ARCHITECTURE - THESIS | Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

About the Program

-It consists of seven courses (3 hours per week), graduate seminar, and thesis study (120 ECTS total). The normal duration of this program is 4 semesters; the maximum duration is 6 semesters.

- Students, who completed course phase, submit a thesis proposal with the thesis form to the Institute, before starting their theses. After their proposals approved by the Institute, they can start their theses.

Program Objectives & Goals

Objectives

Understanding the interdisciplinary structure of architectural design concepts and producing theses based on original scientific researches in the field of architectural design, publishing thesis topics, comprehending research method and method of design related to design; to create an environment for the development of skills to perceive, comprehend and transform knowledge through a holistic approach and to build up the necessary knowledge; to understand, understand, reveal and interpret architectural phenomena and discourses related to real life experiences; to be able to solve problems arising from change, to share these analysis and appropriate solutions with practitioners and decision makers, to be aware of the interactive relationship between thought, theory and profession in architecture; establishing partnerships with the modellers, platforms, and applications that will empower and mediate this relationship, and to gain a critical perspective on architecture as a whole and to work on areas of dynamic development that can create a relationship between the field of expertise and the whole.
The Master''s program in Architecture aims to train more qualified architects who will guide international and national quests in the field of architecture, participate in the production of information, and will take part in both architectural discipline and interdisciplinary professional debate. The qualification aimed at bringing graduates from the Master of Architecture program is to improve the ability to establish relationships between architectural design and different disciplines.

Program Learning Outcomes

KNOWLEDGE

Critical Thinking Skill: The ability to interpret an academic research with a critical thought.
Presentation and Expression Skills: Ability to use presentation and communication technologies in the architectural design process.
Presentation and Expression Skills: Ability to use presentation and communication technologies in the architectural design process.
Sustainable Design: Ability to understand the creation of healthy buildings and settlements and the protection of natural, cultural and artificial resources in architectural and urban design decisions.

SKILL

Analytical Thinking Skill: The ability to test suggestions using appropriate scientific methods and technologies.

COMPETENCE

Research and Evaluation: Ability to acquire relevant information in architectural processes, to evaluate, to search for, to access and use existing information.
Environment and Design Relation: Natural, artificial and social environment relations are examined, comprehension skill
Interdisciplinary Study: Ability to research, analyze and interpret in relation to different disciplines.
Ethical Scientific Behavior: To use the correct scientific norms and standards in the field of research and publication and to gain necessary knowledge and behavior about ethical principles
Ability to explore all phases of the architectural design process in the context of the human-environment relationship

Critical Thinking Skill: The ability to interpret an academic research with a critical thought.
Analytical Thinking Skill: The ability to test suggestions using appropriate scientific methods and technologies.
Research and Evaluation: Ability to acquire relevant information in architectural processes, to evaluate, to search for, to access and use existing information.
Presentation and Expression Skills: Ability to use presentation and communication technologies in the architectural design process.
Presentation and Expression Skills: Ability to use presentation and communication technologies in the architectural design process.
Environment and Design Relation: Natural, artificial and social environment relations are examined, comprehension skill
Sustainable Design: Ability to understand the creation of healthy buildings and settlements and the protection of natural, cultural and artificial resources in architectural and urban design decisions.
Interdisciplinary Study: Ability to research, analyze and interpret in relation to different disciplines.
Ethical Scientific Behavior: To use the correct scientific norms and standards in the field of research and publication and to gain necessary knowledge and behavior about ethical principles
Ability to explore all phases of the architectural design process in the context of the human-environment relationship

Subject-Specific Qualifications	Programme Learning Outcomes
KNOWLEDGE
Theoretical / Conceptual
Mühendislik alanında bilimsel araştırma yaparak bilgiye genişlemesine ve derinlemesine ulaşır, bilgiyi değerlendirir, yorumlar ve uygular. Mesleğinin yeni ve gelişmekte olan uygulamalarının farkında olup, gerektiğinde bunları inceler ve öğrenir. Sınırlı ya da eksik verileri kullanarak bilimsel yöntemlerle bilgiyi tamamlar ve uygular; değişik disiplinlere ait bilgileri bütünleştirir. Mühendislikte uygulanan güncel teknik ve yöntemler ile bunların kısıtları hakkında kapsamlı bilgi sahibidir.	Critical Thinking Skill: The ability to interpret an academic research with a critical thought. Presentation and Expression Skills: Ability to use presentation and communication technologies in the architectural design process. Presentation and Expression Skills: Ability to use presentation and communication technologies in the architectural design process. Sustainable Design: Ability to understand the creation of healthy buildings and settlements and the protection of natural, cultural and artificial resources in architectural and urban design decisions.
SKILL
Cognitive / Pratical
Sınırlı ya da eksik verileri kullanarak bilimsel yöntemlerle bilgiyi tamamlar ve uygular; değişik disiplinlere ait bilgileri bütünleştirir. Yeni ve/veya özgün fikir ve yöntemler geliştirir; sistem, parça veya süreç tasarımlarında yenilikçi çözümler geliştirir. Mühendislik problemlerini kurgular, çözmek için yöntem geliştirir ve çözümlerde yenilikçi yöntemler uygular. Analitik, modelleme ve deneysel esaslı araştırmaları tasarlar ve uygular; bu süreçte karşılaşılan karmaşık durumları çözümler ve yorumlar.	Analytical Thinking Skill: The ability to test suggestions using appropriate scientific methods and technologies.
COMPETENCE
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility
Çok disiplinli takımlarda liderlik yapar, karmaşık durumlarda çözüm yaklaşımları geliştirir ve sorumluluk alır. Sınırlı ya da eksik verileri kullanarak bilimsel yöntemlerle bilgiyi tamamlar ve uygular; değişik disiplinlere ait bilgileri bütünleştirir. Mühendislik alanında bilimsel araştırma yaparak bilgiye genişlemesine ve derinlemesine ulaşır, bilgiyi değerlendirir, yorumlar ve uygular. Mühendislik problemlerini kurgular, çözmek için yöntem geliştirir ve çözümlerde yenilikçi yöntemler uygular. Analitik, modelleme ve deneysel esaslı araştırmaları tasarlar ve uygular; bu süreçte karşılaşılan karmaşık durumları çözümler ve yorumlar. Yeni ve/veya özgün fikir ve yöntemler geliştirir; sistem, parça veya süreç tasarımlarında yenilikçi çözümler geliştirir.	Research and Evaluation: Ability to acquire relevant information in architectural processes, to evaluate, to search for, to access and use existing information. Environment and Design Relation: Natural, artificial and social environment relations are examined, comprehension skill
Communication and Social Competence
Çalışmalarının süreç ve sonuçlarını, o alandaki veya alan dışındaki ulusal ve uluslar arası ortamlarda sistematik ve açık bir şekilde yazılı ya da sözlü olarak aktarır. Mühendislik uygulamalarının sosyal ve çevresel boyutlarını betimler. Bir yabancı dili en az Avrupa Dil Portföyü B2 Genel Düzeyinde kullanarak sözlü ve yazılı iletişim kurar. Mühendislik problemlerini kurgular, çözmek için yöntem geliştirir ve çözümlerde yenilikçi yöntemler uygular. Mühendislikte uygulanan güncel teknik ve yöntemler ile bunların kısıtları hakkında kapsamlı bilgiye sahip olur. Sınırlı ya da eksik verileri kullanarak bilimsel yöntemlerle bilgiyi tamamlar ve uygular; değişik disiplinlere ait bilgileri bütünleştirir. Mühendislik alanında bilimsel araştırma yaparak bilgiye genişlemesine ve derinlemesine ulaşır, bilgiyi değerlendirir, yorumlar ve uygular. Analitik, modelleme ve deneysel esaslı araştırmaları tasarlar ve uygular; bu süreçte karşılaşılan karmaşık durumları çözümler ve yorumlar.	Interdisciplinary Study: Ability to research, analyze and interpret in relation to different disciplines. Ethical Scientific Behavior: To use the correct scientific norms and standards in the field of research and publication and to gain necessary knowledge and behavior about ethical principles
Field Specific Competence
Sınırlı ya da eksik verileri kullanarak bilimsel yöntemlerle bilgiyi tamamlar ve uygular; değişik disiplinlere ait bilgileri bütünleştirir Verilerin toplanması, yorumlanması, duyurulması aşamalarında ve mesleki tüm etkinliklerde toplumsal, bilimsel ve etik değerleri gözetir. Çok disiplinli takımlarda liderlik yapar, karmaşık durumlarda çözüm yaklaşımları geliştirir ve sorumluluk alır. Çalışmalarının süreç ve sonuçlarını, o alandaki veya alan dışındaki ulusal ve uluslar arası ortamlarda sistematik ve açık bir şekilde yazılı ya da sözlü olarak aktarır.	Ability to explore all phases of the architectural design process in the context of the human-environment relationship

Teaching Methods

Expression

Question answer

Discussion

Practice and Practice

Notation

Show and Make

Team work

Brainstorming

Case study

Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop / Field Application

Individual study

Project Based Learning (including fieldwork)

Assessment Methods

Exam (Written Exam / Test: True-False Test,

Multiple Choice Test,

Short Answer Test,

Matching Test

Homework

Project / Design

Portfolio

Performance Task (Application / Laboratory / Workshop / Fieldwork / Seminar / Presentation / Graduation Study / Thesis)

Degree and Level Awarded

This program is subject to the first stage degree system of 240 ECTS credits.

When the program is completed successfully and the program qualifications are met, a Master's degree in Architecture is obtained.

Admission Requirements

-To be a graduate of Architecture or Civil Engineering, Interior Architecture, Landscape Architecture, City and Regional Planning or Industrial Design,

-Get at least 55 points from ALES (SAY-point type),

-The courses of this program are given at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Halkalı campus.

Graduation Requirements

On the condition of successfully completing the courses, having a cumulative grade point average of 2.50 and above and being successful in the thesis exam; The student who submits two copies of the bound thesis to the institute within one month at the latest from the date of entry to the thesis exam and whose thesis is found suitable in terms of form, is awarded a master's degree with thesis.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Formal and non-formal learning, including training existing accepted procedures, the development is still at the beginning stages in Turkey and comprehensive at the national level on this issue and there is also an adequate legal framework. However, within the framework of institutional autonomy, there are also a number of institutional level practices for the assignment of loans that allow exemption from certain program requirements based on RPL. In these studies, which are applied especially at a comprehensive level, students who have knowledge and skills in areas such as foreign language and computer use before entering the university are subjected to an exam and students who are successful at a certain level by the program they are accepted are considered exempt from the relevant parts of the curriculum. However, RPL is also applied to students, including abroad, who wish to transfer to another institution that is equal to or above their field of study. In such cases, students may be exempted from courses that are the same or similar to the courses they have taken and passed, based on the approval of the program's orientation board.

Similar admission procedures are used extensively at our university. Regulations regarding the general admission conditions regarding such applications are outlined in the relevant sections of our Education and Exam Regulations, Regulations and Regulations Regarding Graduate Programs and Undergraduate Transfer Students.

Employment Opportunities

It is aimed that the graduates of the program will hold a master's degree in their field or continue their academic education in their field or in the Architecture Doctorate Program.

Access to Further Studies

Students who graduate from this program can apply to study in Doctoral programs.

Course Plan Year

Study Plan

1th Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 4 Number of Elective Courses: 0

Code	Course Name	Type	Language of Instruction	T	H	ECTS	Cr.
MIM 597	Scientific Research Methods	Compulsory	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
BLS 001	Departmental Elective Course	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
BLS 002	Departmental Elective Course	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
BLS 003	Departmental Elective Course	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
Total:				12	12	30,0	12,0

1th Semester Elective Courses

Code	Course Name	Type	Language of Instruction	T	H	ECTS	Cr.
MIM 503	Contemporary Wood Constructions	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 504	Preserving Historical Environment and Restoration	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 505	Urban Design and Landscape Architecture	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 507	Construction Economy	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 508	Animating in Architectural Presentation	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 509	Building Survey Techniques	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 511	Ottoman Architectural Culture and Art	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 513	Principles of Planning Tourism Buildings	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 515	Conservations Concepts	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 517	Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 519	Urban Regeneration and Its Practices	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 521	Mimarlıkta Görsel Algılama ve Düşünme	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 523	Energy Efficient Building Design	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
Total:				39	39	97,5	39,0

2nd Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 5 Number of Elective Courses: 0

Code	Course Name	Type	Language of Instruction	T	H	ECTS	Cr.
MIM 501	Graduate Seminar	Compulsory	Turkish	2	2	7.5	2
MIM 597	Scientific Research Methods	Compulsory	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
BLS 001	Departmental Elective Course	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
BLS 002	Departmental Elective Course	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
BLS 003	Departmental Elective Course	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
Total:				14	14	37,5	14,0

2nd Semester Elective Courses

Code	Course Name	Type	Language of Instruction	T	H	ECTS	Cr.
MIM 504	Preserving Historical Environment and Restoration	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 506	Architectural Criticism	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 510	Urban Life Quality and Parameters	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 512	Housing Development Process	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 514	Turkish and Islamic Art	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 516	Construction Materials' Performance in Construction	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 520	Accessibility in Architectural Design	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 522	Architectural Visualization Techniques	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
Total:				24	24	60,0	24,0

3rd Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 1 Number of Elective Courses: 0

Code	Course Name	Type	Language of Instruction	T	P	L	H	ECTS	Cr.
MIM 500	Master Thesis	Thesis	Turkish	0	0	0	0	60	0
Total:				0	0	0	0	60,0	0,0

Course Load Summary

Course Load Summary	T	H	ECTS	Cr.
Grand Total (Number of Courses: 10)	26	26	127,5	26,0
Compulsory Course Total (Number of Courses: 3)	8	8	22,5	8,0
Elective Course Total (Number of Courses: 6)	18	18	45,0	18,0

Course Type	Number of Courses	Ratio (%)
Zorunlu Ders	3	30,00
Seçmeli Ders	6	60,00
Bölüm Dışı Seçmeli Ders	0	0,00

T: Theory, P: Practice, L: Laboratory, WCH: Weekly Course Hours, ECTS: European Credit Transfer System, Cr.: Credit

Core Area Distribution

Core Area	Total ECTS	Ratio (%)
Architecture and Building	193.5	88.3%
Architecture and Building	9.8	4.5%
Social and Behavioural Science	3	1.4%
Physical Sciences	3	1.4%
Mathematics and Statistics	3	1.4%
Engineering and Engineering Trades	3	1.4%
Engineering and Engineering Trades	3	1.4%
Humanities	0.8	0.4%

Course Category List

Compulsory Courses

Course	ECTS	Ratio (%)
MIM 501 - Graduate Seminar	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 597 - Scientific Research Methods	7.5
31 - Social and Behavioural Science		%20
44 - Physical Sciences		%20
46 - Mathematics and Statistics		%20
52 - Engineering and Engineering Trades		%20
58 - Architecture and Building		%20

Elective Courses

Course	ECTS	Ratio (%)
MIM 500 - Master Thesis	60
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 503 - Contemporary Wood Constructions	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 504 - Preserving Historical Environment and Restoration	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 505 - Urban Design and Landscape Architecture	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 506 - Architectural Criticism	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 507 - Construction Economy	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 508 - Animating in Architectural Presentation	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 509 - Building Survey Techniques	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 510 - Urban Life Quality and Parameters	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 511 - Ottoman Architectural Culture and Art	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 512 - Housing Development Process	7.5
22 - Humanities		%10
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 513 - Principles of Planning Tourism Buildings	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 514 - Turkish and Islamic Art	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 515 - Conservations Concepts	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 516 - Construction Materials' Performance in Construction	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 517 - Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures	7.5
52 - Engineering and Engineering Trades		%40
58 - Architecture and Building		%60
MIM 520 - Accessibility in Architectural Design	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 522 - Architectural Visualization Techniques	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 523 - Energy Efficient Building Design	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100