AN ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE TRAINING IN UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

Year 2019, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 145 - 158, 01.04.2019

Esra Bostancıoğlu , Kevser Kesim Gemci

Abstract

The scope of the architectural profession, one of the oldest professions in human history, has changed
with the advent of technology. Likewise, architectural education also changes and improves all the
time. Accrediting bodies evaluate architectural education and improve them through competence
activities. In this study, the requirements identified by National Architectural Accrediting Board
(NAAB), an international accreditation body, and the national accreditation body Architecture
Accreditation Board (MIAK) have been reviewed, upon which it has been found out that professional
practice has an important share in architectural education but has not been the subject of current
research. Therefore, the study aims to assess the situation in Turkey in terms of undergraduate
architectural education with respect to professional practice and identify the weaknesses thereof, hence
contributing to architectural education. In this context, the professional practice requirements among
the NAAB and MIAK requirements have been reviewed and the areas that need to be covered in terms
of professional practice within undergraduate architecture programmes have been identified. The
professional practice courses in undergraduate architecture programmes and the course contents have
been analysed to demonstrate the current situation of professional practice training in undergraduate
architecture programmes in Turkey. The data for the analysis of courses and course contents have been
gathered from the webpages of universities. Content analysis method has been used in assessing
course contents.

Keywords

Professional Practice, Content Analysis, Architecture Undergraduate Programs, Compulsory Courses.

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