YAŞAR UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE and ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course
Code
Semester
INAR 552
FALL
Course Title
CURRENT DEBATES IN INTERIORS
Course Hour/Week
Theory
3
Practice
0
Yaşar Credit
ECTS
3
7
Course Type
1. Compulsory Courses
1.1. Program Compulsory Courses
1.2. University Compulsory Courses (UFND)
1.3. YÖK (Higher Education Council) Compulsory Courses
2. Elective Courses
2.1. Program Elective Courses
X
2.2. University Elective Courses
3. Prerequisites Courses
3.1. Compulsory Prerequisites Courses
3.2. Elective Prerequisites Courses
Language of Instruction
English
Level of Course
Associate Degree (Short Cycle)
Undergraduate (First Cycle)
Graduate (Second Cycle)
X
Doctoral Course (Third Cycle)
Prerequisites Course(s) (compulsory)
-
Special Pre-Conditions of the Course
(recommended)
-
Course Coordinator
Assist.Prof.Dr.Zeynep TUNA ULTAV
Mail: zeynep.tunaultav@yasar.edu.tr
Web: ztunaultav.yasar.edu.tr
Course Instructor(s)
Assist.Prof.Dr.Zeynep TUNA ULTAV
Mail: zeynep.tunaultav@yasar.edu.tr
Web: ztunaultav.yasar.edu.tr
Course
Assistant(s)/Tutor (s)
Mail:
Web:
Course Web Page
lectures.yasar.edu.tr
Aim(s) of the Course
The course aims at exploring current debates in the realm of interior design/architecture as well
as contemporary issues of the discipline. It also aims to equip students with the academic
terminology of the discipline.
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Learning Outcomes of
the Course
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Course Content
The students will be able to criticize current debates in interiors.
The students will be able to think and practice via different themes and debates critical to
interior architecture.
The students will be able to understand tools and tactics of interior design discipline.
The students will be able to discuss a particular issue related to the current debates in
interior architecture.
The students will be able to analyze interior-exterior dichotomy.
The course will be based on socio-cultural framework of interior design theory. The students will
be presented current debates on the disciplinary boundaries of the field selected among the
most recognized and original discourses.
COURSE OUTLINE/SCHEDULE (Weekly)
Week
1
2
Topics
Preliminary Preparation
Introduction; Overview of the Current
Debates in Interior Design
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Themes of Interiors
Interior Status
Interior and Exterior Dichotomy
“Professional Tactics”, In Interior Tools
Interior Tactics: Debates in Interiors
Theory and Practice. 13-28.
Methodology and
Implementation
(theory,-practice,
assignment, etc.)
Theory
Theory
“Bridging the ınterior and Exterior”, In
Toward a New Interior, 576-631.
Debates on Sheltering
3
4
5
“The Search for Shelter”, In Rethinking
Design and Interiors: Human Beings in
the Built Environment.
Guest Speaker: “The Notion of Culture in
Interiors”
--
Review of the seminar delivered in Week 4
Review Paper on Guest Speaker’s
Seminar
Body and Perception
“Body and Perception”, In Toward a
New Interior, 24-71.
6
Guest Speaker: “Material Tools and Tactics in
Interiors”
Review of the seminar delivered in Week 6
7
Theory
Theory
Seminar
Theory
Assignment
Theory
Seminar
Review Paper on Guest Speaker’s
Seminar
Color and Surfaces
Theory
Assignment
“Color and Surfaces”, In Toward a New
Interior, 222-295
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9
10
11
12
Take-home Mid-term
Mid-term preparation
Furniture and Objects
“Furniture and Objects”, In Toward a
New Interior, 144-221.
Theory
Collective Memory in Interiors
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Theory
Guest Speaker: “Gender Issue in Domesticity” --
Theory
Seminar
Review of the seminar delivered in Week 11
Review Paper on Guest Speaker’s
Seminar
Debates on the Issue of Taste
“Tasty: On the Aesthetic and Ethical
Universality of What Cannot Be
Proved”, In After Taste, 42-53.
“Taste and the Interior Designer”, In
MID-TERM
Theory
Assignment
2
After Taste, 14-27.
“Taste, After All”, In After Taste, 28-41.
13
Designing the Modern Interior
Theory
14
Student Presentations
Presentation
15
Student Presentations
Presentation
16
FINAL EXAM WEEK
Final submission
Required Course Material (s) /Reading(s)/Text Book (s)
Final submission
Will be delivered via “lectures. yasar.edu.tr”.
Caan, S. (2014) Rethinking Design and Interiors: Human
Beings in the Built Environment. London: Laurence King
Publishing.
Recommended Course Material (s)/Reading(s)/Other
Hollis, E., Milligan, A. (2011) Interior Tools Interior Tactics:
Debates in Interiors Theory and Practice. London: Libri
Publishing.
Kleinman, K., Merwood-Salisbury, J. (2011) After Taste. NY:
Princeton Architectural Press.
Weinthal, L. (2011) Toward a New Interior. NY: Princeton
Architectural Press.
ASSESSMENT
Semester Activities/ Studies
NUMBER
WEIGHT in %
Mid- Term
1
40
Attendance
1
10
3
15
1
35
Quiz
Assignment (s)
Project
Laboratory
Field Studies (Technical Visits)
Presentation/ Seminar
Practice (Laboratory, Virtual Court, Studio Studies etc.)
Other (Placement/Internship etc.)
TOTAL
100
Contribution of Semester Activities/Studies to the Final Grade
50
Contribution of Final Examination/Final Project/ Dissertation to the Final Grade
TOTAL
50
.
100
CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
No Programme Outcomes
Level of
Contribution (1lowest/ 5- highest)
1
2
3
4
5
To develop the qualifications acquired at the undergraduate education in a chosen area of
1 specialization; in interior architecture and the skills of rational thinking and producing unique
works
X
To understand the interdisciplinary nature of interior architecture and to contribute to the
growth of interdisciplinary knowledge while implementing the acquired knowledge in
X
2
3
interdisiplinary media
3 To apply specialized knowledge in interior architecture in theory and/or practice
X
To diagnose and evaluate a specific problem in interior architecture and to develop a method
4 towards its solution while working with professional and non-professional environments, taking
resposibility, producing solutions and showing leadeship when required
X
5
To use computation and communication technologies as required by a chosen area of
specialization
6
To present critical evaluation of knowledge in interior architecture, directing self-education at an
interdisciplinary level and independent conduct of advanced work
X
7
To communicate contemporary developments in interior architecture and her/his own work in
professional and interdisciplinary contexts in written, oral or visual forms
X
8
To recognize the significance of lifelong learning and use learning skills developed through this
program in other segments of life
X
X
9 To demonstrate oral and written communication in at least one foreign language
X
To understand and communicate social, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation,
10
interpretation and/or application of data related to interior architecture
X
ECTS /STUDENT WORKLOAD
ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
Course Teaching Hour (14 weeks* total course hours)
14
Preliminary Preparation and finalizing of course notes,
further self- study
14
Assignment (s)
3
Presentation/ Seminars
1
Quiz and Preparation for the Quiz
Mid- Term(s)
HOUR
TOTAL
(WORKLOAD)
3
42
3
42
Number
3
9
Number
30
30
20
20
30
30
UNIT
Week
Number
Number
1
Number
Project (s)
Number
Field Studies (Technical Visits, Investigate Visit etc.)
Number
Practice (Laboratory, Virtual Court, Studio Studies etc.)
Number
Final Examination/ Final Project/ Dissertation and
Preparation
Other (Placement/Internship etc.)
1
Number
Number
Total Workload
173
Total Workload/ 25
6,9
ECTS
7
ETHICAL RULES WITH REGARD TO THE COURSE (IF AVAILABLE)
Minimum of %70 attendance required for passing grade.
ASSESSMENT and EVALUATION METHODS:
Final Grades will be determined according to the Yaşar University Associate Degree, Bachelor Degree and Graduate
Degree Education and Examination Regulation
PREPARED BY
Assist. Prof. Dr. Zeynep TUNA ULTAV
UPDATED
30.04.2015
APPROVED
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