ARCH615 ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH, METHODS AND ETHICS
| Course Code: | 1200615 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 6 (6.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 14.0 |
| Department: | Architecture |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ZEYNEP MENNAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to provide students with
- knowledge, understanding and skills related to research on built environment with emphasis on ethical, epistemological, methodological issues involved in research design and practice
- an ability to identify, analyze and evaluate the state-of-the-art research in their specific area of study
Course Content
Interrogation of the nature of design research and examination of various epistemological positions and related theoretical/philosophical perspectives and methodologies used in design research; relative approaches of social and natural sciences towards the question of knowledge acquisiton/legitimation and the scientific method; shift from objectivist/empiricist philosophies of science towards constructivist, interpretivist models of knowledge construction; current research directions.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student will be able to demonstrate
- an understanding of the nature of architectural research
- an understanding of research paradigms in natural sciences, social sciences and humanities
- an understanding of advanced study and research methods in architecture
- an enhanced ability to analyze and evaluate critically current advanced research and scholarship in architecture
- an understanding of the frontiers of their specialized field of study or research
- an enhanced ability to use resources for literature searching
- an enhanced ability to communicate about their specialized area of research in written, oral and graphic forms