Architecture Program Report for 2016 NAAB Visit Three for Substantial Equivalency Bachelor of Architecture Eastern Mediterranean University Faculty of Architecture Department of Architecture Address: Eastern Mediterranean University Famagusta, North Cyprus, (Via Mersin 10 Turkey) President of the Institution Prof. Dr. Necdet OSAM, Rector (a) E-mail: [email protected] - Tel: (+90) 392 630 1201 Chief Academic Officer Prof. Dr. Şebnem HOŞKARA, Dean of Faculty of Architecture E-mail: [email protected] - Tel: (+90) 392 630 2588 Program Administrator Prof. Dr. Özgür DINÇYÜREK, Chair of Department of Architecture E-mail: [email protected] - Tel: (+90) 392 630 1282 Submitted to the National Architectural Accrediting Board Date: December 25, 2015 2015 NAAB SE Architecture Program Report Table of Content PART ONE (I): INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT 1 PART ONE (I): SECTION 1 – IDENTITY AND SELF ASSESMENT 2 I.1.1. History and Mission 2 I.1.2. Learning Culture and Social Equity 6 I.1.3. Response to the Five Perspectives 21 I.1.3. A. Architectural education and academic community 21 I.1.3. B. Architectural education and students 27 I.1.3. C. Architectural education and regulatory environment 31 I.1.3. D. Architectural education and profession 35 I.1.3. E. Architectural education and public good 40 I.1.4. Long-Range Planning 44 I.1.5. Self-Assessment Procedures 50 PART ONE (I): SECTION 2 – RESOURCES 64 I.2.1. Human Resources & Human Resource Development 64 I.2.2. Administrative Structure and Governance 70 I.2.3. Physical Resources 77 I.2.4. Financial Resources 103 I.2.5. Information Resources 103 I.2.5.1. EMU Library: Sources of Information and Knowledge (Eastern Mediterranean University Özay Oral Library) 106 I.2.5.2. EMU Faculty of Architecture Archives and Seminar Library 108 PART ONE (I): SECTION 3- INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS 109 I.3.1. Statistical Reports 109 I.3.2 Faculty Credentials 111 PART TWO (II) – EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND CURRICULUM 112 PART II- SECTION 1- STUDENT PERFORMANCE – EDUCATIONAL REALMS and STUDENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 112 II.1.1. Student Performance Criteria 112 PART II- SECTION 2 - CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK 114 II. 2.1 National Authorization 114 II.2.2. Professional Degrees and Curriculum 114 II.2.3. Curriculum Review and Development 117 PART II- SECTION 3- EVALUATION OF PREPARATORY / PRE-PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 122 PART II. SECTION 4- PUBLIC INFORMATION 123 II.4.1. Statement on Substantially Equivalent Degrees 123 II.4.2. Access to NAAB Conditions and Procedures 123 II.4.3. Access to Career Development Information 124 II.4.4. Public Access to APRs and VTRs 124 Eastern Mediterranean University II | APR 2015 NAAB SE Architecture Program Report PART THREE (III): SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO THE TEAM FINDINGS FROM VISIT TWO 125 PART THREE (III): SECTION 1 - RESPONSES TO CONDITIONS NOT MET 125 PART THREE (III): SECTION 2 – RESPONSES TO CAUSES OF CONCERN 139 PART THREE (III): SECTION 3 – SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO CHANGES IN THE NAAB CONDITIONS 143 PART THREE (III): SECTION 4 – AREAS AND LEVELS OF EXCELLENCE 149 PART FOUR (IV): SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION 151 PART FOUR (IV): SECTION 1- COURSE DESCRIPTION 152 PART FOUR (IV): SECTION 2 – FACULTY RESUMES 186 PART FOUR (IV): SECTION 3 – VISIT TWO MEMORANDUM 254 PART FOUR (IV): SECTION 4 – CATALOG 288 APPENDICES Error! Bookmark not defined. Eastern Mediterranean University III | APR 2015 NAAB SE Architecture Program Report PART ONE (I): INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Eastern Mediterranean University 1 | APR 2015 NAAB SE Architecture Program Report PART ONE (I): SECTION 1 – IDENTITY AND SELF ASSESMENT I.1.1. History and Mission The Institute of Technology which laid the foundations of Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) was established in 1979 by the Ministry of Education of the time. In the same year, the Institute of Technology initiated the three-year academic program with a total of 105 students studying in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments. The goal was to educate intermediate staff with professional qualifications between the engineer and the technician and to award those who successfully completed the program with technician-engineer diplomas. In 1984, the Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments were extended into four-year programs. In 1985, the governments of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) and the Republic of Turkey (TR) agreed on the establishment of a university called the “Eastern Mediterranean University” in North Cyprus. Members of the TR Council of Higher Education visited the Institute of Higher Technology with the aim of recognizing it as a university. Following the TRNC Assembly’s approval of the statute establishing the North Cyprus Education Foundation and Eastern Mediterranean University (18/86), the Institute of Higher Technology was converted into a state university, administrated by a Board of Trustees and assumed the name of Eastern Mediterranean University. Thus, after receiving its parliamentary charter as a trust-endowed university in 1986, Eastern Mediterranean University was launched with its three faculties, each with a couple of degree programs. Hence, the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Economics and Business, as well as Faculty of Arts and Sciences which provided foundation and elective courses alongside the Higher Technological Institute which was re-organized as the School of Computing and Technology, formed the roots of Eastern Mediterranean University. The School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (later Faculty of Tourism) was established in 1990, while the Department of Architecture and Department of Computer Engineering were launched under the umbrella of the Engineering Faculty in 1991, English Language Education and Communications as well as Mass Media Studies programs were added to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences between the years 1994-1995. Increasing number of students in the relevant programs led to the creation of new faculties such as the Faculty of Law (1996), Faculty of Communications (1997) (renamed as Faculty of Arts and Communications in 2015), Faculty of Architecture (1997), Faculty of Education (1999), The School of Applied Disciplines (2007), Faculty of Health Sciences (2010), School of Justice (2010), Faculty of Pharmacy (2011), Faculty of Medicine (2012). Each of these had several departments offering Bachelor’s degree programs. In short, currently EMU with its eleven faculties and five schools offers 88 programs in a wide range of undergraduate programs leading to a Bachelor’s degree. Since the 1990s, most departments also offer programs of advanced study leading to Master’s (60 programs) and PhD (19 programs) degrees since 1990s under the administration of the Institute for Graduate Studies. As well as offering various modern languages as electives, Foreign Languages and English Preparatory School (formerly the Preparatory English School), offers English language support to students to prepare them for English-medium instruction at EMU. Each student entering EMU programs that offer education in English medium are passing through a series of exams and/or trainings before they embark on their first year of study. The EMU campus is situated in the city of Famagusta on a land of 2,200,000 m2 with several buildings for education, sport and cultural activities, dormitories, catering and shopping facilities. EMU has over Eastern Mediterranean University 2 | APR 2015 NAAB SE Architecture Program Report 19,000 students from 106 different countries, with over 1,000 academics from 36 countries for programs in English and Turkish and 1,000 administrative-services staff. To date, more than 45,000 students from various countries have graduated from EMU. EMU, which is a full member of the International Association of Universities, European University Association, Community of Mediterranean Universities and the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, has been accredited by ABET, the agency based in the USA which inspects Technological and Engineering Programs, and MIAK (Architecture Accrediting Board of Turkey). The university has also entered into cooperation agreements with 150 universities. University Mission and Vision (http://emu.edu.tr) The Mission Statement To offer contemporary, sustainable and quality education at international standards, to conduct research, contribute to the needs of the society, meet the needs of all stakeholders and graduate students in a multicultural environment having international knowledge and competences. The Vision Statement To become a preferred, participating, autonomous university open to change and development, promoting science and technology and serving as a model with its multicultural diversity. The Faculty of Architecture (http://farc.emu.edu.tr) The Mission and Vision of the Faculty of Architecture Mission of Faculty of Architecture The faculty's mission is to develop a distinguished curriculum in accordance with international standards, to provide opportunities for an interdisciplinary design education to its diverse student community, to encourage and educate the future architects and designers as innovative, creative, culturally sensitive and environmentally responsive professionals with critical thinking skills and with up-to-date knowledge of technologies used in architecture, interior architecture, urban design and landscape; who can share and apply their knowledge