| Course Objectives: |
The aim of this course is to study the interactions between human and his environment, to promote the role of the environment in everyday life, to examine the field of environmental psychology, its major concepts, theories and methods, to study the effects of physical and social environment on human psychology, to interpret the effects of physical, chemical, biological and social environment surrounding human on the health, to focus on the importance of environment for life and, to gain environmental sensitivity. |
| Course Content: |
The aim of this course is to study the interactions between human and his environment, to promote the role of the environment in everyday life, to examine the field of environmental psychology, its major concepts, theories and methods, to study the effects of physical and social environment on human psychology, to interpret the effects of physical, chemical, biological and social environment surrounding human on the health, to focus on the importance of environment for life and, to gain environmental sensitivity. |
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Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Human-space relations in terms of environmental psychology
Basic principles of environmental psychology |
Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 2) |
Historical development of environmental psychology
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 3) |
Perception and representation of the environment
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 4) |
The physical, chemical, biological environment surrounding humans
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 5) |
Noisy
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 6) |
Air pollution
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 7) |
Stress |
Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 8) |
Social environment
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 9) |
Environment and personality
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 10) |
Privacy, its theories, factors
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 11) |
Personal space and spatiality
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 12) |
Home and residential environments
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 13) |
Place attachment and place identity
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 14) |
Environmental design process
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
| 15) |
All topics covered in the course for 14 weeks
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Lecturer's notes and related articles |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Ability to think creatively and innovatively in industrial design discipline. |
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| 2) |
Ability to master professional material and production technologies and follow up developments and to effectively apply acquired knowledge in the projects |
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| 3) |
Ability to reflect cultural values to professional approaches |
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| 4) |
Ability to reach to original design solutions through critical approach to complex design problems and also foresee potential user needs. |
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| 5) |
Having the knowledge and ability to effectively use two and three dimensional design tools and technologies in industrial design |
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| 6) |
Ability to participate in teamwork in companies and to effectively participate in industrial design project management |
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| 7) |
Ability to have professional and ethical sense of responsibility |
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| 8) |
To work independently, to take responsiblity and to develop designerly sensitivities towards global problems |
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