Course Descriptions

Basic grammatical structures and sentence patterns. Basic range of simple expressions about personal details and needs of a concrete type. Basic greeting and leave-taking expressions. Daily routines. Definitions about people and places. Personal profiles. Social networking. Informal e-mails.

The basic theories in Ethics (the Philosophy of Morality). The practical implications of these theories in particular professions and areas such as engineering, medicine, pharmacology, genetics, technological innovation, artificial intelligence and robotology, management, marketing, international relations, public services, media and law. The meaning and significance of virtue and values. Moral principles within particular professions and their foundation in Ethics.

Sets of real numbers. Functions. Special functions. Symmetry, translations and reflections. Lines. Quadratic functions. Systems of equations. Exponential and logarithmic functions. Properties of logarithms. Limits and continuity. The derivative. Rules for differentiation. The chain rule. Derivatives of logarithmic and exponential functions. Implicit differentiation. Logarithmic differentiation. Higher order derivatives. Relative extrema. Absolute extrema on a closed interval. Concavity. The second derivative test. Asymptotes.

The objective of this course is to introduce the scope of architectural discipline. The course offers an overview of architecture within the framework of different ideas, approaches and associated disciplines. The meaning, definitions, images, themes and instruments of architecture; topics such as programming, context, concept development and body-action-space-form relationship form the theoretical scope of the course. In addition, the design process and fundamentals of architectural design are examined practically regarding the main spaces of dwelling in the studio. At the end of the semester; within the framework of the concepts of function, architectural principles, integration and being part of the whole, a basic architectural project is carried out.

ARCH 103 is a foundation course that introduces architecture students with design principles and prepare them for architectural design understanding and working culture. Students are expected to construct the relationship between form-function-structure and space using various design elements. In addition to the traditional design principles, within the scope of experimental techniques, it is aimed to develop the creativity of the students.

ARCH 105 is a foundation course, that introduces tools in order to understand and present threedimensional objects, and to design new ones. Students are expected to convey the expression of basic geometries using technical hand drawing principles. In addition to technical drawing, free hand sketching studies are carried out in the course to improve the students’s ability to understand and convey what they see. At the end of the term, students are expected to learn to present the materials they produce in an architectural manner.

Simple grammatical structures and sentence patterns. Description or presentation of people, living or working conditions, daily routines, likes/dislikes. Phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment.) Comparisons. Formal e-mails.

Within the scope of the course, general concepts and basic principles related to structure, construction and load bearing systems are explained. Properties such as classifications of buildings, building loads and load transfer, the relationship of building elements with each other, material dimensions are detailed. The structural features of traditional construction systems, which are widely used in our country, are explained in the context of structure, materials and components. The aim of the course is to provide information about the building systems and its sub-components.

Within the scope of the course, fundamental principles and architectural design skills that students acquired in ARCH 101 and ARCH 103 courses are continued in the design studio. The architectural project process is introduced through the design of small-scale spaces. In this context, students are expected to gain the ability to solve and present simple architectural problems by experiencing the main stages of an architectural design process. The course focuses on key issues of the architectural design process such as; using environmental data in architectural design, programming and concept development; multi-dimensional and directional thinking; researching and examining various architectural examples from the world; designing space for users and expressing the design with various architectural presentation techniques.

The course aims to introduce the basic properties of the building materials, their production methods and their use in architecture. In this course, the relation of the building with the design and material is established. Insulation materials required for comfort conditions are examined in the building. Students are aimed to learn the relationship between the various layers by examining the different materials and properties that form the components and elements of the building.