COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5029 DESIGN FOR DISABLED PEOPLE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Architectural Design
Architectural Design

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to put in consciousness about barrier-free design for disabled people and also to give in sensibility about design for all, to the students who have been take design education before.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describing the barrier-free design;
2   To comment on barrier-free design criteria over some buildings;
3   Adapting the barrier-free design criteria on various building types;
4   To consider some buildings over barrier-free design;
5   To criticise acts and practices due to barrier-free design criteria.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course; presentation of methodology of this course; announcing of seminar
2 Disability, properties, classifications
3 Barrier-free living environments, accessible design, assessments on various building environments
4 Barrier-free design: Standards and practices
5 Barrier-free design: Acts and regulations
6 Barrier-free design: International agreements, practices
7 Survey : Urban design adaptable for disabled people
8 Survey: Building adaptable for disabled people
9 Presentation of observation reports
10 Students presentations and discussions: Barrier-free design on public space
11 Students presentations and discussions: Barrier-free design on public buildings
12 Students presentations and discussions: Adaptability in design
13 Students presentations and discussions: Housing for elderly
14 Students presentations and discussions: Rehabilitation centers

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s): Articles, reports, books and thesis about disabity and barrier free design.
References: ADAAG (American Disability Act Accessibility Guide)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures supported with slides;
2. Presentation of seminars supported with slides by student about their research subjects as participating discussion model;
3. Surveys for students researches.
4. Assesments and discussions on sample buildings.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentation: Ö.Ç.1, Ö.Ç.2, Ö.Ç.3, Ö.Ç.4
Homework: Ö.Ç.2, Ö.Ç.3, Ö.Ç.4, Ö.Ç.5
Report: Ö.Ç.2, Ö.Ç.4, Ö.Ç.5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ilkim.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 6 2 12
Tutorials 8 2 16
Preparing Group Assignments 1 30 30
Preparing Presentations 1 30 30
Other 1 8 8
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Mid-term 0
Quiz,etc 0
Final 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.21
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

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