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| MIML7451 | User-centered Design | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Reyhan MİDİLLİ SARI | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To provide an understanding of the approaches that prioritize the user and proceed through the presence of the user in the design, both in the theoretical and practical fields; raising awareness, knowledge and understanding about universal design among these approaches. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Questions of the multidimensionality of the user concept in design. | 1 - 3 - 5 | 3,5,6, | | PO - 2 : | Gaining an understanding of the place, importance and processes of user participation and satisfaction in the design process.v | 1 - 3 - 5 | 3,5,6, | | PO - 3 : | Discovers the principles and application areas of design for all | 1 - 3 - 5 | 3,5,6, | | PO - 4 : | Organises the learned information over scientific researches | 1 - 3 - 5 | 3,5,6, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| User concept, types of users; ergonomics, anthropometry concepts and their relations with the user; user-based approaches and design ideas: user satisfaction, user participation, post occupancy evaluation; understanding historical process, principles of universal design, raising awareness about users in design |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction: objective, scope and process | | | Week 2 | User centered processes | | | Week 3 | Ergonomy-Anthopometry-User satisfaction | | | Week 4 | Homework presentation | | | Week 5 | Participatory design | | | Week 6 | Post-occupancy evaluation | | | Week 7 | Homework presentation | | | Week 8 | Universal design (Relation between design and human abilities)
Universal design (historical background and principles) | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Determining the end-of-term assignment depending on the students' interests | | | Week 11 | Developing and discussing the end-of-term assignment | | | Week 12 | Developing and discussing the end-of-term assignment | | | Week 13 | Developing and discussing the end-of-term assignment | | | Week 14 | Developing and discussing the end-of-term assignment | | | Week 15 | Developing and discussing the end-of-term assignment | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Preiser, W.F.E., Ostroff, E., 2001, Universal Design Handbook, McGraw-Hill Inc., USA | | | 2 | Anonymous, 1996, Residental Remodeling and Universal Design, NAHB Research Center | | | 3 | Molly Follette, S., 1996, The Universal Design file: designing for people of all ages and abilities, U.S. Dept. Of Housing and Urban Development, Washington | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 18/11/2025 | 1 | 20 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 10
14 | 25/12/2025 | 1 | 30 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 17/01/2022 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 6 | 8 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 4 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Total work load | | | 214 |
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