Landscape Architecture Bachelor's Degree Program

Academic Unit Presenting the ProgramLandscape Architecture
Program Director
Program TypeBachelor's Degree Program
Level of Degree EarnedUndergraduate(Bachelors Degree)
Degree EarnedWhen there are graduated with a degree in Landscape Architecture. Is the title of Landscape Architect.
Education TypeTam Zamanlı
Registration Acceptance ConditionsThose who have successfully completed their secondary education are eligible.
Recognition of Prior LearningThe process of recognition of prior education by Turkish higher education institutions is still in its incipient stage. Likewise, the recognition of prior education has neither been started nor implemented by all departments at Namik Kemal University. However, a proficiency exam is held at the beginning of each academic year regarding the compulsory Foreign Language Course which is to be offered in the curriculum of all departments. The students who have embarked on a self-learning period or acquired necessary skills in the course are eligible to enter this exam. Those who have successfully passed the exam are eligible not to take the course.
Degree Requirements and Rules The students studying in this undergraduate program are required to have a Cumulative Grade Points Average (Cum.GPA) of not less than 2.00/4.00 and have completed all the courses with at least a letter grade of DD/S in the program in order to graduate. The minimum number of ECTS credits required for graduation is 240. It is also mandatory for the students to complete their compulsory internship in a specified duration and quality.
Program ProfileNature, planning, landscape architecture and design concepts examined in a systematic science, art, engineering and technology, bringing together the planning, design and management tries. Landscape Architecture to find solutions to environmental problems that threaten the future of humanity, natural and cultural assets, protect, repair, and to ensure the sustainability of these to a certain extent [protection-usage balance] have emerged to take advantage of a professional discipline. Landscape Architecture is the only professional discipline of physical planning based on ecological data. In this context, our mission, professional discipline claiming to show an effort to regain his rightful place in the profession of landscape planning and landscape design projects required to take the most rational, ethical manner by providing training on the market compatible with landscape architects sought to train properly.
Occupational Profiles of GraduatesPrivate Sector, Municipalities, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, Republic of Turkey The Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Landscape Architect, are employed in the relevant units of public institutions.
Access To Upper DegreeUpon successful completion of their undergraduate programme of study, the students are encouraged to embark on advanced academic studies on the graduate level (master’s and doctoral) on condition of having received the required score in ALES exam and possessing sufficient knowledge of English or another foreign language.
Exams, Assessment and Grading

Students will take a minimum of one midterm examination. In addition to midterms, they will be assigned projects and homeworks whose deadlines will be specified at the beginning of the semester. At the end of each semester, the students are required to take a final examination. The course content, the requirements (midterm, project, assignment and final examination) and their contribution to the final grade is specified on the website. Student regulations and the final examination dates are determined by the university and final examinations take place as announced. The students are graded according to their midterm, project, assignment and final examination results.

The passing grade at Namık Kemal University is 60 out of 100. However, the grade of the final examination or the retake should be a minimum of 50. Exams are evaluated on a scale of 100. The final grade of a course is the sum total of %30 of the midterm grade and %70 of the final or the retake examination grades. However, the calculation of the final grade of a course can be determined and announced at the beginning of the semester by the Faculty/College Council as the sum total of ranging between %30 – %50 of the midterm examination and %50 – %70 of the final examination as long as the addition equals to a scale of 100. As a result of the calculation, if the value after the decimal is less than five, the grade is finalized by lowering it to the decimal value; if more than five, upgrading it to the next decimal value.

The regulations can be found on http://oidb.nku.edu.tr/yonetmenlik/2011eos.pdf.

Final and retake grades are submitted to the Student Affairs along with the evaluation criteria. The grades are announced on the student information system.

 

 

 Grades

 

The grading system to evaluate the student performance is signified by the values in the chart below. For each course students are graded by letters. Letter grades, coefficients and ratios are as follows:

 

Grade

Letter Grade

Local Grade

Status

90-100

AA

4.00

Pass

80-89

BA

3.50

Pass

70-79

BB

3.00

Pass

65-69

CB

2.50

Pass

60-64

CC

2.25

Pass

50-59

DD

2.00

Fail

30-49

FD

1.00

Fail

0-29

FF

0.00

Fail

 

Students are required to retake the courses from which they received DD, FD or FF during the first oncoming semester in which these courses are offered.

Successful Students

Students who complete their associate or undergraduate degree with a grade point average of 3.00 – 3.49 graduate as honor students; 3.50 and above as high honor students. 

Graduation RequirementsThe students earn their academic degree on condition of successfully completing the required courses and compulsory internship education as contained in the Department curriculum. Following the registration at the University, the students embark on their first year of study. However, the students may also volunteer to enrol in a one-year Foreign Language Preparatory Course preceding their first year of study at the Department.
Teaching Methods

Teaching methods are determined so as to improve skills, such as teaching-learning strategies, self-discipline, life-long learning, observation, sharing knowledge, presentation, critical thinking, teamwork, effective use of informatics.

Moreover, the choice of teaching methods pays heed to supporting students with different skills. The teaching methods used in the program are listed below*: 

TEACHING METHODS*

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

MEANS

Course

Listening and interpretation

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector

Discussion Course

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling, critical thinking, question development

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector

Special Support / Structural Examples

Special skills planned beforehand

 

Playing a Role / Drama

Special skills planned beforehand

Standard classroom technologies, special equipment

Problem Solving

Special skills planned beforehand

 

Case Study

Special skills planned beforehand

 

Brainstorming

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling, critical thinking, question development, team work

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector

Small Group Discussion

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling, critical thinking, question development

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector

Presentation

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling

Real or virtual environment suitable for observation

Simulation

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling, informatics skills

Real or virtual environment suitable for observation

Seminar

Research – lifelong learning, writing, reading, informatics, listening and interpretation, management skills

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector, special equipment

Group Study

Research – lifelong learning, writing, reading, informatics, critical thinking, question development, management skills, team work

 

Field / Land Study

Observation / situation handling, research – lifelong learning, writing, reading

 

Laboratory

Observation/situation handling, informatics, management skills, team work

Special equipment

Homework

Research – lifelong learning, writing, reading, Informatics

Internet database, library database, e-mail

Oral Exam

 

 

Survey and Questionnaire Study

Research – lifelong learning, writing, reading

 

Panel

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector, special equipment

Guest Speaker

Listening and interpretation, observation/situation handling

Standard classroom technologies, multimedia devices, projector, computer, overhead projector, special equipment

Student Club Activity / Projects

Observation/situation handling, critical thinking, question development, team work, research – lifelong learning, writing, reading, management skills, special skills planned beforehand

 

*One or more of the listed methods can be used depending on the specificity of the course. 

Program Outcomes

1-To have knowledge about the recognition, planning, protection and management of landscapes within the scope of the European Landscape Convention.
2-To take part in interdisciplinary and team work and to have a sense of responsibility.
3-To have the ability and competence to act creatively and uniquely in the field of planning, design and management of natural and cultural landscape areas in line with ecology, function, aesthetics and user needs.
4-To have a sense of professional ethics and responsibility.
5-To have the ability and competence to understand and solve engineering problems.
6-To have the skills and competence to effectively use current information and communication technologies in landscape architecture studies.
7-To have the ability and competence to recognize and use plant materials and building elements used in Landscape Architecture studies.
8-To have theoretical and factual knowledge and understanding in the field of landscape design.
9-To be sensitive to national and global disasters, social and environmental problems and to have the skills and competence to produce solutions.
10-To have the ability to follow national and international developments by understanding the importance of lifelong learning and self-development.

Curriculum

Landscape Architecture


1st Class

2024-2025 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
PMB105 Basic Design 2 2 5
MAT103 Calculus I 2 0 4
PMB103 Expression Techniques of Drawing and Graphics 2 2 4
YDİ101 Foreign Language I (English) 2 0 2
TBT101 Fundamentals of Information Technologies I 1 2 5
PMB101 Introduction to Landscape Architecture 2 0 3
TB 101 Meteorology 2 0 3
ATİ101 Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution I 2 0 2
TDİ101 Turkish Language I 2 0 2
Total ECTS: 30

2024-2025 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
PMB106 Architecture 1 2 3
MAT104 Calculus II 2 0 4
YDİ102 Foreign Language II (English) 2 0 2
TBT102 Fundamentals of Information Technologies II 1 2 5
PMB102 Landscape Art History 2 0 3
PMB104 Landscape Design 2 2 5
ATİ102 Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution II 2 0 2
YS 102 Topographic Surveying 2 2 4
TDİ102 Turkish Language II 2 0 2
Total ECTS: 30
Total ECTS(Year): 60
2nd Class

2024-2025 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
PMB203 Dendrology I 2 2 6
PMB205 Landscape Construction I 2 2 5
PMB307 Plant Design 2 2 5
PMB201 Project I 4 4 10
Elective (PEYZAJ MİMARLIĞI 2. SINIF GÜZ DÖNEMİ ) 4
PMS002 Urban and Region Planning 1 2 4
Total ECTS: 30

2024-2025 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
PMB208 Dendrology II 2 2 4
STJ405 Internship I 0 0 5
PMB209 Landscape Construction II 2 2 4
PMB309 Landscape Engineering 2 2 3
PMB202 Project II 4 4 10
Elective PEYZAJ MİMARLIĞI 2.SINIF BAHAR DÖNEMİ() 4
PMS014 Maintenance and Rehabilitation Technique of Green Areas 1 2 4
PMS008 Plant Material Production 2 0 4
Total ECTS: 30
Total ECTS(Year): 60
3rd Class

2024-2025 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
PMB306 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing 1 2 4
PMB303 Landscape Planning I 3 0 5
PMB310 Project III 4 4 10
Elective PEYZAJ MİMARLIĞI 3. SINIF GÜZ DÖNEMİ() 8
PMS001 Indoor Plants and Desing 1 2 4
PMS007 Nature Conversation 2 0 4
PMS015 Project File Preparation Technique 2 0 4
Elective(Over All University) You Can Take Courses TOTAL 3 ECTS from Elective(Over All University and From Other Department) 3
UNİSEC-İHF 010 Advanced Ottoman Turkish(İlahiyat Fak.-İlahiyat) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-FEF 007 Anatolian Cultural History and Archeology(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-arkeo) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İHF 011 Andalusian Civilization(İlahiyat Fak.-İlahiyat) 2 0 3
UNİSEC302 Basic Japanese(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Alm.Dil.Ed.) 4 0 4
UNİSEC-FEF 004 Basic Japanese(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Alm.Dil.Ed.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 004 Climate Information(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-Çevr.Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-HF 001 Communication and Social Media Law(Hukuk Fakültesi-Hukuk) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İHF 001 Current Faith Problems(İlahiyat Fak.-İlahiyat) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 012 Electric Vehicles(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-Mak.Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İBF 009 entrepreneurship(İktisadi ve İdari Bil. Fak.-İşlt.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 006 entrepreneurship(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Ek.) 2 0 3
HUK3107 Environmental Law(Hukuk Fakültesi-Hukuk) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 005 Environmental Policies in the EU and Turkey(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-Çevr.Müh.) 2 0 3
BYLB125 Environment and Society(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Biyoloji) 3 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 005 Functional Foods(Ziraat Fak.-Gıd.Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-FEF 021 History and Geography of Agriculture(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Coğrafya) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İHF 012 History and Geography of Islamic Countries(İlahiyat Fak.-İlahiyat) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-FEF 018 History of civilization(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Tarih) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-FEF 011 History of Thought(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Fra.Dil.Ed.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 014 Hobby Poultry Production(Ziraat Fak.-Zootek.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 007 Honey Bee Breeding Techniques(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Bytek.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-VEF 002 Human-Animal Bond and Interaction(Veteriner Fak.-Veteriner) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 007 Introduction to Fundamentals of Electrotechnics(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-Elek-Elektro Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İHF 004 Introduction to Reading the Quran(İlahiyat Fak.-İlahiyat) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 012 Life and Survival in Nature(Ziraat Fak.-Top.Bil.Bit.Bes.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-VEF 003 Medical Terminology(Veteriner Fak.-Veteriner) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 010 Medicinal and Aromatic Plants(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Bitk.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 001 New Cultivars(Ziraat Fak.-BhBtk.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 013 Organic Animal Production(Ziraat Fak.-Zootek.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 009 Organic farming(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Bitk.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 002 Orthopedic and Dental Materials(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-Biyomed.Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-GSF 006 Picture from the Viewer´s Perspective(Güz. San.,Tas. ve Mim. Fak.-Resim) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-ZF 008 Plant Genetic Resources(Ziraat Fak.-Tar.Bytek.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-CMF 010 Research and Reporting Techniques(Çorlu Müh. Fak.-İnş.Müh.) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-VEF 001 Residue and Public Health(Veteriner Fak.-Veteriner) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-SBF 001 Risk Management in Disasters(S.B.F-Ac.Yrd.Af.Yön) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İBF 011 Social Life Women and Economy(İktisadi ve İdari Bil. Fak.-Maliye) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-GSF 010 Sociology in Movies(Güz. San.,Tas. ve Mim. Fak.-Radyo,Televizyon ve Sinema) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-FEF 023 Sociology of Consumption(Fen - Edebiyat Fak.-Sosyoloji) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-TMDK 001 Turkish Music I(Türk Müziği Devlet Kons.-Çalgı Eğitimi) 2 0 3
UNİSEC-İBF 016 War and Order in the Middle East(İktisadi ve İdari Bil. Fak.-Ulus.İliş.) 2 0 3
Total ECTS: 30

2024-2025 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
STJ406 Internship II 0 0 5
PMB312 Landscape Planning II 3 0 3
PMB311 Project IV 4 4 10
Elective PEYZAJ MİMARLIĞI 3.SINIF BAHAR DÖNEMİ () 12
PMS016 Ground Cover 1 2 4
PMS013 Laws and Regulations in Landscape Architecture 2 0 4
PMS004 Plantal Application Technique 1 2 4
Total ECTS: 30
Total ECTS(Year): 60
4th Class

2024-2025 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
KRYP01 Career Planning 1 0 2
PMB403 Graduation Project I 0 2 2
PMB405 Planning Studio 4 4 8
İSGL101 Work Health and Safety at Work I 2 0 2
Elective PEYZAJ MİMARLIĞI 4.SINIF GÜZ DÖNEMİ() 16
PMS021 Fine Arts 2 0 4
PMS025 Landscape Architecture Research Methods 3 0 4
PMS018 Landscape Ecology 2 0 4
PMS005 Landscape of Turkey 2 0 4
PMS020 Modelling Technique 1 2 4
Total ECTS: 30

2024-2025 Spring Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
PMB404 Design Studio 4 4 10
PMB402 Graduation Project II 0 2 2
İSGL102 Work Health and Safety at Work II 2 0 2
Elective PEYZAJ MİMARLIĞI 4.SINIF BAHAR DÖNEMİ() 16
GRŞ005 Entrepreneurship 4 0 4
PMS010 Environmental Impact Analysis 2 0 4
PMS011 Environmental Problems 2 0 4
PMS019 Materials Science in Landscape Architecture 2 0 4
PMS017 Urban Design 1 2 4
Total ECTS: 30
Total ECTS(Year): 60

Matrix of Course - Program Outcomes

PMB105 Basic Design
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MAT103 Calculus I
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PMB103 Expression Techniques of Drawing and Graphics
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YDİ101 Foreign Language I (English)
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TBT101 Fundamentals of Information Technologies I
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PMB101 Introduction to Landscape Architecture
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TB 101 Meteorology
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ATİ101 Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution I
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TDİ101 Turkish Language I
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PMB203 Dendrology I
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PMB205 Landscape Construction I
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PMB307 Plant Design
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PMB201 Project I
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PMS002 Urban and Region Planning
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PMB306 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
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PMB303 Landscape Planning I
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PMB310 Project III
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PMS001 Indoor Plants and Desing
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PMS007 Nature Conversation
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PMS015 Project File Preparation Technique
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KRYP01 Career Planning
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PMB403 Graduation Project I
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PMB405 Planning Studio
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İSGL101 Work Health and Safety at Work I
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PMS021 Fine Arts
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PMS025 Landscape Architecture Research Methods
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PMS018 Landscape Ecology
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PMS005 Landscape of Turkey
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PMS020 Modelling Technique
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