ECTS - Environmental Psychology
Environmental Psychology (ICM242) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Environmental Psychology | ICM242 | 4. Semester | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Problem Solving, Team/Group, Brain Storming. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The course aims to increase awareness of the physical environment and to understand social and personal behaviors. As a result, it aims to evaluate the perception and to make the right studies for new environments. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | This course examines the causal relationship between humans and the physical environment,based on the assumptions of Environmental Psychology.It analyzes how the physical environment affects human perception and behavior from personal,social,and cultural perspectives. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course description and introduction | Obtaining information about the course content from source books |
| 2 | Human and environment relationship, definition and components of the environment | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 3 | Possibility theory | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 4 | Overview of environmental psychology; Basic assumptions of environmental psychology | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 5 | Environmental perception, environmental cognition and design | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 6 | Perception, Gestalt principles | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 7 | Investigations on samples | Case studies |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | Preparation for Midterm Exam |
| 9 | Behavior and learning | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 10 | Cultural, societal and social factors in environment-human behavior | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 11 | Territoriality and territorial defense | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 12 | Personal space | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 13 | Privacy | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 14 | Crowd | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 15 | Seating styles. Observations, discussion and case study | Reading related chapters from source books |
| 16 | Final Exam | Final Sınava hazırlık |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. Alexander, C. (1977). A pattern language. Oxford University Press. |
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| 2. Altman, I. (1990). Environment and culture. Plenum. | |
| 3. Canter, D. (1975). Psychology for architects. Applied Science Publishers Ltd. | |
| 4. Cüceloğlu, D. (1991). İnsan ve davranışı. Remzi Kitabevi. | |
| 5. Deasy, C. M., & Lasswell, T. E. (1985). Designing places for people: A handbook on human behavior for architects, designers, and facility managers. Whitney Library of Design. | |
| 6. Gifford, R. (1987). Environmental psychology. Allyn and Bacon Inc. | |
| 7. Goffman, E. (1963). Behavior in public places. Free Press. | |
| 8. Göregenli, M. (2018). Çevre psikolojisi. Mega Basın Yayın San. ve Tic. A.Ş. | |
| 9. Gutman, R. (1972). People and environment. Basic Books. | |
| 10. Gür-Öymen, Ş. (1996). Mekan örgütlenmesi. Gür Yayıncılık. | |
| 11. Hall, E. (1969). The hidden dimension. Anchor Doubleday Books. | |
| 12. Halohan, C. (1978). Environment and behavior. Plenum Press. | |
| 13. Ittelson, W., Prohansky H.M., Rivling L.G., & Winkel, G.H. (1974.) An introduction to environmental psychology. Holt Rinehart and Winston Inc. | |
| 14. Rapoport, A. (1990). The meaning of the built environment. University of Arizona Press. | |
| 15. Steg, L., Van den Berg, A., & De Groot, J. I. M. (2015). Çevre psikolojisi. Nobel. | |
| 16. Wölfflin, H. (2019). Mimarlık psikolojisine öndeyişler. Janus Yayıncılık. | |
| 17. Yaşaroğlu, C. (2020). Çevre psikolojisine giriş. Atlas Akademik Basım Yayın Dağıtım Tic. Ltd. Şti. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 15 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | 1 | 20 |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 35 |
| Toplam | 5 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 65 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 35 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Having knowledge and awareness of the design and construction decisions influenced by geographical variations in social, economic, cultural, and physical contexts. | X | ||||
| 2 | Being able to collaborate in a multidisciplinary manner at the national and international levels, independently or jointly planning design projects in interdisciplinary work, and taking on responsibilities to execute/manage them. | |||||
| 3 | Having knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards; being aware of professional ethics, duties and responsibilities. | |||||
| 4 | Being able to obtain the necessary data using accurate research methods and techniques, interpreting the results, and transforming the theoretical knowledge acquired by generating counter-arguments/syntheses, evaluating them, and applying them to alternative design solutions in the practical domain. | X | ||||
| 5 | Expressing data, ideas, design solutions and projects accurately and effectively by using oral, written and/or visual communication techniques and technology. | X | ||||
| 6 | Having knowledge of interior space systems in a way that considers the relationship between the base building construction and the interior construction. | |||||
| 7 | Providing a holistic design approach by developing details through the appropriate selection of furnishing, product and material. | |||||
| 8 | Developing design ideas/creating space with the influence of psychology, sociology, philosophy, architecture and art by using scientific and technical knowledge that will respond to aesthetic and functional needs. | X | ||||
| 9 | Developing user-oriented design solutions with human factors, ergonomics, universal and inclusive design principles. | X | ||||
| 10 | Having knowledge within the scope of the historical development of interior architecture, architecture and art, having the competence to make decisions by exhibiting a respectful and sensitive attitude towards cultural heritage and historical/natural environment. | |||||
| 11 | Designing to increase spatial comfort and wellbeing with the impact of physical environmental systems such as lighting, color, acoustics, air conditioning, etc. | X | ||||
| 12 | Having the ability to develop a sustainable design by using natural and built environment information. | |||||
| 13 | Keeping up with new developments in the field of interior architecture and design, having a consciousness of lifelong learning, and contributing to the field. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
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| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | |||
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Total Workload | 50 | ||