COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3021 PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MÜJDE ALTIN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to give knowledge about professional reading and writing in English to the students in order to let them follow literature in English in all their professional life, thus make them able to make international studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Remembering mostly used architecture terms
2   Understanding a text about architecture in English
3   Describing a subject about architecture in English
4   Summarizing a text about architecture in English
5   Explaining self-thoughts about architecture in English.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course, Description of the course contents, Architectural terms that are used in business life
2 Studying and discussing texts containing architecture terms After the course, assignment will be prepared and submitted next week.
3 Studying and discussing texts containing architecture terms After the course, assignment will be prepared and submitted next week.
4 Studying and discussing texts containing architecture terms After the course, assignment will be prepared and submitted next week.
5 Summarising texts containing architecture terms After the course, assignment will be prepared and submitted next week.
6 Summarising texts containing architecture terms After the course, assignment will be prepared and submitted next week.
7 Summarising texts containing architecture terms After the course, assignment will be prepared and submitted next week.
8 Writing texts about architecture in English After the course, assignment will be prepared and submitted next week.
9 Writing texts about architecture in English After the course, assignment will be prepared and submitted next week.
10 1st Mid-term Exam
11 Student presentations
12 Student presentations
13 Student presentations
14 Student presentations - Assignment Submission

Recomended or Required Reading

- Engel, Heino (1999) Structure Systems. Ostfiidern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje.
- F.D.K. Ching (1996) Architecture Form, space and Order, New York: John Wiley, 2nd ed.
- Constructing architecture : materials, processes, structures, a handbook / Andrea Deplazes (ed.). Basel ; Boston: Birkhèauser-Publishers for Architecture, 2008.
- Beyond architecture : imaginative buildings and fictional cities / edited by Robert Klanten and Lukas Feireiss, Berlin : Gestalten, 2009.
- Herman Hertzberger, (2005) Lessons for students in architecture [translated from the Dutch by Ina Rike] Rotterdam : 010 Publishers.
- Rethinking architecture: a reader in cultural theory / edited by Neil Leach, London: Routledge, 2005.
- Zumthor, Peter (2006) Thinking architecture ; [translation: Maureen Oberli-Turner (essays 1988-1996), Catherine Schelbert (essays 1998-2004)] Basel: Birkhauser, 2nd, expandeded.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. First the lectures will be given during which application and quizzes will be done. Later in 5th and 6th weeks, students will present a research subject they have chosen as a group to the classroom in English

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 QUZ QUIZ
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 PRS PRESENTATION
5 FINS FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + QUZ * 0.10 + ASG * 0.10 +PRS * 0.10 +FINS * 0.50
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + QUZ * 0.10 +ASG * 0.10 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-Term Exam % 20 (LO1, LO2 LO3, LO4, LO5)
Quizzes % 10 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Assignment % 10 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Presentation % 10 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final Exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mujde.altin@deu.edu.tr, 0090 232 301 84 48

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 9 2 18
Case study 4 2 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for quiz etc. 2 1 2
Preparing assignments 8 1 8
Preparing presentations 1 13 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Quiz etc. 2 0,5 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 70

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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