
MIM5233 Architecture and the City
GE-Elective

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

1. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
IMT5401 Interior Design I 3 0 3 8
IMT5414 Research Materials and Methods in Interior Design 3 0 3 8
Departmental Elective 3 6
Departmental Elective 3 8
Total 30
2. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
IMT5410 Contemporary Design Approaches 3 0 3 8
IMT5887 Seminar ☑ 0 0 0 10
Departmental Elective 3 8
Departmental Elective 3 8
Total 34
3. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
IMT5888-1 Master Thesis 0 0 0 20
Total 20
4. Semester
Course Code Course Name Prerequisites Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
IMT5888-2 Master Thesis ☑ 0 0 0 30
Total 30

Program Director (or Equivalent)


INTERIOR DESIGN (TURKISH, THESIS) - GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES