ARCHITECTURE - DOCTORATE | Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

About the Program

It consists of seven courses, seminar, proficiency exam, thesis proposal and dissertation study. (240 ECTS total) The normal duration of this program is 8 semesters and the maximum duration is 12 semesters.

a.In order for a student who is enrolled in a doctoral program to graduate, at least one of the following conditions must be fulfilled.

Two papers presented at national or international scientific meetings,
An article published in a peer-reviewed/ indexed journal, accepted for publication, or received a DOI number,
Two papers presented at Social / Science symposiums organized by IZU.

Program Objectives & Goals

Objectives

The Ph.D. in Architecture is designed not only to specialize in a specific subject, but also to take an academic career as an investigative cult. The doctoral candidate is supported in his field specialization, which he / she identifies within the scope of architectural discipline. The Doctoral Program in Architecture will give the doctor the ability to conduct independent research, to review the scientific events from a broad and deep perspective, and to identify the steps necessary to reach new syntheses. It is expected that the candidate who successfully completes the program will fulfill one of the qualifications of bringing innovation, developing a new scientific method, or applying a known method to a new field.
Understanding of the interdisciplinary structure of architectural design concepts and students'' graduation from the program to produce 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.

Program Learning Outcomes

KNOWLEDGE

To be able to interpret an academic research with a critical thought, to evaluate opposing views, to reach categorical results and to test them with similar criteria and standards.
Understanding nature, making and social environment relations, understanding and transformation of knowledge, ability to understand interaction between environment and human
Ability to explore all phases of the architectural design process in the context of the human-environment relationship

SKILL

Using scientific methods and technologies to test the proposal, problems with an expert attitude and creative thinking system to produce solutions.
Understanding the sustainability of architectural and urban design decisions, the protection of natural, cultural and artificial resources and areas, the creation of healthy buildings and settlements.

COMPETENCE

Propose a research on architectural design, search for, access to, and compile existing knowledge to use the results to guide a new research.
To be able to communicate in theoretical and practical fields of architectural design by supporting with effective oral, written and visual products using national and international platforms by using presentation and communication technologies.
Specialization in architectural design and comprehension of the research methodology and methodology of a subject related to designing and carrying out related field theoretical and practical studies at the academic level.
Ability to conduct research, analysis and interpretation in relation to different disciplines, and to carry out an interdisciplinary study.
To use the correct scientific norms and standards in the field of research and publication, to gain necessary knowledge and behavior about ethical principles

To be able to interpret an academic research with a critical thought, to evaluate opposing views, to reach categorical results and to test them with similar criteria and standards.
Using scientific methods and technologies to test the proposal, problems with an expert attitude and creative thinking system to produce solutions.
Propose a research on architectural design, search for, access to, and compile existing knowledge to use the results to guide a new research.
To be able to communicate in theoretical and practical fields of architectural design by supporting with effective oral, written and visual products using national and international platforms by using presentation and communication technologies.
Specialization in architectural design and comprehension of the research methodology and methodology of a subject related to designing and carrying out related field theoretical and practical studies at the academic level.
Understanding nature, making and social environment relations, understanding and transformation of knowledge, ability to understand interaction between environment and human
Understanding the sustainability of architectural and urban design decisions, the protection of natural, cultural and artificial resources and areas, the creation of healthy buildings and settlements.
Ability to conduct research, analysis and interpretation in relation to different disciplines, and to carry out an interdisciplinary study.
To use the correct scientific norms and standards in the field of research and publication, 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
Alanındaki bilgiye dikkate değer ve özgün katkıda bulunabilmek için yüksek lisansta kazanılan yetkinlikler temelinde araştırma alanıyla ilgili en son gelişmeleri kapsayan sistematik bilgi ve kavrayışa sahiptir. Araştırma alanı ile ilgili diğer alanlar arasındaki ara yüzlerde kullanılan disiplinler arası, çok disiplinli, disiplinler üstü araştırma stratejileri, taktikleri ve teknikleriyle ilgili bilgi ve kavrayışa sahiptir. Öğretme / öğrenme ve değerlendirme stratejileri ve bunların kuramsal temelleri konusunda gerekli bilgi ve kavrayışa sahiptir. Araştırma alanı ile ilgili diğer alanlar arasındaki ara yüzlerdeki en son gelişmelerle ilgili bilgi ve kavrayışa sahiptir. Araştırma ve yayın alanında iyi uygulamaya ilişkin normların ve standartların temelinde yatan etik ilkeler konusunda gerekli bilgi ve kavrayışa sahiptir.	To be able to interpret an academic research with a critical thought, to evaluate opposing views, to reach categorical results and to test them with similar criteria and standards. Understanding nature, making and social environment relations, understanding and transformation of knowledge, ability to understand interaction between environment and human Ability to explore all phases of the architectural design process in the context of the human-environment relationship
SKILL
Cognitive / Pratical
Araştırma ve/veya inovasyon alanında problem tanımlamak, önemli problemleri çözmek ve var olan bilgiyi ya da mesleki pratiği genişletmek ve yeniden tanımlamak için gerekli, sentez ve değerlendirmeyi de içeren, en ileri düzeyde uzmanlaşmış beceri ve tekniklere sahip olur. Profesyonel doktora çalışmasında mesleki uygulama camiasının etkinliğini ve profesyonel tasarım anlayışını geliştirebilecek kuramsal arayışlar içinde olduğunu gösterir. Öncü nitelikte bir akademik araştırmayı diyalektik olarak yürütme becerisine sahiptir ve öncü nitelikte bir akademik diyaloga diyalektik sonuçları için girme becerisine sahiptir. İlgili araştırma stratejilerini, taktiklerini ve tekniklerini kullanmada ustalık sahibidir.	Using scientific methods and technologies to test the proposal, problems with an expert attitude and creative thinking system to produce solutions. Understanding the sustainability of architectural and urban design decisions, the protection of natural, cultural and artificial resources and areas, the creation of healthy buildings and settlements.
COMPETENCE
Learning Competence
Yeni düşüncelerin geliştirmesi konusundaki kapasitesini ortaya koyar; öğrenme süreçleri konusunda üst düzeyde kavrayışa sahiptir. Akademik ve meslekle ilgili bağlamlarda bilgi temelli bir toplumda teknolojik, toplumsal ve kültürel ilerlemeye katkıda bulunur.	Specialization in architectural design and comprehension of the research methodology and methodology of a subject related to designing and carrying out related field theoretical and practical studies at the academic level.
Communication and Social Competence
Araştırma alanındaki en ileri düzeye karşılık gelen yeni ve karmaşık düşünceleri eleştirel ve diyalektik bir yaklaşımla çözümler, değerlendirir ve sentezler. Akranlarıyla, daha geniş bir araştırma topluluğuyla ve genel olarak toplumla uzmanlık alanı konusunda etkili iletişim kurar. Avrupa Dil Portföyü C1 Genel Düzeyinde kullanarak ileri düzeyde yazılı, sözlü ve görsel iletişim kurar ve tartışır.	To be able to communicate in theoretical and practical fields of architectural design by supporting with effective oral, written and visual products using national and international platforms by using presentation and communication technologies. Ability to conduct research, analysis and interpretation in relation to different disciplines, and to carry out an interdisciplinary study.
Field Specific Competence
Özgün araştırmaya dayalı, bir bölümü ulusal ve uluslararası hakemli dergilerde yayımlanmaya değer, nitelikli bir çalışma geliştirerek alanındaki bilgiye katkıda bulunur. Alanıyla ilgili karmaşık sorunlar karşısında karar verme kapasitesiyle operasyonel etkileşim deneyimine sahip olduğunu gösterir. Araştırma alanındaki en ileri düzeye karşılık gelen yeni ve karmaşık düşünceleri eleştirel bir yaklaşımla çözümler, değerlendirir ve sentezler. Alanıyla ilgili toplumsal, bilimsel, kültürel ve etik değerlerin gelişimini destekler, sorunların çözümüne katkıda bulunur, karar verme süreçlerinde etkin olur. Alanıyla ilişkili bir araştırma sürecini akademik dürüstlük içinde kurar, tasarlar, hayata geçirir ve uyarlar. Yeni ve karmaşık düşüncelerin eleştirel, diyalektik analizini, değerlendirmesini ve sentezini yapar.	Propose a research on architectural design, search for, access to, and compile existing knowledge to use the results to guide a new research. To use the correct scientific norms and standards in the field of research and publication, to gain necessary knowledge and behavior about ethical principles

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 Doctorate 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 Product Design with thesis,

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

-Get a score of at least 55 from YDS or YÖKDİL or equivalent to this score from foreign language exams accepted as ÖSYM equivalence,

-Getting 70 points from IZU YDY exam for International Students,

Graduates of the Non-Thesis Master's Program cannot apply to the doctorate program. However, on 06/02/2013, students enrolled or enrolled in non-thesis graduate programs can apply to the doctorate program.

- 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 doctoral On the condition of successfully completing the courses and seminars, having a weighted grade point average of 3.0 and above and being successful in the thesis exam; The student who submits at least two copies of the bound thesis to the institute within one month at the latest from the date of entrance to the thesis exam and whose thesis is found suitable in terms of form is entitled to receive a doctoral diploma.

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 for the graduates of the program to work at higher levels by obtaining a doctorate degree in their field or to continue their academic professional life and education in their fields.

Access to Further Studies

Students who graduate from this program can continue their post-doctoral education.

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.
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
BLS 004	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 527	Conservation and Adaptive Reuse	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 529	Alternative Approaches to 20th-Century Modern Architecture	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 605	Quality Management in Construction	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 607	Urban Transformation and Urban Planning	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 609	The Evolution of Housing Production	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 610	Design of Earthquake Resistant Structure	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 611	Industrial Building Production Systems	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 613	Theory of Structural Engineering I	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 617	Perception and Psychology in Architectural Design	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
Total:				27	27	67,5	27,0

2nd Semester

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

Code	Course Name	Type	Language of Instruction	T	H	ECTS	Cr.
MIM 699	Seminar	Compulsory	Turkish	2	2	7.5	2
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:				11	11	30,0	11,0

2nd Semester Elective Courses

Code	Course Name	Type	Language of Instruction	T	H	ECTS	Cr.
MIM 602	Historical Environment-Design Related Methods and Quality Problems	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 604	Ecology - Design Relation	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 608	Scientific Research Methods	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 610	Design of Earthquake Resistant Structure	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 614	Construction Engineering II	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
MIM 616	Istanbul, Architecture, Space	Departmental Elective	Turkish	3	3	7.5	3
Total:				18	18	45,0	18,0

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 600-1	Doktora Yeterlik Sınavı	Thesis	Turkish	0	0	0	0	30	0
Total:				0	0	0	0	30,0	0,0

4th 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 600-2	Doktora Tez Önerisi	Thesis	Turkish	0	0	0	0	30	0
Total:				0	0	0	0	30,0	0,0

5th 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 600-3	Doktora Tezi	Thesis	Turkish	0	0	0	0	120	0
Total:				0	0	0	0	120,0	0,0

Course Load Summary

Course Load Summary	T	H	ECTS	Cr.
Grand Total (Number of Courses: 11)	23	23	240,0	23,0
Compulsory Course Total (Number of Courses: 1)	2	2	7,5	2,0
Elective Course Total (Number of Courses: 7)	21	21	52,5	21,0

Course Type	Number of Courses	Ratio (%)
Zorunlu Ders	1	9,09
Seçmeli Ders	7	63,64
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	87.8	86.6%
Architecture and Building	7.5	7.4%
Humanities	2.3	2.3%
Engineering and Engineering Trades	2.3	2.3%
Arts	1.5	1.5%

Course Category List

Compulsory Courses

Course	ECTS	Ratio (%)
MIM 699 - Seminar	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100

Elective Courses

Course	ECTS	Ratio (%)
MIM 602 - Historical Environment-Design Related Methods and Quality Problems	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 604 - Ecology - Design Relation	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 605 - Quality Management in Construction	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 607 - Urban Transformation and Urban Planning	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 608 - Scientific Research Methods	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 609 - The Evolution of Housing Production	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 610 - Design of Earthquake Resistant Structure	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%90
MIM 611 - Industrial Building Production Systems	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 613 - Theory of Structural Engineering I	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 614 - Construction Engineering II	7.5
21 - Arts		%20
52 - Engineering and Engineering Trades		%30
58 - Architecture and Building		%50
MIM 616 - Istanbul, Architecture, Space	7.5
58 - Architecture and Building		%100
MIM 617 - Perception and Psychology in Architectural Design	7.5
22 - Humanities		%30
58 - Architecture and Building		%70