Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF FINE ARTS / İÇM312 - INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

Code: İÇM312 Course Title: ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer EDA BALABAN VAROL (edabalaban@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Environmental Psychology analyzes the interaction between people and their physical environments.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Becomes conscious of the physical environment and its effects. PO-1 Students have the skills to transfer and use their knowledge of art and design in the field of interior architecture.
Performance Project
LO-2 Humans use the physical environment in line with their needs. PO-1 Students have the skills to transfer and use their knowledge of art and design in the field of interior architecture.
Performance Project
LO-3 Makes new designs by changing the physical environment in line with the requirements PO-1 Students have the skills to transfer and use their knowledge of art and design in the field of interior architecture.
Performance Project
LO-4 Gains responsibility in individual changes related to the physical environment. PO-1 Students have the skills to transfer and use their knowledge of art and design in the field of interior architecture.
Practice Exam
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic features of communication and interaction between man and the physical environment surrounding him; the requirements of this interaction and communication; the effect of environmental perception on human psychology; the role of space in human perception as an environmental factor; transferring the effects of spatial analysis on the psychology and perception of the individual.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to the course Case Studies
2 Definition of the environment and its components Case Studies
3 Human perception and recognition structure Case Studies
4 Cognitive systems and human behavior in spatial perception Case Studies
5 Basic assumptions of Environmental Psychology Case Studies
6 Reviews on examples Case Studies
7 Behavior and learning Case Studies
8 mid-term exam
9 Çevre-insan davranışında kültürel faktörler Case Studies
10 Social factors in human-environment interaction Case Studies
11 Social factors in human-environment interaction Case Studies
12 Physical environmental systems that regulate social relations Case Studies
13 İnsan-çevre araştırmalarının tasarıma yansıması Case Studies
14 Gözlemler, tartışma ve örnekler Case Studies
15 Case Studies Case Studies
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Çakın, Ş. (1994). Mimari Tasarım İnsan Toplum ve Çevre İlişkisi. Özel Matbaası.
2 Bozdayı, A., M. (2004). İç Mekan ve İnsan. Ajansmat Matbaacılık.
3 Rapoport, A. (1990). The Meaning of the Built Environment: A Nonverbal Communication Approach. University of Arizona Press.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbook

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 8 16
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 8 8
       c) Performance Project 2 8 16
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 6 18
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 6 18
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 2 7 14
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 122