GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

CRITICISM IN ARCHITECTURE/6411311

Course Title:	CRITICISM IN ARCHITECTURE
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

ASSOC.PROF. PINAR DİNÇ

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/pdinc

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

pdinc@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Structuring critical framework, determining main and sub themes
Gathering information, structuring the gathered information
Expressing critical opinion in forms of oral, written and filmed material

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Each student chooses a building that (s)he can visit 3-4 times, built in last 20 years. Student structures one's own critical discussion and expresse

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

Theory of Architecture in 20th Century

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Introducing & Introduction
2. Week	Basics: Criticism, the critic, methods of criticism
3. Week	Reading sample texts of criticism & discussions
4. Week	Introductions on the building that will be criticised: Presentation of on-site inquiry notes
5. Week	Personal study: Studies like literature reviews, on-site observations, taking photographs, interviews on the chosen building
6. Week	Oral and visual presentations on the impressions
7. Week	Deciding on a critical framework, gathering extra information, running extra observations and inquiry
8. Week	Reporting the critical framework, expressing judgments, structuring judgment-material relationships (1st Exam)
9. Week	On-site work: Recording for criticism
10. Week	On-site work: Recording interviews
11. Week	Reporting the content of the film: Detailed plans for the sub-sections and their contents (2nd Exam)
12. Week	Personal study: Preparing the film
13. Week	Personal study: Preparing the film
14. Week	Watching the films altogether (for the first time); suggestions, critics, help and viewer interpretations
15. Week	Personal study: Developing films
16. Week	Watching films with invited viewers, interpretations & impressions, delivery of the final film (Final)

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Dinç, P., 2003, Akademik Mimari Eleştiride Teknikler, A. Colquhoun’ a Ait İki Çağdaş Uygulama Eleştirisi, Gazi Üniversitesi Sanat Dergisi, Sayı:3, s. 51-67, Ankara

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Seminars, oral and visual presentations, brain storming, on-site inquiry, interviews with actors, planning the film, recordings in space, organizing all the material

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

Not Applicable

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	2	50
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	1	50
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		50

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	5	5	25
Searching in Internet and Library	5	5	25
Designing and Applying Materials	10	5	50
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation	3	3	9
Presentation	3	3	9
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term			0
Final and Studying for Final	4	3	12
Other	5	3	15
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			187
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.48
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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