Course Details

UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits
2	ARCH506	UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY WORLD	3+1+0	3	8

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Master's Degree
Department / Program	ARCHITECTURE
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Compulsory
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	Enhancing design thinking skills in preparation of funding applications. Enhancing the awareness of the students on different funding programs Designing collaborative funding application based on a specific research problem. Raising awareness of inter-disciplinary/collaborative approaches in architectural research and social problems
Course Content	This course focuses on funding application preparation for different funding bodies such as European Union Funds. The lecture will start with definition and explanation of the basic concepts such as project cycle. At the end of the lecture each student will expected to convert their research idea to a funding application.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	Instructor SİNAN AKYÜZ
Name of Lecturers	None
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

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ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Kritik	1	2	2
Münazara	1	1	1
Tartışma	1	1	1
F2F Dersi	1	2	2
Ev Ödevi	1	10	10
Sunum için Hazırlık	1	6	6
Sunum	1	2	2
Araştırma	1	10	10
Der Dışı Final Sınavı	1	20	20
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 2 54

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Improve the relationship between students’ perspective of research design process and society.
2	Improve social impact of the ongoing research within the department.
3	Improve of understanding the relationship between economic social and cultural processes and research agenda.
4	Evaluate the state of the art of a specific research topic.
5	Design research by including different disciplines based on the defined problem.
6	Communicate with professionals from different disciplines.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	What is Development? Economic Development? Human Development and 17 SDGs as a global policy framework
2	What is project? What is the Project cycle? Strategic Analyses and content matrix?
3	What is the Project cycle? Defining Problem and project topic
4	What is the Project cycle? Defining the Problem and alternative solution strategies.
5	Defining the strategy and the logical framework approach
6	İndividual Feedback for logical frameworks
7	From logical Framework matrix to planing Activities
8	Spring Break
9	İndividual Feedback for logical frameworks
10	Activity Planning and budget preparation for the project
11	İndividual Feedback for budget and activity planing
12	Exchange programs for students and staff
13	International Research funds application
14	Tubitak funding application during master ve PhD
15	How to convert your thesis to article
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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