AH601 CRITICAL REVIEW IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY: APPROACHES, METHODS, ETHICS
| Course Code: | 8010601 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 10.0 |
| Department: | History of Architecture |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Masters |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AYŞE BELGİN ÖZKAYA |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The main objective of the course is to familiarize students with different approaches and methodologies of architectural historiography. Students are expected to develop skills to conduct advanced research at the doctoral level.
Course Content
Designed for Ph.D. students specializing in architectural history; covering general patterns in architectural historiography and a critical overview of the history of the built environment; survey of recent theoretical debates and current issues in architectural historiography for the requisite knowledge and research tools in an advanced level; evaluation of selected works of architectural historiography exemplifying various methodological approaches and interpretive frameworks. Students are led to engage in a hands-on exercise of developing methods and doing research.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students are expected to acquire:
*Familiarity with seminal and current scholarship on architectural historiography.
*A layered understanding of the different approaches, methodologies and genres of architectural historiography.
* Knowledge and skills to critically interpret architectural history texts.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | acquire basic and up-to-date information in the field of architectural history, both in local and global levels (knowledge) | ✔ | |||
| 2 | have profound knowledge of research methods and literature in the field (knowledge) | ✔ | |||
| 3 | conduct independent research and study (skills) | ✔ | |||
| 4 | collect and use information from diverse and reliable sources and archival research (skills ) | ✔ | |||
| 5 | relate architectural history to other fields and benefit from the knowledge obtained from them (skills ) | ✔ | |||
| 6 | transmit architectural history knowledge textually and verbally by various communication and presentation tools in an effective way (in Turkish and English) (skills) | ✔ | |||
| 7 | create architectural history products such as publications, exhibitions, restitution reports, and others in using knowledge acquired in the field and its subjects (in Turkish and English) (skills) | ✔ | |||
| 8 | use the knowledge and experience gained to contribute to the discipline of architectural history and cultural environments (attitudes) | ✔ | |||
| 9 | observe up-to-date knowledge and research in the field and be open to lifelong learning (attitudes) | ✔ | |||
| 10 | be open to imparting knowledge in different milieus (attitudes) | ✔ | |||
| 11 | work within the framework of disciplinary procedures and code of ethics (attitudes) | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution