ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | MIM032 | ||||
| Course Name: | Ecology and Architecture | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Öğr. Gör. MEHMET SARPER TAKKECİ | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Mehmet Sarper Takkeci | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | The aim of the course is to provide students with an "ecological literacy" about the nature-human relationship. In this context, the course aims to develop an understanding of how scientific methods are used to construct ecological knowledge and, from this, to develop a deeper understanding of how culture affects ecological communities and systems. |
| Course Content: | As one of the actors who think, design and implement environments for living thingsnon-living components that make up the environment interact with each other. This course will explore ecology issues that will enable students to think about the nature-human, nature-culture relationship from the perspective of architecture. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Ability to understand and describe the major ideas of nature, population and community ecology, biodiversity and climate change 2) Ability to describe and discuss current and future important ecological problems; eg. ecosystem services, agricultural systems, water resources, management of reserves and growth of cities 3) Ability to identify and describe specific ways in which natural or anthropogenic activity might influence ecosystems 4) Ability to define and discuss the ecological foundations of "green" movements in design and architecture. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction to Ecology & Ecosystem | |
| 2) | Evolutional and Ecological Changes in Nature | |
| 3) | Ecological Communities | |
| 4) | Ecological Cycles | |
| 5) | Ecological Resilience | |
| 6) | Biodiversity & Ecological Conservation | |
| 7) | Climate Change | |
| 8) | Midterm | |
| 9) | Pollution | |
| 10) | Urban Ecology | |
| 11) | Nature, Human and Growth | |
| 12) | Design and technology from an ecological perspective | |
| 13) | Understanding the impact of architectural design on ecology | |
| 14) | Ecology and Policy-making | |
| 15) | Final |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Levin, Simon A. (editor), 2009. The Princeton Guide to Ecology. Princeton University Press. |
| References: | Smith, Thomas M. and Robert Leo Smith, 2006. Elements of Ecology, 6th Edition. Pearson/Benjamin Cummings. |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
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Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 1 | % 10 |
| Quizzes | 1 | % 30 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| 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 | |