2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR
PhD in ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM CURRICULUM
1st TERM
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5501 | Architectural Research Methods & Ethics | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5601 | Interdisciplinary Discourses in Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
Elective 1 (Area elective) | 3-0-3 | 8 | |
Elective 2 (Area elective) | 3-0-3 | 8 | |
Total Credits | 12 | 32 |
2nd TERM
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5690 | Seminar | 0-0-0 | 4 |
Elective 3 (Area elective) | 3-0-3 | 8 | |
Elective 4 | 3-0-3 | 8 | |
Elective 5 | 3-0-3 | 8 | |
Total Credits | 9 | 28 |
3rd TERM
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5660 | Focused Study | 0-0-0 | 30 |
Total Credits | 30 |
4th TERM
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5699 | PhD Thesis | 0-0-0 | 30 |
Total Credits | 30 |
5th TERM
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5699 | PhD Thesis | 0-0-0 | 30 |
Total Credits | 30 |
6th TERM
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5699 | PhD Thesis | 0-0-0 | 30 |
Total Credits | 30 |
7th TERM
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5699 | PhD Thesis | 0-0-0 | 30 |
Total Credits | 30 |
8th TERM
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5699 | PhD Thesis | 0-0-0 | 30 |
Total Credits | 30 |
CURRICULUM NOTES
- 2022-2023 Academic Year curriculum will be applied all students of the Program.
- Maximum two courses of other master programs of the Graduate School or maximum two courses offered in other higher education institutions can be taken with the Advisor’s approval.
- Courses offered in the Master with / without thesis programs of the Department of Architecture can be taken without any limitation.
- The students who have taken the PhD Proficiency exam as of 2022-2023 Academic Year Fall Semester will be exempted from taking ARCH 5660 Focused Study.
- Only the students who fulfill the publication requirement defined by the Graduate School are entitled to present their work to PhD Thesis Jury.
COMPULSORY COURSES
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5501 | Architectural Research Methods & Ethics | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5601 | Interdisciplinary Discourses in Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5660 | Focused Study | 0-0-0 | 30 |
ARCH 5690 | Seminar | 0-0-0 | 4 |
ARCH 5699 | PhD Thesis | 0-0-0 | 30 |
ELECTIVES
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5500 | Erasmus Student Placement | 0-0-0 | 8 |
ARCH 5545 | Architectural Lighting Design | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5550 | Contemporary Urban Cultures | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5552 | Building and Energy | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5553 | Design Process and Strategies in Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5555 | Building Lifecycle Cost Assessment | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5557 | Technology and Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5560 | Architecture and Modernity | 3-0-3 | 8 |
Code | Course Name | Credit | ECTS |
ARCH 5564 | Contemporary Theories in Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5565 | Memory and Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5566 | Virtual Design and Construction | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5561 | Sustainable Facades | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5571 | Building Rating Systems | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5572 | Freeform in Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5573 | Transformable Facades and Structures | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5574 | Extreme Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5579 | Design Workshop | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5580 | Spatial Practices | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5582 | Spatial Atmosphere in Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5591 | Advanced Computational Design | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5593 | Architectural Design of Structures | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5595 | Advanced Design Environments | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5602 | Architectural Research Design | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5611 | Space and Digital Culture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5613 | Climate Change and Design | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5614 | The Architecture of Change | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5615 | Emergency Shelters | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5616 | Structural Morphology in Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5617 | Interdisciplinary Studies on Space and Gender | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5618 | Space Syntax Analysis | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5619 | Architecture, Theory and Culture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5620 | Emerging Topics in Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5630 | Reading Architecture | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5631 | Computational Structural Design | 3-0-3 | 8 |
ARCH 5691 | Guided Research | 3-0-3 | 8 |