Mimarlık (İngilizce) Lisans Diploması

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ISCO 08: 58

Architectural education at AGU is authentic with its innovative and flexible curriculum. A training system based on research and project-focused work in architecture such as history, theory and criticism of architecture, building and construction, architectural preservation and design as well as in related disciplines such as information technologies, environment, advanced materials, culture-art-heritage management. AGU provides an architectural education model at international standards: It is based on empirical processes focused on material and spatial experience through art and history criticism. An architectural education characterized with research and experimentation is offered at modeling, material research, documentation, building biology and physics labs. Practice at various phases of building construction is also required. AGU architecture school proposes an international contribution to the career development of the students during their education. The faculty is establishing  international cooperation with prestigious schools of architecture in USA and Europe. A further contribution to the students’ career development is planned through project and site-focused internship at the leading national and international architectural offices and construction firms. Thus, the students would have the opportunity to partake in the professional environment before their graduation.

The program objectives of the Department of Architecture at Abdullah Gül University are as follows.

• Research and design with an inter- and trans-disciplinary approach to develop innovative design solutions in local and global scale to enrich cultural and social environment.
• Be aware of tangible and intangible heritage and possess the required skills in sustainable design.
• Act as a responsible team leader or member in collaborative work to share theoretical and practical knowledge, skills and qualifications.

Education and teaching are provided in the form of formal (full-time) education Additionally, the program includes compulsory architectural office and construction site internship experiences, each lasting thirty working days. The studios, which are at the core of the physical facilities of the architectural education process, are of sufficient size and quality to allow students to draw their projects, transform them into physical prototypes, and engage in group work. The department's studio courses are conducted in four studio spaces, totaling an area of 878.93 m². The department also has two classrooms for theoretical courses. The Department of Architecture provides education based on collaborative and cooperative active learning approaches, offering models such as learning by doing, peer learning and experiential learning.

The program outcomes of the Department of Architecture at Abdullah Gül University are as follows.

• Perceive the theory and practice fields of architecture as complementary to each other and reflect them simultaneously to the process of design.
• Think and learn in an abstract, systematical and critical manner, to articulate an individualized architectural culture.
• Conceptualize the relationships between different scales and fields of design, to utilize them concurrently.
• Research and design with an inter- and trans-disciplinary approach.
• Be aware of the tangible and intangible heritage and to possess the required skills in sustainable design.
• Approach problem solving and design experimentally, and to convey and share this approach in his/her professional life.
• Develop innovative design solutions in local and global scale to enrich cultural and social environment.
• Express his/her design solutions with appropriate representation techniques.
• Be conscious of ethical, legal, social, cultural and economic responsibilities concerning the design and construction of the physical environment.
• Share his/her skills as a responsible team leader or member in collaborative work.
• Sustain life-long strategies for learning, acquiring and using knowledge.
• Have personal and professional communication skills in his/her native language and in English.

The Department of Architecture at Abdullah Gül University offers the following key competencies:

- Design / creative thinking

- History / theory, culture / art

- Environment / city / society

- Building technology

- Professional environment

1. Measurement and evaluation methods; types of exams and their contribution to course success grades are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) on these issues.

2. Different methods such as homework, projects, applications, reports, presentations, posters, quizzes, midterm exams, final exams, mid-term jury and final jury are used in measurement and evaluation.

3. Grading systems based on letters and/or numbers are used in the evaluation of student success.

In order to monitor the quality of higher education programs;

YÖK is responsible for planning, organizing, managing and supervising the education and training and other activities carried out in higher education institutions.

“University Monitoring and Evaluation Reports” of higher education institutions prepared within the framework of the criteria determined by YÖK are published every year. The reports prepared according to these reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of higher education institutions, are also shared with the public by YÖK.

The “Foundation Higher Education Institutions Report” is published each year by the Council of Higher Education, which includes academic, administrative and financial data on foundation higher education institutions. These reports, which include quantitative and qualitative evaluations of foundation higher education institutions, are shared with the public by the Council of Higher Education. The quality assurance of undergraduate programs in higher education is provided according to the “Procedures and Principles for Providing Quality Assurance of Higher Education Diploma Programs”:

1. Creation and Approval of Curriculum:

1.1. YÖK determines the minimum standards and criteria required for opening undergraduate departments and programs in higher education institutions.

1.2. The curriculum of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and the learning outcomes that each program will provide to students are determined by the senates of higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

1.3. The curriculum of the National Core Curriculum is approved by the relevant Deans' Council and implemented by higher education institutions with the approval of YÖK.

2. Measurement-Evaluation: How the learning outcomes that each undergraduate program will provide to the student will be measured and evaluated is carried out in accordance with the education, training and examination regulations prepared by higher education institutions in accordance with the basic principles determined by YÖK on these issues.

3. Documentation: Students enrolled in undergraduate programs receive a bachelor's degree if they successfully complete the course credits and other obligations determined by higher education institutions.

4. Self-Assessment-External Assessment: In the context of continuous monitoring, higher education institutions enter the “Internal Institutional Assessment Reports” of the previous year into the Information System prepared by the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) at the beginning of each year. YÖKAK shares the “Institutional Feedback Report” prepared by YÖKAK regarding the external assessment of higher education institutions with the public. In addition, accreditation decisions made by accreditation institutions authorized or recognized by YÖKAK also show that the quality assurance of the program qualifications is provided. YÖKAK conducts regular review activities regarding the qualifications determined in accordance with its legislation.

1. To have graduated from secondary education institutions or foreign secondary education institutions whose equivalence is approved by the Ministry of National Education and to have met the conditions for admission to undergraduate programs of higher education institutions.

2. To have been placed in the relevant undergraduate program of the higher education institution as a result of the central exam conducted by the Evaluation, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK.

3. To have received the required score and passed the special talent exam as a result of the central exam conducted by ÖSYM for programs of higher education institutions that accept students with special talent exams, the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK.

4. To have been placed in undergraduate programs that are a continuation of the fields they have completed in higher education institutions for associate degree graduates, as a result of the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by ÖSYM, the procedures and principles of which are determined by YÖK.

1. After one year of English preparatory education, graduates who successfully complete their four-year undergraduate education are given a bachelor's degree indicating that they have received the "Architect Title and Bachelor's Degree". The diploma also states that the person who receives the diploma has all the authorities and responsibilities granted to the “Architect” title.

2. Those who have a bachelor's degree in Architecture can continue to graduate programs and, if they meet the relevant requirements, to doctoral programs accepted with a bachelor's degree.

3. Undergraduate students have the right to participate in double major programs opened by the higher education institutions they are studying in. Students enrolled in double major programs can take courses from two diploma programs simultaneously and receive two separate bachelor's degrees if they are successful.

1. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education

1.1. Regulation on Transfer Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer

1.2. Regulation on Continuation of Undergraduate Education of Graduates of Vocational Schools and Open Education Associate Degree Programs

2. Law No. 2547 on Higher Education (Additional Article-35)

2.1. Higher Education Quality Assurance and Higher Education Quality Board Regulation

3. Abdullah Gül University Undergraduate Education-Teaching and Exam Regulation, other regulations, directives, application principles and Senate, Dean's Office and Architecture Department decisions.

The qualification is valid at all times.