ECTS - Research Methods for Historical Buildings

Research Methods for Historical Buildings (ICM524) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Research Methods for Historical Buildings ICM524 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şule Pfeiffer-Taş
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To teach scientific methods to be followed prior to the preparation of researching historical buildings, protection and preparing restitution project
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Learns methods to be followed to research historical buildings
  • Obtains information about the legal framework and legislation
  • Recognizes national and international protection principles and theories
  • Learns scientific methods in the process of preparing restitution analysis report
  • Analyses the phases, changes, and restorations through which a historical building went from the time it was built to the present
Course Content Restoration in historical structures and research into the restitution report to be completed prior to restoration; the legal status of the structure, how to access to information as to the protection status, protected sites, and international protection theories; the history of the site, its archaeology, historical geography, the restorations whic

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Information about the objective, scope, methodology, and references of the course Getting information about the course
2 International Protection History and Theoretical Basis; Conservation in Turkey since Ottomans to the Present Reading about the topics
3 Legislation – International Treaties; The Protection of Cultural Heritage and Immovable Cultural Heritage; Protection Values and Evaluation Criteria Reading about the topics
4 International Consevation Principles and Theories; Bylaws, Principles, Decisions Reading about the topics
5 Historic Environment, Legal Status of Buildings; Institutions, Conservation Decisions, Archival Research for Restoration and Renovation, etc. Reading about the topics
6 Historical and Archeological Studies; Data Collection and Analysis Reading about the topics
7 Architecture and Art History Studies, Comparative Analysis Reading about the topics
8 Interdisciplinary Studies, Technical Research, Material Analysis, Archeometry Reading about the topics
9 Restitution- Modifications, Construction Phase Studiesdies Reading about the topics
10 Restitution- Modifications, Construction Phase Studies, Project Reporting, Evaluations Reading about the topics
11 Presentation, Informing, Publication Reading about the topics
12 Presentations Reading about the topics and preparing presentations
13 Presentations Reading about the topics and preparing presentations
14 Final Submission Studies for final submission
15 Presentations Reading about the topics and preparing presentations

Sources

Other Sources 1. Emre Madran-Nimet Özgönül, Kültürel ve Doğal Değerlerin Korunması, Ankara 2005.
2. Zeynep Ahunbay, Tarihi Çevre Koruma ve Restorasyon, İstanbul 1996.
3. Emre Madran, Tanzimat’tan Cumhuriyet’e Kültür Varlıklarının Korunmasına İlişkin Tutumlar ve Düzenlemeler, Ankara 2002.
4. Cengiz Bektaş, Koruma, Onarım, İstanbul 2001
5. Turan Karakaş, Taşınır ve Taşınmaz Kültür ve Tabiat Varlıkları Mevzuatı, Ankara 1997.
6. ICOMOS, Guide to Recording Historic Buildings, Cambridge 1990.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work 1 20
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 1 60
Presentation 1 20
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 100
Percentage of Final Work 0
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
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
1 2 3 4 5
1 X
2 X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 X
7 X
8 X
9 X
10 X
11 X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 14 3 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship 1 15 15
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 10 2 20
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 20 20
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 1 28 28
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload 125