Course Code: 
ARCH 413
Course Type: 
Area Elective
Theory: 
3
Practice: 
0
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
5
Course Language: 
İngilizce
Course Objectives: 
With this course, students; -Can fulfill responsibilities in ethical and professional fields -Can comprehend the impact of engineering and architecture in social and global dimensions. -Can gain universal values ​​in the dimension of risk and safety covered by ethical rules - Evaluate ethical events in the context of events aimed at. -Can present a case study or scenario on effective communication and analyze ethical incompatibilities in the context of universal values.
Course Content: 

Description of course content. Moral values ​​in philosophy. Ethical definitions. Ethics history and theory. The basic hypothesis of ethics. Fundamentals of ethics. What is ethics in engineering and architecture? What are morals and moral values? Moral theories. Responsibility and kindness in ethics. Experimental approaches in engineering and architecture. risk and security concepts. Reducing risk by assessing conjecture and reality. Professional liability and employer leave. Works on case studies. Ethical principles among colleagues. Rights of engineers and architects. Presentation of teamwork

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Lab, 4: Case-study
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Testing, B: Experiment, C: Homework, D: Project

Vertical Tabs

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

  1. Taking responsibility in ethical and professional fields

24,29

1,2,3

C

  1. Be able to comprehend the impact of engineering and architecture on a social and global scale

24,29

 

1,2,3

C

  1. Gaining universal values ​​in the dimension of risk and safety covered by ethical rules

24,29

1,2,3

C

  1. To be able to evaluate the events in the context of ethical works

24,29

1,2,3

C

  1. Ability to present a case study, design or proposal project with effective communication, analyze ethical incompatibilities in the context of universal values

24,29

 

1,2,3

C

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT

Week

Topics

Preparation

1

Description of course content. Moral values ​​in philosophy. Definition of ethics.

Lecture notes and Seminar

2

Ethics history and theory. The basic hypothesis of ethics. foundations of ethics

Lecture notes and Seminar

3

What is ethics in engineering and architecture? What are morals and moral values? Moral theories.

Lecture notes and Seminar

4

Responsibility and kindness in ethics. Experimental approaches in engineering and architecture.

Lecture notes and Seminar

5

Risk and security concepts. Reducing risk by assessing conjecture and reality.

Lecture notes and Seminar

6

Professional liability and employer leave.

Lecture notes and Seminar

7

Studies on case studies

Lecture notes and Seminar

8

Ethical principles among colleagues

Lecture notes and Seminar

9

Rights of engineers and architects

Lecture notes and Seminar

10

Presentation of team work

Lecture notes and Seminar

11

Presentation of team work

Lecture notes and Seminar

12

Presentation of team work

Lecture notes and Seminar

13

Presentation of team work

Lecture notes and Seminar

14

Presentation of team work

Lecture notes and Seminar

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Textbook

1. Akarsu, B. Ahlak Öğretileri, İnkılap Kitapevi, 1998.

2. Annemaire Pieper, Eyiğe Giriş, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 1999.

3. Carl, Mitcham, R. Duval, Engineering Ethics, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000, p.131

4. Donald Christiansean Engineering Excellence: Cultural and Organizations factors IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Press, New York. 1987

5. Felicity Haynes, Eğitimde Etik, Ayrıntı yayınları. 2002

6. Immanuel Kant, Ethica: Etik üzerine dersler. Pencere yayınları, 2003.

7. Kuçuradi, İ. Felsefi etik ve meslek etikleri. Türkiye felsefe Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara, 2000. S.23

8. Mantelli Muray, I, Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering Macmillan, New York, 1964.

9. Mengüşoğlı, T. felsefeye Giriş, Remzi Kitabevi, 1983.

10. Michael davis, Thinking like an engineer: Studies in ethics of a prefession. New York, Oxford Univerity Press, 1998, s.240

11. Mike W. Martin, Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, McGraw-hill, New York, 1989.

12. Roland Schinzinger, Mike W. Martin, Introduction to engineering ethics, McGraw-hill, Boston, 2000.

13. Seyhan Uğur Onbaşıoğku, Mühendislik etiği, Doğa Yayıncılık, 2003.

14. TMMOB Eğitim Sempozyumu Etik Eğitimi Paneli Bildirisi, İstanbul, 1998.

15. TMMOB Mühendislik Mimarlık Kurultayı mesleki davranış ilkeleri metinleri, Ankara, 2001.

16. TMMOB EMO Etik Komisyonu Etik, Ahlak ve Mesleki Davranış İlkeleri, Ankara, 2003

Additional Resources

 

Assessment

ASSESSMENT

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-terms

1

20

Homework 

-

-

Project (Assignment)

-

-

Laboratory

-

-

Field survey

-

-

Seminars/presentations

1

30

Other

-

-

Final Exam (Final Project)

1

50

Contrıbutıon of Final Examination to Overall Grade

 

50

Contrıbutıon of In-term Studies to Overall Grade 

 

50

Total

 

100

Course Category 

Expertise/Field Courses

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

 

No

 

Program Learning Outcomes 

Contribution Level

 (1: lowest,                               5: highest )

1

2

3

4

5

1

Critical thinking skills: Ability to develop clear and open questions, use abstract ideas to express ideas, evaluate opposing views, reach to the well-examined results and test them with similar criteria and standards

         

2

Communication / Graphic communication skills: Ability to formally express each stage of planning and design process with various techniques including hand-drawings and information technologies to create appropriate presentations; to have an ability of a complete and accurate technical description and documentation of the project

         

3

Research skills/ Ability of Utilization from Examples: Ability to obtain relevant information, assessment, recording and apply during the architectural processes; the ability to discover examples that are appropriate to program and form, concerning the composition and development of architectural and urban projects

         

4

Design skills: Understanding the creation, development and implementation processes of two and three dimension design, architectural composition, and visual perception and organization in urban design, ability to apply basic architectural principles in building, interiors and layout

         

5

World architecture: Comprehending the rules of world  architecture, landscape and urban design, and also the climatic, technological, socio-economic and cultural factors which shape these principles

         

6

Regional Architecture / Cultural Diversity: Comprehending the effects of national traditions and historical heritage in national and vernacular architecture including local architecture, landscape and urban design.

         

7

Cultural Heritage and Conservation: Having awareness of the protection of historical areas as well as the basic principles for the documentation of historical monuments and buildings for the preparation of their restoration projects.

         

8

Sustainability: Conservation of artificial sources which also include naturally and culturally significant buildings and spaces, regarding the role of sustainability in the architectural and urban design decisions and understanding the formation of healthy buildings and establishments  

         

9

Social Responsibility: Comprehending  the needs, behaviors, social and spatial patterns which characterize different cultures

         

10

Nature and Human: Understanding the interaction between physical environment and humans

         

11

Geographical Conditions: Ability to design settlement and building considering the natural and artificial properties of site  

         

12

Life safety: Understanding the basic principles of life safety systems with an emphasis on the topic of emergency exits

         

13

Structural systems: Understanding the behavioral principles of standing structures with vertical and horizontal forces and the development and application of contemporary load-bearing systems

         

14

Building Physics and Environmental Systems: Understanding the basic principles of lighting, acoustics, air-conditioning and energy use in the design of environmental systems.

         

15

Building Shell Systems: Understanding the materials and basic design systems and correct application types of building shells

         

16

Building Service Systems : Understanding the basic design principles of building service systems composing,  plumbing , electric , vertical circulation, communication, security and fire safety systems

         

17

Construction Materials and Applications: Understanding the principles and standards of building materials and components in terms of production and applications.

         

18

Integration of Building Systems: Ability of evaluation, selection and integration of building service systems, environment, security and building shells in building design.

         

19

Program Organization and Evaluation: The ability to evaluate an architectural project with a comprehensive program, according to the design criteria concerning the client, user requirements, appropriate precedents, space and equipment requirements, site conditions and related laws and standards

         

20

Comprehensive Project Development: Ability to improve and evaluate an architectural project with comprehensive program from graphical design to system details (Structural and environmental systems, security, etc.)

         

21

Control of Building Cost: Within the framework of the design project; understanding the basics of finance, building economy and cost control

         

22

Architect-Employer Relationship: Understanding the responsibility of analyzing the requirements of the owner and customer as an architect

         

23

Teamwork and Collaboration: Ability to enhance individual skills and take on different roles through identification and work as a member of the design team , in conjunction with other environments

         

24

Project Management: Understanding the duty of tasking, contracting, personnel management, consultants, project delivery methods and service agreement 

     

X

 

25

Application Management: Understanding issues of office organization, business planning, marketing, financial management, project management, risk mitigation, the basic principles of leadership and the profession of issues affecting the globalization, outsourcing, project delivery, expanding practice that support the profession of architecture 

         

26

Leadership: Understanding the pioneer role of the architect in the process of project and design for contract administration

         

27

Legal Rights and Responsibilities: Understanding the legal responsibilities of the architect in building design and construction such as public health, safety and well-being, property rights, zoning and housing regulations, user rights which affect architectural studies

         

28

Architectural Practice / Professional Development: Understanding the role of the internship in professional development, and  mutual rights and responsibilities of the employer and the trainee

         

29

Professional Ethics: Understanding the ethical issues that are related to the professional adjudication in architectural design and practice

       

X

ECTS

ECTS / STUDENT WORK LOAD

 

NUMBER

DURATION 
(HOURS)

TOTAL WORK LOAD 
(HOURS)

Course Duration (14 weeks x total work hours)

14

3

42

Workload outside the classroom (research and reviews)

14

4

56

Quiz

-

-

-

Homework

-

-

-

Presentation/Seminars

1

9

9

Midterm

1

3

3

Project

-

-

-

Laboratory

-

-

-

Field survey 

-

-

-

Others 

-

-

-

Final exam (Final Project)

1

3

3

Total work load 

   

104

Total work load / 25

   

4.52

ECTS of the course

   

5

None