ARCH615 ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH, METHODS AND ETHICS
Course Code: |
1200615 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
6(6-0) |
ECTS Credit: |
14.0 |
Department: |
Architecture |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Graduate |
Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. ZEYNEP MENNAN |
Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
Interrogation of the nature of design research and examination of various epistemological positions and related theoretical/philosophical perspectives and methodologies used in design research; relative approaches of social and natural sciences towards the question of knowledge acquisiton/legitimation and the scientific method; shift from objectivist/empiricist philosophies of science towards constructivist, interpretivist models of knowledge construction; current research directions.