COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ROMAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE AND LIFE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARK 6073 ROMAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE AND LIFE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Archaeology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AKIN ERSOY

Offered to

Archaeology

Course Objective

The course, which is a particularly important issue vital areas of the plan, structure, material, decorative features and functions throughout the stages of the period and the Roman way of life will be assessed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To specify the origin of the Greek and Roman houses
2   To illustrate the development of Roman houses
3   Roman life style to cite sources
4   Roman residential interior arrangement of the parallel sample to compare with
5   Rome decided to subject samples to be dated

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Anatolian residential tradition
2 Anatolian and Aegean regions before the Hellenistic period in the housing
3 The origins of Roman houses
4 Italy and the Hellenistic period residential architecture in Anatolia
5 Roman atrium housing types
6 Roman peristyle houses
7 Structural features of Roman houses
8 Midterm exam
9 Building material in the Roman houses
10 Organization of space in the residence in Rome
11 Residential interior design in Rome
12 About daily life in Rome
13 Other civil structures of the Roman Period
14 Residential areas in the city of Rome

Recomended or Required Reading

G.M.A. Richter, Yunan Sanatı, Istanbul, 1979. C. Gates, Ancient Cities, The Archaeology of urban life in the Ancient Near East and Agypt, Greece and Rome, London, 2003. A.E. Kalpaxis, Früharchaische Baukunst im Griechenland und Kleinasien, Athen, 1976. J. N. Coldstream, Geometric Greece, London, 1977. H. Kneil, Grundzüge der Griechischen Architektur, Darmstadt, 1980. J.J. Coulton, Greek architect at Work, London, 1977. D.M. Robertson, Greek and Roman Architecture, London, 1950. S. Evers, Die Grichische Architekten in der Archaic und Klassicher Zeit, Frankfurt am Main, 1996. O. Bingöl, Arkeolojik Mimaride Taş, Istanbul, 2004. Vitruvius, Mimarlık Üzerine On Kitap, Şevki Vanlı Mimarlık Vakfı Yayınları, Çev: S. Güven, 1990. W. B. Dinsmoor, The Architecture of Ancient Greece, London, 1950. A. W. Lawrence, Greek Architecture, London, 1973. R. E. Wycherley, Antik Çağda Kentler Nasıl Kuruldu, 1961, Çev: N. Nirven, N. Başgelen, Istanbul 1991

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1 presentation
2 discussion
3 Slide show
4 homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

1 LO 1-3: Mid-term exam will be assessed with the questions to be asked.
2 LO 1-5: Final exam will be assessed with the questions to be asked.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

akin.ersoy@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 14 4 56
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 203

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.155555
LO.255555
LO.355555
LO.455555
LO.555555