ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
ARCH0003 Systems Thinking
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Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: ARCH0003
Course Name: Systems Thinking
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
4
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. ARZU ERDEM
Course Lecturer(s): Arzu Erdem
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: The course aims to create awareness towards the existing latent systems in the world, covering the topic in three different scales; personal, local and global. The goal of the course is three-fold: on one side, students will make inquiries by deploying a field study to obtain quantitative and qualitative data to explore an existing system. simultaneously, students will evaluate this data to discover events, find associations that form patterns. finally, students will visualize the collected data that will lead to exposing the systemic structures within a specific context.
Course Content: The course is divided into 4 weeks long three modules focusing on different parts of a whole term study. Throughout the semesters, three modules consist of filling data sheets to collect information and associate the acquired data to visualize a system which will facilitate the completion of a book about the food-related financial system of Kadikoy. There will be lectures and other short presentations to introduce the students, topics that will enrich their work throughout the semester. The course will be structured through open desk crit sessions and Pecha Kucha events to complete the semester work.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) 1- Ability to research existing urban conditions in different scales
2) 2- Ability to structure components of a system
3) 3- Understanding events, patterns, and systemic structures
4) 4- Mapping systems through visual techniques
5) 5- Dealing with different scales of design

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Design Thinking Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
2) Design Thinking Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
3) Design Thinking Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
4) Design Thinking Brief discussion on the Term Work Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
5) Design Thinking Guest Speaker Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
6) Design Thinking Guest Speaker Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
7) Design Thinking Guest Speaker Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
8) Design Thinking Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
9) Design Thinking Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
10) Design Thinking Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
11) Term Work: System Discovery Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
12) Term Work: Mapping Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
13) Group Work Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.
14) Term Work: Final, Data Visualization, Pecha Kucha Event Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır. Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Metinler, görseller ve çizimler stüdyoda öğrencilerle paylaşılır.
Texts, images and drawings are shared with students in the studio
References: İngin, A., & Derviş, P. (2011). Made in Şişhane. İstanbul: Tetra İletişim Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti.
Kim, D. H. (1999). Introduction to systems thinking (Vol. 16). Waltham, MA: Pegasus Communications.
Lee, A. J. (2016). Resilience by design.Chapter 2 Systems Thinking Springer.
Richmond, B., & Peterson, S. (2001). An introduction to systems thinking. High-Performance Systems., Incorporated.
Senge, P. (1990). The 5th discipline. Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 1 % 10
Quizzes 1 % 10
Presentation 1 % 10
Final 1 % 70
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 30
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 70
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 28
Midterms 1 2
Final 1 3
Total Workload 75