Faculty Of Fıne Arts, Desıgn And Archıtecture
Interıor Desıgn

Course Information

ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Code Semester Theoretical Practice National Credit ECTS Credit
Hour / Week
ICM333 Fall 3 0 3 0

Prerequisites and co-requisites None
Language of instruction Turkish
Type Elective
Level of Course Bachelor's
Lecturer Lecturers of the Department
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Suggested Subject None
Professional practise ( internship ) None
Objectives of the Course This course aims to present an environmentally (social and built) conscious anduserfriendly approach to especially advanced years
Contents of the Course This course examines the transactions between people and their everyday social andphysical environments. Topics include environmental perception and cognition,environmental stressors such as noise, spatial behavior such as personal space andterritoriality, physical settings where we live, work, and learn, in addition to designing formore fitting environments

Learning Outcomes of Course

# Learning Outcomes
1 Thinking, speaking and writing by criticizing
2 To get knowledge about culture of art and aesthetics to give a direction to the production of architecture
3 To understand the interrelations between other disciplines that are related to the architecture
4 To get efficiency in undergraduate courses and get the knowledge, methods, technical developments and abilities about them.
5 To Get the abilities to associate with the other disciplines
6 To have the abilities to arrange the processes of the field
7 To get abilities in understanding, analyzing, commenting and evaluating the works on architecture.
8 To be able to share the works and knowledge with other disciplines

Course Syllabus

# Subjects Teaching Methods and Technics
1 Course Content and Objectives
2 "History Discussion on Environmental Psychology Questions raised in the subject area of Environmental Psychology and Research Methods"
3 " Human and Environment Relations: Requirements Hierarchy, Environmental Perception, Activity Behavior Sets, Designing Spatial Cycle"
4 "Personalization Status Indication and Marking
5 "EnvironPersonal space, Privacy, Sovereignty Boundaries / Protected Area Crowded feelingmental Perception and Cognition"
6 " User-Focused Design Proxemia Theory and Distance Between People"
7 "Culture - Moods - Unwind - tir-me Developing a sense of belonging - Gentrification Evaluation of traditional / modern designs"
8 "MIDTERM "
9 Jury
10 " Public Domain - Semi public - Semi Private Domain - Private Domain hierarchy"
11 Architectural Articulations
12 " Research Methods in Environmental Psychology"
13 " Research Methods in Environmental Psychology"
14 " Final homework"
15 " Final homework delivery and presentations"
16 Final Exam

Course Syllabus

# Material / Resources Information About Resources Reference / Recommended Resources
1 Habraken, N. J. and Teicher, Jonathan (Eds.) 2000. The Structure of the Ordinary: Form and Controlin the Built Environment.
2 Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc. Sommer, R.2008. Personal Space: The Behavioral Basis of Design. NJ: PrenticeHall, Inc. EXTRA

Method of Assessment

# Weight Work Type Work Title
1 40% Mid-Term Exam Mid-term Exam
2 60% Final Exam Final Exam

Relationship between Learning Outcomes of Course and Program Outcomes

# Learning Outcomes Program Outcomes Method of Assessment
1 Thinking, speaking and writing by criticizing
2 To get knowledge about culture of art and aesthetics to give a direction to the production of architecture
3 To understand the interrelations between other disciplines that are related to the architecture
4 To get efficiency in undergraduate courses and get the knowledge, methods, technical developments and abilities about them.
5 To Get the abilities to associate with the other disciplines
6 To have the abilities to arrange the processes of the field
7 To get abilities in understanding, analyzing, commenting and evaluating the works on architecture.
8 To be able to share the works and knowledge with other disciplines
PS. The numbers, which are shown in the column Method of Assessment, presents the methods shown in the previous table, titled as Method of Assessment.

Work Load Details

# Type of Work Quantity Time (Hour) Work Load
1 Course Duration 14 3 42
2 Course Duration Except Class (Preliminary Study, Enhancement) 14 2 28
3 Presentation and Seminar Preparation 0 0 0
4 Web Research, Library and Archival Work 0 0 0
5 Document/Information Listing 0 0 0
6 Workshop 0 0 0
7 Preparation for Midterm Exam 0 0 0
8 Midterm Exam 1 2 2
9 Quiz 0 0 0
10 Homework 2 7 14
11 Midterm Project 0 0 0
12 Midterm Exercise 0 0 0
13 Final Project 0 0 0
14 Final Exercise 0 0 0
15 Preparation for Final Exam 1 2 2
16 Final Exam 1 2 2
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