ARCH626 ISSUES IN ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH
| Course Code: | 1200626 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Architecture |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ZEYNEP MENNAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
The relative approaches of the social and the natural sciences. Social constructionist theories of science and various criticisms of traditional Western epistemology. Alternatives offered in social epistemology to the question of whether knowledge and science can exist independently of social construction and the ways by which they inform research. Continuation and/or dissolution of basic dichotomies, epistemological consequences and alternatives. Premises and limits of interdisciplinary research.