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, students are expected 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