INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

Bachelor's Degree - Faculty Of Archıtecture


General Information

The Department of Interior Architecture was founded in 1994 with the aim of educating highly-qualified designers and artists. In 1999, the department became a part of the Faculty of Fine Arts and in 2000, its scope was expanded by accepting undergraduate students. Bachelor´s degree lasts four years. The Institute of Social Sciences offers a two-year master´s program as well as four-year education in proficieny in art in collaboration with the departments of Interior Architecture of other universities. Our program consists of courses, workshops, sketches, seminars, internships, other studies, study trips and a graduation project. The language of instruction in Turkish.

Length of Programme & Number of Credits

4 Year - 240 ECTS

Feature & Definition

"The department aims to develop students´ critical thinking, artistic and stylistic research, adaptation to cooperation with close disciplines, design skills in line with their personal abilities while designing for the needs of individuals or societies in private and/or shared environments. Within the architectural integrity of buildings, Interior Architecture is an organization as it considers human factor, physiological, ergonomic, psychological values and plans in accordance with socio-economic criteria and theories of scientic, artistic and technical content. This organization forms when structure, volume, function, individual, society along with shape, color, material, technique, time, economy and scientific theories, artistic and technical content integrate with knowledge, skill and design ability. During their education, students prepare for the profession by developing their design skills through vision, perception, thinking, analysis, examination, developing ideas, application, research and comparing methods along with methods of analysis and synthesis, theoretical expression, and practical applications.The program continues in two subprograms; Interior Architecture-Environmental Design and Interior Architecture-Furniture Design with balanced weight of courses. "

Mode of Study

Full Time

Head of Department

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TUNÇ ASLAN TÜLÜCÜ

ECTS / Course Catalog Coordinator

Doç. Dr. TÜLAY CANBOLAT

Erasmus Coordinator

Doç. Dr. TÜLAY CANBOLAT

Internship Coordinator

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TUNÇ ASLAN TÜLÜCÜ

Orientation Staff

Arş.Gör.Dr. Kemal SAKARYA

Goals

It is aimed to educate students who have a sense of responsibility as a requirement of the profession, who are researcher, who acquire the knowledge and skills that will transform them into professional practice with scientific and technological as well as artistic and intellectual dimensions.

Objectives

It is the primary goal for the students who graduate at the end of the 4-year education period to have the responsibility of professional ethics, to serve in the field of profession, to have sufficient equipment and knowledge. In addition, it is also aimed that the achievements of our graduates with the title of Interior Architect will have national and international recognition.

Specific Admission Requirements

Placement through a centralized national university placement examination (ÖSYS). Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM) is responsible to place students according to their ÖSYS scores.

Qualification Awarded

Bachelor

Level of Qualification

Bachelor's

Qualification Requirements of Graduation

Students who have successfully completed all of the courses available in the program (for a total of 240 ECTS) and have achieved a weighted grade point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00, and have completed their vocational internship for a total of 66 working days, 22 working days at the construction site, 22 working days in the atelier and 22 working days in the office. They are entitled to graduate with the title of 'Interior Architect'.

Access to Further Studies

The graduates of this program are eligible to apply for admission to graduate studies in same field or related areas if they pass the evaluation process designated according to the regulations of "Çukurova University Graduate Education and Examination Committee", which includes ALES, general point of average, and the interview.

Internship

Internships in undergraduate program are being sequences of Site Training 22 Workday, Workshop Training 22 Workday, Office Training 22 Workday. Interships Employers are being brought forward to internship commission of the department by the students.

Applied Course

There are no applied courses in this program.

Work Placement

There is no workplace training in the program.

Double Major, Additional Major & Exchange Possibilities

There are Double Major and Minor Programs. In addition, our university provides the opportunity to exchange students with the Farabi program in the country, and with the Erasmus and Mevlana programs abroad to the universities with which we have a contract.

Employment Opportunities

Our students can work in the fields of space and furniture design with the title of Interior architect in the private sector or government institutions by registering with the Chamber of Interior Architects since their graduation. Our graduates; They can open an interior design office, work as a paid interior architect in a design office, work as an Interior architect Site Chief in construction sites, and become an interior architect who sells and designs in building products stores. In addition, they can stay as an academician at universities, work as an interior architect in municipalities, become an interior architect in the Building Departments of official institutions, and become a freelance interior architect working in home-offices and making drawing-presentation-models-rendering.