The program is a continuation of three graduate programs currently being conducted within the Faculty of Art and Design. PhD students participating in the program are required to complete at least 3 field elective courses by choosing a research area. Their areas of expertise are summarized below.
a. Design Research
The field of 'Design Studies' offers analytical and creative design tools within a research environment geared towards thinking and learning through transdisciplinary practices; considers design together with today's political, economic, social, social, cultural and technological developments. Design research provides analytical and creative research tools; encourages students to develop critical, experimental, participatory and creative perspectives explores the interdisciplinary interactions of design research in historical and contemporary contexts and new interaction possibilities. It guides the blending of knowledge from different disciplines with design thinking. Students in this field will design, develop, and transfer their own personal and independent research to their thesis work, supported by a variety of theoretical and practical courses.
b. Architecture and Urban Studies
The field of 'Architecture and Urban Studies' aims to play a leading role in the intertwined, multi-scale conceptualization of architecture and the city. In this direction, critical, interdisciplinary and original research on the design, production and representation of the built environment will be produced. Architecture and urban studies, which will be carried out in close cooperation with Kadir Has University Istanbul Studies Center, aims to train versatile architects / designers / researchers with its productive scientific research platform and interdisciplinary approach.
c. Performance Research
The field of 'Performance Studies' will address the unique characteristics, needs and expectations of Turkish Cinema and Theater in an applied manner with an interdisciplinary research approach in the axis of dramaturgy and performance concepts. The thesis studies to be produced within the scope of the programme will be supported by theoretical and practical courses and will be developed through the intersections of performance research on the axes of design, technology and society. In this context, it is aimed to train researchers who can address the fields of Directing, Stage Design, Dramatic Writing, Production and Acting holistically.
