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Language of Instruction
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English
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Level of Course Unit
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Bachelor's Degree
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Department / Program
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ARCHITECTURE
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Type of Program
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Formal Education
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Type of Course Unit
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Elective
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Course Delivery Method
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Face To Face
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Objectives of the Course
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This course examines creativity from the perspectives of neuroscience, psychology, and the creative arts, and aims to foster creativity through hands-on activities that incorporate techniques such as storytelling, intuitive painting, and creative writing.
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Course Content
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This course explores creativity as a mode of thinking, perceiving, and engaging with the world. It combines theoretical perspectives with practice-based explorations to help students recognize, question, and expand their existing assumptions about creativity and creative action. The course begins with an introduction to major thinkers who have shaped contemporary understandings of creativity, followed by an examination of mental barriers, perception, and the role of observation in creative processes. Through exercises focused on form, material, and sensory engagement, students develop an awareness of how new meanings and possibilities can emerge from simple elements.
As the course progresses, students are introduced to creative thinking strategies such as bending, blending, and breaking, and are encouraged to experiment with uncertainty as a generative space for discovery. Individual and collective practices—including writing, making, and storytelling—support students in developing confidence in their creative capacities. In the later weeks, the focus shifts toward applying creative thinking methods to real-life contexts. Students identify recurring problems in their own educational experiences or daily lives, reframe them through creative strategies, and propose new pathways and solutions. The course concludes with a reflective synthesis of learning, preparing students to articulate and present their creative processes and insights.
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Course Methods and Techniques
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The course adopts an experiential and student-centered approach that integrates theoretical inquiry with hands-on practice. Short lectures and discussions introduce key concepts and frameworks, while studio-based activities, reflective writing, and collaborative exercises enable students to internalize and apply these ideas. Emphasis is placed on learning through doing, observation, experimentation, and reflection.
Students are encouraged to explore, question, and reinterpret familiar forms and situations, developing an openness to uncertainty and alternative perspectives. Regular reflective practices support self-awareness and help students track their evolving understanding of creativity. Both individual and group activities foster dialogue, shared learning, and collective meaning-making. Through iterative processes of making, thinking, and reflecting, the course aims to cultivate creative confidence, flexible thinking, and the ability to approach everyday problems with originality and sensitivity.
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Prerequisites and co-requisities
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None
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Course Coordinator
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None
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Name of Lecturers
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Dr. Keziban Gülen Göz gulen.goz@agu.edu.tr
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Assistants
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None
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Work Placement(s)
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No
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Recommended or Required Reading
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Resources
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Resnick, M. (2017). Lifelong kindergarten: Cultivating creativity through projects, passion, peers, and play. MIT Press.
Rubin, R. (2023). Yaratıcı eylem: Bir var olma bic¸imi. Domingo Yayınları.
Sawyer, K. (2025). Learning to see: Inside the world’s leading art and design schools. The MIT Press.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2018). Akıs¸: Mutluluk bilimi. Buzdagˆı Yayınları.
May, R. (1975). Yaratma cesareti. Metis Yayınları.
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Course Notes
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Resnick, M. (2017). Lifelong kindergarten: Cultivating creativity through projects, passion, peers, and play. MIT Press.
Rubin, R. (2023). Yaratıcı eylem: Bir var olma bic¸imi. Domingo Yayınları.
Sawyer, K. (2025). Learning to see: Inside the world’s leading art and design schools. The MIT Press.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2018). Akıs¸: Mutluluk bilimi. Buzdagˆı Yayınları.
Dispenza, J. (2014). Kendiniz olma alıs¸kanlıgˆını kırmak. Butik Yayıncılık.
May, R. (1975). Yaratma cesareti. Metis Yayınları.
Campbell, J. (1949). The hero with a thousand faces. Princeton University Press.
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Course Category
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Social Sciences
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Field
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